This week's Vectren Student-Athlete of the Week at the University of Evansville is sophomore baseball player Tim Bodine.
Leading the Evansville baseball team to a four-win week, Bodine was both consistent and clutch, batting .579, including a game-changing double and a game-winning walk-off single that gave UE a series victory over Western Michigan. Going 11-for-19 at the plate, Bodine raised his season batting average 134 points on the week, while also contributing five RBI and five runs. Bodine recorded multi-hit contests in 4-of-5 games, including three 3-for-4 performances in three bottom of the ninth comeback wins over UT Martin and Western Michigan. In UE’s first game against Western Michigan, Bodine headed a five-run ninth inning rally with his first career double down the left field line and scored the tying run that set up the 10-inning victory. In Sunday’s rubber match, Bodine came through in the clutch with a two-out walk-off single to centerfield that capped UE’s four-run bottom of the ninth rally.
Bodine and the Purple Aces will travel to Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon for a showdown with perennial Southeastern Conference baseball powerhouse Vanderbilt University. First-pitch is set for 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday's game can be heard live on 91.5 F.M.-WUEV.