INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State junior Drew Dosch and Valparaiso junior Karch Kowalczyk have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of April 15-21.

INDIANAPOLIS – Green Bay earned the No. 1 seed for the 2013 Horizon League men’s tennis championship, while UIC clinched its 17^th consecutive regular-season women’s title, setting the stage for the 2013 tennis championships.

Youngstown State sophomores Silviu Mistreanu (Iasi, Romania) and Paula de Man (Eemens, Netherlands) have been named the Horizon League tennis Players of the Week. It is the second honor of the season for both.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Wright State senior Justin Kopale and UIC’s Tomas Michelson have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of April 8-14.

Youngstown State junior Casey Crozier (Valparaiso, Ind.) and Cleveland State sophomore Erica McNew (Canton, Ohio) have been named the Horizon League softball Players of the Week. It is the first honor of the season for either player.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A charter member of the Horizon League, Loyola never has captured the McCafferty Trophy, given to the all-sports champion of the conference. Entering the spring championships, however, Loyola continues to lead the standings after adding two winter sports titles.

Milwaukee sophomore Jordan Schmidt (Kewaunee, Wis.) and Youngstown State freshman Nina Grambling (Milwaukee, Wis.) have been  named the Horizon League Runners of the Week. It it the first honor of the outdoor season for either runner.

Spring has finally sprung throughout most of the Midwest, it seems, but Mother Nature has already wrecked havoc on the Horizon League softball season. Several series between conference opponents have been postponed or cancelled, starting with the entire Horizon League-opening weekend and continuing with Cleveland State at Green Bay this past weekend. In fact, the Phoenix have yet to play a home game this season.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State juniors Phil Lipari and Patrick O’Brien have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of April 1-7.

John Barnes, who has won nearly 73 percent of the games he's coached in during his 17 years at the collegiate level, has been selected to continue building the Youngstown State University women's basketball program into a perennial contender in the Horizon League as its head coach.