• Makayla Medellin led Long Beach State in batting last week, hitting .385 (5-for-13) with three runs, a pair of doubles, one RBI and a stolen base across four games during the San Diego Classic, to grab a second Big West Freshman of the Week distinction already.
• The Yorba Linda product went 3-for-3 in Saturday’s narrow 2-0 loss to Boston University. Medellin was 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, including what proved to be the decider, in Friday’s initial meeting with the Terriers, a 5-1 Beach victory.
• Medellin, a 2022 graduate of Yorba Linda High School made 10 clean putouts defensively while starting three times in left field and once in right in Saturday's tourney finale for LBSU.
• Medellin’s first Big West Freshman of the Week award came after a stellar college debut during the season’s first weekend, on Feb. 13.