BIG EAST BASEBALL

LOUISVILLE'S BURTON, NOTRE DAME'S THORNTON EARN BIG EAST BASEBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

Thornton climbs into BIG EAST career leaders with fourth Pitcher of the Week honor

	Notre Dame's Tom Thornton won his fourth career BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week award

Feb. 27, 2006

Providence, R.I - Louisville's Daniel Burton and Notre Dame's Tom Thornton were crowned BIG EAST baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for the week ending Feb. 26.

Five of Burton's 11 hits in 21 at bats (.524) last week went for doubles, and he drove in three runs and scored seven for Louisville. He scored the tying and winning runs in an 8-7, extra-inning victory over Northwestern - doubling in both at bats.

Thornton tossed seven shutout innings and struck out five in Notre Dame's season-opening 3-0 win over Indiana State in the Service Academies Classic in Millington, Tenn. The senior lefthander did not walk anyone, and 56 of his 76 pitches went for strikes. It marks the fourth career Pitcher of the Week honor for Thornton, which is tied for third all-time in the BIG EAST. He won it once last season and twice as a sophomore.

BIG EAST Player of the Week:
Daniel Burton, Louisville, Jr., OF

BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week:
Tom Thornton, Notre Dame, Sr.

Honor roll:
Josh Harrison, Cincinnati, Fr. SS
6-for-11 (.545), HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R in 2-1 week.
Austin Wasserman, Connecticut, Sr., LF
4-for-5, HR, 5 RBI in 9-1 win over Florida Atlantic.
Tristan Magnuson, Louisville, Jr., P
7.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 Ks in 11-0 win vs. Northwestern.
Daniel Thomas, USF, So., P
7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R (O ER), 1 BB, 7 Ks in 4-2 win vs. Illinois
Joe Stupka, West Virginia, Jr., P
6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks in 5-0 win vs. Virginia Tech