PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Walsh, Jr., 1B/OF, Oregon (Las Vegas, Nev.)
» 5 GP, .500 AVG, .579 OBP, 1.063 SLG, 10 RBI, 3 HR, 4 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 17 TB
- Slashed .500/.579/1.063 on the week with 3 home runs and 10 RBI
- Reached base multiple times in 3 of 4 starts during the week while getting a hit in all 5 games
- Homered in 3 games, with a pinch-hit homer in Tuesday's win and a grand slam in Sunday series clinching win that put Oregon on top for good
- Had multiple RBI in 3 games, with 3 in Wednesday's win at Grand Canyon and 4 in Sunday's win at Arizona State
- 2nd time in his career earning this honor, having previously won in April of last season
- 1st Duck to win this award since Drew Cowley won in May of last year
- Snapped a string of 3-straight weeks where Oregon State players had won Pac-12 Player of the Week
ALSO NOMINATED: jarren Advincula, CAL; Ethan Hott, STAN; Joey Kramer, WSU; Jacob Krieg, OSU; Kai Roberts, UTAH; Mason White, ARIZ
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Matt Scott, So., RHP, Stanford (Redding, Conn.)
» 1 GS, 1-0, 7.0 IP, 1.29 ERA, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB, 11.57 K/9, 0.71 WHIP
- Earned the victory after tossing 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 9 in his Friday start to open Pac-12 play
- Retired 10 straight batters from the 1st inning through 2 outs in the 4th, including a string of 5 consecutive strikeouts that began with the 1st out of the 2nd inning
- Navigated the 7 frames on 99 pitches (60 for strikes)
- The only blemish on Scott's line came on a solo home run from Aiva Arquette in the bottom of the 6th
- Now averages 14.91 strikeouts per game and has struck out 9 or more batters in 3 of his 4 starts this year
- 2nd time in his career earning this honor, having previously won the award in March of last year
- Back-to-back weeks with Stanford winning Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, the first time the Cardinal have done that since Alex Williams and Quinn Mathews in April 2022
ALSO NOMINATED: Luke Scott, CAL; Micah Ashman, UTAH; Clark Candiotti, ARIZ; Eric Hammond, USC; Bridger Holmes, OSU; Grant Taylor, WSU
2024 Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards
Player | Pitcher | |
Feb. 19 | Travis Bazzana, Oregon State | Jackson Kent, Arizona |
Feb. 26 | Mason Guerra, Oregon State | Jacob Kmatz, Oregon State |
March 4 | Travis Bazzana, Oregon State | Christian Lim, Stanford |
March 11 | Jacob Walsh, Oregon | Matt Scott, Stanford |
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