Pleasant Valley’s Bo Collingwood wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Pleasant Valley baseball pitcher Bo Collingwood is the Spotlight Athlete of the Week. The senior is 6-0 this season with a conference leading .53 ERA. He leads all of Class 4A in strikeouts with 68.

“A lot of it is just him, he prepares extremely well. He knows his body, he knows what he’s trying to do and the big thing this year is that he’s really bought into that preparation. You see it pay off out there, that’s the product of doing things the right way and working really hard, he works really hard in the offseason, he works really hard in season and all that stuff is just a byproduct of him being prepared and him working really hard” said head coach Derek Stecklein.

“This year like my whole thing was don’t get comfortable with like being on the mound and who you’re facing and just you should never get comfortable and that’s also your mindset and just doing my part on the field” said Collingwood.