ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State's Luis Hernandez (Player) and Cam Edmonson (Pitcher) swept the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball weekly honors as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.
 
Hernandez claims the weekly honor for the first time in the 2024 season, while Edmonson joins Jacob Pruitt (Feb. 19) and Brennyn Cutts (Mar. 11) as the third Sycamore pitcher to claim the conference's weekly honor this year.
 
Luis Hernandez kept the longest hitting streak in the Mitch Hannahs coaching era alive hitting safely in all four games and drove in RBI in all four contests as the Sycamores topped Indiana and Missouri State on the week. Hernandez hit .533 from the plate with eight hits, seven RBIs, and six runs scored, while homering twice as the Sycamores secured their 11^th consecutive conference series win. He added a .632 on-base percentage and 1.067 slugging percentage at the plate to highlight an ISU offense that hit .290 as a team over the week.
 
Hernandez opened the week starting Indiana State's comeback win over Indiana with a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning on his way to reaching base in four of his five plate appearances against the Hoosiers. He scored three runs and was hit by two pitches to consistently find his way on base in the key midweek win.
 
He followed up with an RBI single in Indiana State's five-run rally against Missouri State in the opener, before single-handedly beating the Bears at the plate on Saturday. Hernandez connected on RBI doubles in both the fourth and fifth innings and drove in all three runs in Indiana State's 3-0 win to even the series on Saturday. Sunday, Hernandez answered an early Missouri State rally with a solo home run in the first inning and scored a game-high three runs as the Sycamores topped Missouri State 8-5.
 
For the season, Hernandez is hitting a team-high .396 with a 21-game hitting streak.
 
Edmonson became the first Indiana State pitcher to post two wins in the same week since Lane Miller accomplished the feat last season as the redshirt senior left-hander shut down both Indiana and Missouri State over the past week. Entering the game on Tuesday in the third inning with ISU trailing the Hoosiers 6-0 early, Edmonson got a key double play and a fly ball to end the Hoosiers rally. He went 4.0 innings against the Hoosiers retiring six of seven batters at one point and shut down Indiana with a 1-2-3 frame in the sixth as ISU built a 13-7 lead in the eventual 15-7 win.
 
Edmonson followed up on Sunday afternoon in the series finale against Missouri State as the redshirt junior entered the game with ISU holding the 7-4 lead over the Bears, but MSU was rallying after Caden Bogenpohl's two-run home run with none out. The Rochester, Ill. native proceeded to strike out five of the next seven hitters faced to shut down the Bears' offense and finished the day with seven strikeouts over a 3.0-inning relief stint as Indiana State secured the MVC series with the win.
 
Edmonson finished the week with a 2-0 record and 1.29 ERA, throwing 136 pitches out of the bullpen over 7.0-innings of work. He posted a 10:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio with all six hits recorded against him going for singles.
 
ISU continues the 2024 season on Tuesday afternoon as the Sycamores welcome Purdue University for a midweek non-conference matchup. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET with the game set to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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