A lifelong Oregon resident, Cody Gotchall is interested in studying STEM subjects and has attended Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University (OSU). While he no longer attends OSU, Cody Gotchall has been a passionate fan of the school's baseball team for more than a decade.
The OSU Beavers were the top-ranked college baseball team in the country as of March 26, according to D1Baseball.com, and a major reason for the team's success was the play of pitcher Luke Heimlich. A native of Puyallup, Washington, Heimlich earned his fifth career Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 26 after picking up his fifth win of the year in OSU's 16-1 victory over Washington earlier in the week. In that game, Heimlich struck out a career-high 13 batters while allowing only one run and four hits through 7.33 innings.
Following that game, the senior ranked first in wins (5) and strikeouts (44) among all Pac-12 pitchers. He also ranked sixth in opposing batting average (.191) and earned run average (2.01). Other pitchers nominated for the award included Juan Aguilera of Arizona, Matt Ladrech of California, and Kris Bubic of Stanford, while OSU's Adley Rutschman was nominated for Player of the Week.
