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Kalamazoo, Mich. – Three-year Kalamazoo Growler and current Grand Valley State outfielder Ryan Dykstra was named the GLIAC Player of the Week on Tuesday, May 7.

Across five games against rival Davenport, Dykstra hit .565 (13-23) with a double, triple, and a pair of home runs culminating in a 1.557 OPS. Dykstra had three or more hits in three games and drove in 13 RBI including a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th in game three of the series.

Just a month away from his third season with the Growlers, Dykstra slashed .267/.462/.373 in his first two summers in Kalamazoo. The lefty-hitting outfielder walked a Northwoods League record 73 times in the 2022 Northwoods League Championship season, playing a league second-most 66 games that summer.

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