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Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - May 6, 2024

May 6, 2024

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick McLain, RS Soph., OF, Arizona State (Tustin, Calif.)                       
» 5 GP, .591 AVG, .654 OBP, 1.364 SLG, 13 RBI, 5 HR, 14 R, 13 H, 2 2B, 2 BB, 30 TB

  • Had an insane 5-game stretch, leading ASU to a 4-1 record for the week and a series victory over Washington and a midweek sweep over UC San Diego
  • Homered in all 5 games, the most HR in the Pac-12 this week
  • Hit .591 (13-of-22) with 13 RBIs and scoring 13 runs
  • Blasted a walk-off grand slam in extra innings to defeat Washington on Friday
  • Slugged 1.364 on the week with 5 homers and 2 doubles, striking out just once and reaching base at a .654 clip
  • Played a perfect outfield as well, going 9-for-9 on putouts
  • 2nd straight week a Sun Devil has won this award after Ryan Campos took home the honors last week.  3rd time this season an ASU player has been honored (Campos x2)
  • 1st time winning this award but his older brothers each won the award once previously.  UCLA's Matt McLain won in March 2020 while ASU's Sean McLain won in April 2022

ALSO NOMINATED: Bryce Boettcher, ORE; Travis Bazzana, OSU; Garen Caulfield, ARIZ; AJ Guerrero, WASH; Seth Gwynn, CAL; Core Jackson, UTAH

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Clark Candiotti, Sr., RHP, Arizona (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                          
» 1 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 5 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 7.0 K/9, 0.56 WHIP

  • Worked his 1st career complete game shutout to help Arizona secure series win over Stanford
  • 1st CG SHO by an Arizona pitcher since Garrett Irvin in the 2021 Tucson NCAA Regional
  • Became first Wildcat to throw multiple complete games in a season since Cameron Ming in 2017
  • Allowed just 5 baserunners, all singles; only 2 runners advanced past second base
  • Retired 14 straight batters from the 2nd inning into the 6th
  • 1st time winning this award.  2nd Arizona pitcher to earn this honor after Jackson Kent took home the award after the season's opening week

ALSO NOMINATED: Luke Jewett, UCLA; Aiden May, OSU; Colter McAnelly, UTAH; Brock Moore, ORE; Tyler Stasiowski, CAL; Tyler Stromsborg, USC

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
March 18 Jeter Ybarra, Washington Connor Markl, Arizona State
March 25 Travis Bazzana, Oregon State Christian Lim, Stanford
April 1 Ryan Campos, Arizona State Grant Taylor, Washington State
April 8 Gavin Turley, Oregon State Jacob Kmatz, Oregon State
April 15 TJ Clarkson, Utah Bryson Van Sickle, Utah
April 22 Seth Gwynn, California Trey Newmann, California
April 29 Ryan Campos, Arizona State Aiden May, Oregon State
May 6 Nick McLain, Arizona State Clark Candiotti, Arizona