Delta State starting pitcher Colton Mitchell (JR, 6-0, 190, Lake, MS) is the Gulf South Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the week ending April 15.
Mitchell earns his first-ever award after making DSU history in the Statesmen’s 4-0 home win over New Orleans in the second game of Saturday’s double-header. The junior turned in a flawless performance on the mound for Delta State, becoming the first player in school history to record a perfect game. The Lake, MS native moved his season record to 5-0 after striking out seven and not allowing a UNO runner on base in 7.0 complete innings of work. Mitchell also became just the four player in GSC history to notch a perfect game, first since Southern Arkansas’ Brian Smith in 1997.