Week 4 Players of the Week Announced as 2026 Season Nears Midpoint

June 29, 2026

Many players made their mark on the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) this week, but of the countless remarkable plays and moments, the performances of five players earned them Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 4 of the 2026 season. These awards take into account all of the stats for the games from June 22nd through June 28th.

East Division

Co-Pitchers of the Week: Colin Richardson, Glens Falls (Adelphi University)
Tyson Harmon, Boonville (Young Harris University)

Player of the Week: Aiden Dill, Amsterdam (Seton Hall University)

Colin Richardson put the Dragons on his back on Tuesday night. The rising sophomore pitched a complete game in a 3-2 victory at home in Glens Falls over the Oneonta Outlaws. He struck out 8 over 9 innings and only allowed one walk. Richardson has a 2-1 record with a 3.60 ERA in 20.0 innings pitched on the season.

Tyson Harmon was the lights out closer for Boonville this week. In a 3-1 victory over Mohawk Valley and a 4-3 win at Utica, Harmon went 3 up and 3 down in both games and even struck out the side in order to hold the one-run lead for the win over the Blue Sox.

The Amsterdam Mohawks win streak now sits at 13 straight games after going 5-0 this week, and two-time honoree Aiden Dill was a big reason for that success. Dill earned his second Player of the Week honors this season after he hit .769 this past week with 10 hits in 13 at-bats. Dill hit 2 doubles, 1 triple and 2 home runs with 9 RBI, 12 runs scored and stole 5 bases.

Dill went 3-for-3 with a triple and a home run in a 16-3 win over Saugerties, 4-for-5 with 2 doubles in a 21-13 win over Utica, 1-for-3 with a home run in a 15-0 win over Boonville and 2-for-2 in a 17-5 win over Mohawk Valley. He has a .418 batting average over the course of the season and is third in the league with 27 RBI.

West Division

Pitcher of the Week: Luke Richards, Elmira (Alfred State University)

Player of the Week: Darek Staudt, Olean (Mercyhurst University)

Elmira's Luke Richards went 2-0 this past week, picking up wins over Geneva and Niagara Falls. He threw 12 innings, allowing 1 unearned run with 11 strikeouts and just 3 walks as hitters had a .098 batting average against.

On Tuesday, Richards entered the game with his team trailing 6-2. He threw the final 5 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6 as the Pioneers rallied for a 12-7 win.

Then on Sunday, Richards pitched in the first game of a doubleheader and threw a complete game shutout over Niagara Falls. He went all 7 innings allowing 2 hits and 2 walks with 5 strikeouts.

Olean went 3-1 this past week as Darek Staudt hit .714 with a double, a triple and a home run. In just four games and seven at-bats, Staudt drove in 8 runs. He hit an RBI triple in an 11-6 win over Niagara Falls, went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and 5 RBI in a 15-8 win over Auburn, and went 1-for-2 with an RBI in an 11-0 win over Geneva.

Previous Award Winners:

Week 3

East Player of the Week: Gabriel Rivera, Amsterdam (Rutgers University)
East Pitcher of the Week: Matt Murtaugh, Saugerties (Siena College)

West Player of the Week: Jackson Inman, Batavia (Salisbury University)
West Pitcher of the Week: Caden Breault, Geneva (Susquehanna University)

Week 2

East Player of the Week: Aiden Dill, Amsterdam (Seton Hall University)
East Pitcher of the Week: John Rigas, Utica (Caldwell University)

West Player of the Week: Eric Weeks, Jamestown (Canisius University)
West Pitcher of the Week: Jake Szlis, Batavia (Alfred State University)

Week 1

East Player of the Week: Joe Crenshaw, Mohawk Valley (University of Richmond)
East Pitcher of the Week: Asa Dugan, Oneonta (Russell Sage College)

West Player of the Week: Teddy Monahan, Auburn (University of Rochester)
West Pitcher of the Week: Larsen Burch, Elmira (Wabash Valley Community College)