Harvey Named Big 12 Player of the Week

Dallas - Nebraska junior first baseman Ken Harvey of Los Angeles, Calif., and Baylor junior pitcher/DH Jason Jennings of Mesquite, Texas, have been chosen as the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, by a select panel of media covering Big 12 baseball in 1999 for games played Feb. 8-14, the league announced on Monday.

Harvey went on a .706 tear in four games at Louisiana Tech and against Lamar with a 12-for-17 performance at the plate, nine runs scored, one double, three homers, seven RBI, 22 total bases, a 1.294 slugging percentage, one stolen base in one try, and 29 chances without an error for the week. He went 7-for-9 in a doubleheader sweep of the host Louisiana Tech Bulldogs with a grand slam homer in the second game of the Friday twinbill. He edged out such standouts as Oklahoma State senior shortstop Billy Gasparino, who hit three home runs in two games against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and who has a Big 12-most five home runs in just three contests.

Harvey becomes ths first Husker position player since first baseman Todd Sears on March 17, 1997 to earn Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors. Harvey joins Sears and Steve Fish as the only two Nebraska players who have been honored as Big 12 Player of Pitcher of the Week.

Baylor's Jason Jennings, a member of the 1998 Team USA national baseball contingent, fired a one-hitter at Northeast Louisiana with nine strikeouts, two walks and a bunt single in a 2-0 win over the Indians. He followed that showing with a 6 1/3-inning outing against Mississippi of the Southeastern Conference's powerful Western Division as he struck out another six, walked four, and surrendered three earned runs. For the week opponents batted just .189 against the Bears' ace and managed only one extra-base hit, a double, in 53 official times at-bat.

They join previous winners of Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week: Feb. 8-3B Jon Weber, Texas Tech; P Scott Dunn, Texas.