Hawkeyes’ Keaton Anthony named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for 4th time

Iowa’s Keaton Anthony was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week by the conference on Tuesday.

It was his fourth weekly honor of the season, which is the most by a Hawkeye in a single season. Anthony surpassed Jake Adams’ three Big Ten Player of the Week honors in 2017.

Anthony slashed .571/1.571/.700 and had a 2.271 OPS in the two games he played in Iowa’s 4-0 week.

Anthony went 1-for-2 at Milwaukee with a three-run home run and scored three times in a 16-2 rout. He followed it up by going 3-for-5 with a double, home run, three RBIs and a run scored in the series-opening win over Minnesota.

Anthony is leading the team with a .354 batting average in 30 games this season with team-bests in doubles (15), RBIs (31) and slugging percentage (.673).

Anthony was previously honored as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on February 23, March 16 and April 5.