Week 9: GPAC Baseball Players of the Week

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following baseball player and pitcher-of-the-week for contests played March 30-April 5, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Baseball Weekly Honors

Player – Grant Sommers, Doane University (Infielder)

Doane University infielder Grant Sommers is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports baseball player-of-the-week.  Sommers, a junior from Papillion, Nebraska, was hot at the plate despite the cold temperatures for the Northwestern series. He posted a .611 batting average with eight runs, seven RBI, five extra base hits, and a 1.222 slugging percentage. Sommers currently ranks second in the GPAC in batting average, home runs, and RBI.

Pitcher – Nicolas Yard, Doane University

Nicolas Yard of Doane University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports pitcher-of-the-week.  Yard, a senior from Erie, Colorado, threw 6.0 shutout innings as he improved to 7-0 on the season. With temperatures in the low 40s, he was efficient in limiting Northwestern to one base runner per inning. Yard ranks 10th in the NAIA in wins and earned run average.