STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State senior left-hander Dan McCall (Boalsburg, Pa.) has been named Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week Big Ten Conference officials announced today. McCall will share the honor with Minnesota's Mike Kobrow.

McCall won his second straight start as he tossed the first nine-inning complete game by a Penn State pitcher this season in the squad's 2-1 win at Michigan last Friday. The senior allowed only one run while striking out five batters to improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Boalsburg, Pa., native leads Penn State starting pitchers with a 2.90 ERA and ranks second with 40.1 innings pitched. His 40 strikeouts on the year lead the staff and already are more than his total of 39 during the 2000 campaign.

McCall is the first Penn State baseball player to be honored by the Big Ten Conference this season.

Penn State returns to action on Wed., April 4 as it travels to Cornell to face the Big Red in a doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m. The Lions will open the Big Ten Conference home schedule this weekend as it hosts Iowa in a four-game series on Fri.-Sat., April 6-8 at Beaver Field. All of the Nittany Lion-Hawkeye games will be broadcast live on 90.7 WKPS FM and via the internet at www.GoPSUsports.com.