Junior Jackson Brockett has been named the Big Ten’s Pitcher of the Week and earned Pitcher of the Week recognition on the national level by D1Baseball and Perfect Game on Monday afternoon.
Brockett tossed the sixth individual no-hitter in program history, and the first nine-inning no-hitter since 1954 in Nebraska’s 8-0 win over Kansas State last week.
In his first start of the season, Brockett posted a career-high 12 strikeouts on 107 pitches, which is the most punchouts by a Husker pitcher this season. The Omaha, Neb., native issued two walks and had one K-State hitter reach on an error while facing two batters over the nine-inning minimum.
It marked Nebraska’s first individual no-hitter since 1981, when Anthony Kelley didn’t allow a hit over seven innings against Oklahoma. It was just the second-ever nine-inning individual no-hitter, joining Richard Geier’s no-hitter in 1954 vs. Kansas.
Brockett’s recognition from the conference is the third for the NU pitching staff this season after Brett Sears and Mason McConnaughey earned the weekly accolade in back-to-back weeks earlier this season.
