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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick McLain, RS Soph., OF, Arizona State (Tustin, Calif.)                         
» 4 GP, .611 AVG, .667 OBP, 1.222 SLG, 8 RBI, 3 HR, 6 R, 11 H, 2 2B, 3 BB, 1 SB, 22 TB

• Reigning national player of the week showed no signs of slowing down, leading ASU to a historic road sweep of Stanford and a 3-1 record for the week while batting .611 on 11-of-18 hitting
• Homered 3 times on the Farm and recorded 8 RBI
• 3 or more hits in each game of the series and 5 extra-base hits total, adding 2 doubles to the 3 homers for a 1.222 slugging percentage and scoring 6 runs
• Homered as a left-handed hitter on Friday and twice as a right-handed hitter on Saturday, pacing an ASU offense that scored double digit runs in all 3 games at the Sunken Diamond for the first road sweep in program history against the Cardinal
• Had 4 hits in ASU’s 16-run effort on Sunday that was the most ASU has ever scored at the Sunken Diamond in program history
• Was 8-for-8 on defensive chances with 1 outfield assist
• 2nd straight week winning this award, 1st Sun Devil to win it back-to-back since Ethan Long in 2021
• 3rd straight week a Sun Devil has been named Player of the Week and second Sun Devil to win twice this season (Ryan Campos)
• Becomes first of the 3 McLain brothers to win this honor multiple times.  2 older brothers:  UCLA’s Matt McLain won in March 2020 while ASU’s Sean McLain won in April 2022

ALSO NOMINATED: Andrew Cain, ARIZ; Brady Kasper, OSU; Kai Roberts, UTAH, Drew Smith, ORE

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Bryson Van Sickle, Sr., LHP, Utah (Eagle Mountain, Utah)                            
» 1 GS, 1 CG, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 1.00 ERA, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, 8.0 K/9, 0.56 WHIP

• Became the first Utah pitcher since 2008 to throw multiple complete games in a season after his performance in Utah’s win vs. #19 Arizona (May 10).  1 of 2 Pac-12 pitchers with multiple CG this season (Arizona’s Clark Candiotti)
• Surrendered just 1 run on 3 hits and a pair of walks while striking out 8 Wildcats; his 2nd straight outing with 8 K
• Allowed only a walk in the first 3.2 innings of the game, then worked around a 2-out triple to get out of the 4th inning still in a scoreless game
• The leadoff batter never reached in 9 innings and Arizona only had 2 hits with 2 outs
• Lowered his ERA to 2.80 overall (2nd in the Pac-12) and 2.43 in conference play (3rd in Pac-12; 2nd among starters)
• 9th start this season of 6+ innings and 6th in a row; Utah is 7-2 in those games
• 2nd time being honored this season, having captured it previously on April 15
• 1st Utah pitcher to ever win this award multiple times and just the 4th in school history to be honored – Nick Green (2014), Jayson Rose (2015), Matthew Sox (2022)

ALSO NOMINATED: Clark Candiotti, ARIZ; Ben Jacobs, ASU; Aiden May, OSU; Brock Moore, ORE

2024 Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards

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