The Johnnie Brock's Party Store Athlete of the Week is Drew Eckhoff-Senior Baseball Player-St. Francis Borgia High School in Washington.

Two games into the season, Eckhoff is hitting .500 with an on base percentage of .571 and he's slugging .667.

3 for 6 with a double and 3 rbi.

In a 4-3 season opening win over Sullivan, Eckhoff was 1 for 2 with a double, 1 rbi, a stolen base and a run scored.

In a 12-1 win over Belle, he was 2 for 4 with 2 rbi and a run scored.

Defensively, Eckhoff will anchor the left side of the infield at shortstop, but can play multiple positions. He displays a good glove with good range and a strong arm. Eckhoff can also pitch.

Drew Eckhoff is a four-year starter for Borgia on the infield, primarily playing shortstop and batting leadoff. He was a member of Borgia's 2023 Class 5 State 2nd Place and our 2024 Class 5 State Quarterfinal teams. Individually, he earned All District, All Conference, and Academic All State honors in 2024. He was also All Conference in 2023.

GPA: 4.0

Drew plans to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia and study Math/Finance/Actuarial Science.

Interview with Borgia Baseball's Drew Eckhoff:
Interview with Borgia Baseball Head Coach Rob Struckhoff:

The Johnnie Brock's Party Store Athlete of the Week is Kasey Griffin-Senior-Union Baseball.


Statistics:

Hitting: Average .433 OB .485 SLG .767

13 hits, 8 runs, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 4 rbi, 4 stolen bases.

Pitching: 11 IP, Record 1-1, 3 runs, 4 hits, 12 strikeouts, 7 walks ERA 1.91.

Kasey hits leadoff.

When he's not pitching, Kasey will play right field, but he can play a number of positions, including catcher.

Kasey will attend Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois and play baseball.

Possible career path: HVAC

Kasey has played high level club baseball with The Gamers in St. Louis.

Interview with Union Baseball's Kasey Griffin:
Interview with Union Baseball Head Coach Derek Morgan:

The Johnnie Brock's Party Store Athlete of the Week is Jake Collier-Senior-Pacific Baseball.

Statistics:

Pitching: Record 1-0

4 1/3 innings scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts and no walks.

Hitting: .214 Average .389 OB .286 SLG 3 RBI.

2022: First Team All Conference. All District.

2023: First Team All Conference. Academic All State. Academic All Conference

2024: Unanimous First Team All Conference. Conference Player of The Year. Academic All Conference. Academic All State.

Future Plans-Jake will attend Missouri State University in Springfield and play baseball.

GPA:3.8

Possible Career Path: Business.

Interview with Pacific Baseball Head Coach Jeff Reed:
Interview with Pacific Baseball Senior Jake Collier:

The Johnnie Brock's Party Store Athlete of the Week is Mason Theis-Senior-Washington Baseball.

Mason is the Ace of the pitching Staff and he gets the tough assignments.

20 innings pitched.

Record 1-3.

Mason has allowed 10 runs, but only 5 earned runs.

10 hits, 1 double and 1 triple

26 strikeouts and 14 walks.

ERA-1.75.

Mason usually bats 3rd or clean-up in the lineup.

Average-.182 OB-.400 SLG-.227.

Leads the team with 6 rbi.

Interview with Washington Baseball's Mason Theis:
Interview with Washington Baseball Head Coach Dane Gough: