Jason Hooper pitched his way into the UW-Whitewater baseball record book Sunday afternoon. The senior from Lake Mills threw the first complete game no hitter since Todd Grenke accomplished the feat on April 7th, 1993 against Carroll College. Adam Dominick and Steve Hedgepath combined to pitch a no-hitter for Whitewater on April 20, 2008 against UW-Superior.
Hooper struckout eight batters and walked three en route to the 5-0 victory in game-two of Sunday’s doubleheader. Whitewater also won game-one of the doubleheader 10-3, giving the Warhawks a four-game sweep of UW-Stout over the weekend at James B. Miller Stadium.
Hooper is now 3-0 this season with a 1.52 ERA. He has worked 29.2 innings this season giving up just eighteen hits and five runs. He has fanned 33 batters while walking only eight. Hooper also pitched against Stout on Saturday in game one which makes his no-hitter even more impressive. He went four innings in Saturday's game in which the Warhawks won 21-6. That game ended after seven innings by virtue of the ten-run differential rule. Hooper earned the win in that game as well.
UWW now hits the road. It is back to Platteville Wednesday for another doubleheader with the Pioneers. The Warhawks swept UWP on Friday. The Hawks will be in La Crosse for doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday.
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