Collin Villegas Award Field Player of the Week Week Of 4/4/2022 Sport Baseball School Cal Poly Year Junior Position Hometown Tustin, CA High School Beckman HS (Concordia (Irvine)/Irvine Valley College) Collin Villegas hit .529 (9-for-17) with five doubles, a triple, six runs, 10 RBI and five walks (two intentional) to help lead Cal Poly to its first 5-0 week in eight years as the Mustangs swept a non-conference home stand. He also handled all 20 defensive chances cleanly behind the plate and in left field. Villegas totaled four two-RBI knocks during the week, providing a two-run, opposite-field double against Santa Clara on Tuesday night, a two-run triple in Friday night’s opener with Dixie State, a two-run go-ahead double that proved to be the winner in Saturday’s first game, and a two-run single to get the scoring started in the doubleheader nightcap. The junior from Tustin has lifted his season average exactly 100 points, from .216 to .316, by batting .410 (16-for-39) over his last 12 contests (11 straight starts) with nine doubles and 18 RBI. Conference co-leader Cal Poly (18-10) has taken 11 of those games, with a current season-long win streak of six in a row. Villegas, a second-year transfer, is Cal Poly’s second Big West Baseball Field Player of the Week this season, alongside Brooks Lee on March 7 and a trio of pitcher distinctions. Villegas was recognized Monday morning among 10 Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week. He becomes the second Big West student-athlete to be chosen by the publication this year after teammate Drew Thorpe a week ago on March 28.