Baseball

Aurora's Lukancic, Rockford's Koeller Capture NACC Baseball Weekly Honors

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (naccsports.org) --- Aurora University junior Joe Lukancic (Joliet, Ill.) and Rockford University sophomore Logan Koeller (Belvidere, Ill.) have been named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of April 20-26, 2026, as selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Pitcher --- Logan Koeller, So., Rockford University
Koeller, a sophomore, scattered two hits and three walks over eight innings while striking out 11 to lead Rockford to a 4-0 win over Lakeland in the second game of an April 25 NACC doubleheader.

Position Player --- Joe Lukancic, Jr., INF, Aurora University
Lukancic, a junior infielder, continued his torrid pace at the plate in road sweeps over Dominican and Edgewood. He hit .600 (12-of-20) with two doubles while driving in eight runs and scoring six more, and had two or more hits in each game. Lukancic's best game of the week came in 14-4 game two against Dominican, where he went 4-for-5 with a double, three RBIs, and three runs scored. Lukancic's 12 hits vaulted him to fourth on Aurora's all-time hits list with 234 - just six back of second place.