Jonathon Long Award Field Player of the Week Week Of 4/3/2023 Sport Baseball School Long Beach State Year Junior Position Hometown Orange, Calif. High School Orange HS Jonathon Long batted .444 (8-for-18) and slugged 1.167 with four runs, one double, four home runs, six RBI and two walks (one intentional) to lead Long Beach State to a 4-0 week at home, including a sweep over conference rival Cal Poly, for a second career Big West Field Player of the Week award. Two of Long’s blasts were of the walk-off variety, as the true junior first baseman produced solo efforts to lead off the ninth inning against California Baptist on Tuesday night for a 3-2 triumph, and again in the ninth with two gone in Saturday’s middle contest with the Mustangs for a 5-4 decision. Defensively, Long started all four games at first base and handled all 29 chances cleanly with two assists and two double plays. Long’s previous Big West Field Player of the Week selection came to open the 2022 campaign on Feb. 21. The Orange product and teammate Kyle Ashworth have now gone back-to-back this season. Earlier Monday, Long was recognized as one of seven (four field players) Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week, powered by Diamond Sports, becoming The Big West’s first recipient of that distinction for 2023.