Drew Thorpe Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 3/28/2022 Sport Baseball School Cal Poly Year Sophomore Position Hometown Washington, UT High School Desert Hills HS Right-hander Drew Thorpe struck out 15 batters and scattered three hits over seven innings while combining with Jason Franks on a 7-0 shutout on Friday night that got Cal Poly off to a good start en route to a series win at UC San Diego. The 15 strikeouts were a new career high for the Utah native, as well as the most in a single game in The Big West this season, and tied for the fourth-best output nationally. Thorpe matched the school’s Division I record. His previous career high was 13 strikeouts, with this latest outing putting the third-year sophomore over 200 for his career, at 201. Thorpe continues to top The Big West with his 66 strikeouts over 42.1 innings, comfortably by 21, and with Friday’s performance, took over the national lead by one. He has reached double figures in five of six starts, going at least 5.1 frames in all six. Thorpe was also recognized Monday morning among 13 Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week, the first Big West student-athlete to be so honored by the publication in 2022. Thorpe is now a three-time Big West Pitcher of the Week, having been named on March 14 after his three-hit shutout over Harvard, and prior to that on Feb. 24, 2020.