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Pac-12 announces baseball Players of the Week

Apr 24, 2017

CALIFORNIA'S ANDREW VAUGHN NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
OREGON STATE'S LUKE HEIMLICH TABBED PITCHER OF THE WEEK

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Andrew Vaughn, Fr., IF/RHP, California
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3 R, 7 H, 12 RBI, 1.067 SLG
• Vaughn hit not one but two walk-off home runs to help Cal sweep USC.
• He ended the week with 12 RBI, seven of which came Friday against USC and he hit .467 in four games.
• He leads the Pac-12 in home runs with 11 and also ranks in the conference's top 10 in batting average.
• 51st all-time weekly honor for California and first for Vaughn.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Luke Heimlich, Jr. LHP, Oregon State
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10 K, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 0.00 ERA
• Did not allow a hit until the seventh inning, and ended the game with just two allowed.
• Struck out 10, coming up one shy of his career-best.
• Ended with a 0.00 ERA.
• Heimlich receives his third career weekly honor and puts OSU in first for the all-time Pac-12 pitcher of the week honor with 85.

ALSO NOMINATED
Player: Gage Canning, ASU; Michael Gretler, OSU; Nico Hoerner, STAN; Michael Toglia, UCLA; Brandon Perez, USC; Hunter Simmons, UTAH; Joey Morgan, WASH; James Rudkin, WSU.
Pitcher: Eli Lingos, ASU; Matt Ladrech, CAL; Maises Ceja, UCLA; Josh Lapiana, UTAH; Joe DeMers, WASH; Cody Anderson, WSU.

2017 PAC-12 PLAYER AND PITCHER OF THE WEEK

  Player Pitcher
Feb. 21 Nick Quintana, Ariz Luke Heimlich, OSU
Feb. 28 Hunter Simmons, UTAH Andrew Summerville, STAN
Mar. 7 Quinn Brodey, STAN Colton Hock, STAN
Mar. 14 Quinn Brodey, STAN David Peterson, ORE
Mar. 21 Cadyn Grenier, OSU Jake Thompson, OSU
Mar. 28 KJ Harrison, OSU Bryce Fehmel, OSU
Apr. 3 Nick Madrigal, OSU David Peterson, ORE
Apr. 10 JJ Matijevic, ARIZ Jake Mulholland, OSU
Apr. 17 Gage Canning, ASU Griffin Canning, UCLA
Apr. 24 Andrew Vaughn, CAL Luke Heimlich, OSU