Senior left-hander Braden Gebhardt of the Youngstown State baseball team was named the Under Armour Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for the second time in as many weeks to begin the 2026 season, the league office announced on Monday.

Gebhardt, who earned the first weekly Horizon League honor of his career following opening weekend, did not allow an earned run while limiting Oregon to two hits over seven strong innings on the mound in YSU's 3-0 loss to the Ducks on Friday evening at PK Park in Eugene, Ore.

Gebhardt, the Howland, Ohio, native delivered his second masterful starting pitching performance in as many outings to begin the 2026 season. A week after he recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts over six innings in a stellar Opening Day effort in a 2-1 loss at Auburn in the season opener, Gebhardt matched the longest outing of his career while blanking Oregon in six different frames on Friday.

Gebhardt, who has allowed no earned runs and just four hits with 16 total strikeouts in 13 innings pitched through two starts, retired the side in order on three different occasions on Friday at Oregon. He did not allow a hit over the first three innings while surpassing 150 career strikeouts in his 58th appearance as a Penguin.

Youngstown State will continue its early season road stretch on Friday when it begins a four-game series at Longwood. First pitch for Friday's series opener at Buddy Bolding Stadium is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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