Owen Ozanich (Rouen Huskies) is named WEP of the French Elite League semifinal versus Savigny Lions. He outdueled Pierrick Lemestre in game 1 and Clayton Cooper in the 4th game to help his club to advance into the Finals, winning the series three games to one. His cumulative statistics are 2-0, 18 IP (both are complete games), 2.00ERA and 8 K.
Arrived late this year, Owen pitched only 18 innings during the regular season with 9K, 2.00ERA and a 1-0 record. He also picked a win during European Cup (14IP, 1.93ERA), an important one that secured a spot for France in Group A.
The 21-year-old right-handed pitcher, Owen Ozanich, graduated at the University of Vermont (NCAA Division I). He was born in Annemasse (Haute-Savoie, France), has dual citizenship and speaks French. He played for the French National Team during Prague Baseball Week 2011 (first selection ever).
Previous Winners:
- WEP 1: Mathieu Brelle-Andrade (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 2: Patrice Briones (Pessac Panthers)
- WEP 3: Frederic Hanvi (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 4: Ernesto Martinez (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 5: Eric Deblanc (Savigny Lions)
- WEP 6: Will Musson (Paris UC)
- WEP 7: Joris Bert (Rouen Huskies)
- WEP 8: Pierrick Lemestre (Savigny Lions)
- WEP 9: Anthony Cros (Montpellier Barracudas)
- WEP 10: Patrice Briones (Pessac Panthers)
- WEP 11: Maximin Monbeig (Paris UC)
- WEP 12: James Murrey (Stade Toulousain)
- WEP 13: Kevin Atkinson (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 14: Pierrick Lemestre (Savigny Lions)
WEP
A committee composed by French Baseball fans Nicolas Millet, François Colombier (Rouen), Nicolas Chalhoub (writer for Honus), Sébastien Verger (umpire and statistician), Pascal Maitrot (statistician for the FFBS, in charge of Elite), Gaëtan Alibert (webmaster and player from the PUC) and Thomas Dormard vote each week for the Week-End-Player.