Jakob Simons Award Field Player of the Week Week Of 4/17/2023 Sport Baseball School CSUN Year Junior Position Outfielder Hometown Pleasanton, CA High School Foothill HS Jakob Simons slashed .417/.462/.833 in leading third-place CSUN to a key road series win at fourth-place Long Beach State and nabbed a first Big West Field Player of the Week selection. Simons moved from the leadoff spot in the order to the No. 3 position and went 5-for-12 at the plate with three runs scored, two doubles, one home run, seven RBI and one walk. The second-year Chabot College transfer bookended a pair of two-hit efforts against the Dirtbags, going 2-for-4 on Friday with two runs, a home run, one walk and four RBI, and the same in Sunday’s finale with one run and an RBI double. Simons’ two-run double in the fifth inning on Saturday gave the Matadors a 3-0 cushion and was the difference in a series-clinching 3-2 triumph. Simons’ lone long ball of the weekend was a fifth-inning grand slam in Friday’s 12-6 victory. It was a league-leading 10th home run at the time for the Pleasanton product, who is now tied for second in that category, and is also second in RBI (36) and slugging (.739). Simons leads The Big West in both OPS (1.216) and stolen bases (10-10). Simons started all three games in center field and made 12 clean putouts without an error. Simons is CSUN’s second Big West Field Player of the Week for 2023, after Graysen Tarlow earned the first honor of the year back on Feb. 20.