WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State baseball student-athlete Tyler Weber has been named one of the Prairie Farms/Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes –of-the-Week, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced March 28. Weber and Tiffany Prager of Illinois State were honored for their performances during the period of March 19-25.

The Valley's Scholar-Athlete program, which is sponsored by Prairie Farms, Roberts and Hiland Dairies, honors conference student-athletes for their athletic performance for a one-week period and academic success in the classroom. The program began during the 1999-00 academic year.

A catcher for the 10th-ranked Wichita State baseball team, Weber, a junior from Wichita, Kan., enabled the Shockers to post a 5-0 record against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (19-2 on March 20 and 17-0 on March 21) and Indiana State (7-1 on March 23, 12-2 on March 24 and 12-3 on March 25).

The Valley's Player of the Week for his efforts, Weber, who has a 3.136 cumulative grade-point average in sports administration, went 10-for-12 (.833) with eight runs scored, a double, three homers and seven RBI. In fact, from his final at-bat on March 21 through the Sunday game against Indiana State, he collected 10 hits in a row in official at-bats.

To qualify for Prairie Farms/Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week laurels, student-athletes must carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00, completed at least one academic year at a Valley institution and must be at least a sophomore in academic standing. In addition to the academic qualifications, student-athletes will be evaluated on their athletic performance for a one-week period.