Sommers Collects GPAC Player of the Week Honor

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following baseball player and pitcher-of-the-week for contests played March 30-April 5, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

Player – Grant Sommers, Doane University (Infielder)

Doane University infielder Grant Sommers is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports baseball player-of-the-week.  Sommers, a junior from Papillion, Nebraska, was hot at the plate despite the cold temperatures for the Northwestern series. He posted a .611 batting average with eight runs, seven RBI, five extra base hits, and a 1.222 slugging percentage. Sommers currently ranks second in the GPAC in batting average, home runs, and RBI.