EUGENE, Ore. – A day after being named the Big Ten Conference Player of the Week, Oregon designated hitter Dominic Hellman added NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Co-Hitter of the Week honors on Tuesday.
Hellman (Mill Creek, Wash.) started all four games at DH leading Oregon to convincing wins that saw Oregon outscore the Lions 70-15 in the four-game series. Hellman slashed .500/.583/1.056 with a 1.639 OPS. He slugged three home runs, including a pair of grand slams in the series opener, while driving in a team-high 13 runs with nine runs scored and a double.
In a 20-11 win in the first game of the series, Hellman went 3-for-5 with two grand slams, eight RBI, three runs scored, while also doubling and reaching on a hit-by-pitch. With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the second, launched his first grand slam of the day to give the Ducks a 7-3 lead. After reaching base on a HBP and scoring in the fourth and doubling in the fifth, Hellman broke open a four-run game in the bottom of the seventh with his second grand slam to secure the win.
The Ducks’ DH had another big game in Oregon 35-1 win in the second game of the series. He reached base five times (3-for-5, 2 HBP), while driving in four more runs and scoring four times. After getting hit by pitches in his first two at-bats and coming around to score, Hellman picked up his first RBI with a ground out in the third inning. He added singles in the fourth and fifth innings, a sacrifice fly in the sixth and then a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth.
In game two of Saturday’s doubleheader and game three of the series, Hellman went 1-for-5 in Oregon’s 8-3 win. He slugged his third home run of the series in the eighth inning to wrap up the Ducks’ win.
In the series finale on Sunday, Hellman reached base four times (2-for-3, 2 BB) and scored once. He singled in his first two at-bats, before walking and scoring in his final two at-bats. The first run scored pushed Oregon’s lead to 3-0 in the seventh, while his second gave the Ducks a 7-0 lead.
All-Time National Players of the Week
Player Organization Date
Dominic Hellman NCBWA 3/4/2025
Jacob Walsh NCBWA 4/23/2024
Drew Cowley Collegiate Baseball 5/1/2023
Sabin Ceballos Collegiate Baseball 4/17/2023
Tanner Smith Collegiate Baseball 3/27/2023
Josiah Cromwick Collegiate Baseball 2/20/2023
Kenyon Yovan Collegiate Baseball/D1Baseball 3/8/2021
Perfect Game/NCBWA
Spencer Steer NCBWA 4/15/2019
Spencer Steer Collegiate Baseball 4/15/2019
Shaun Chase Collegiate Baseball 5/5/2014
Mitchell Tolman NCBWA 4/15/2014 Mitchell Tolman NCBWA 5/7/2013
