Complete-game shutouts earned Cal Poly's Matt Leonard and Cal State Fullerton's Jeff Kaplan Big West Co-Pitcher of the Week honors, while Kaplan's teammate, Evan McArthur, received player of the week accolades, for the week ending April 23. This is the first honor of the season for all three athletes.

On Saturday, Leonard (Napa, Calif.) guided the Mustangs to a 3-0 win over UC Riverside after tossing a complete-game three-hit shutout. The southpaw scattered just three hits and recorded nine strikeouts, three shy of a career high. Leonard's outing was just Cal Poly's second complete game of the season.

Kaplan (Dana Point, Calif.) threw his second complete-game shutout of the year on Saturday night, surrendering five hits, while striking out seven in the Titans' 2-0 win over Pacific. He retired the first six Tigers he faced and then set down the final 10 to earn his team-leading seventh win of the year.

Titan third baseman Evan McArthur (Medford, Ore.) hit a team-leading .545 and hit his first two home runs of the season in the three-game sweep over the Pacific Tigers. In Friday's 18-1 win, McArthur was 3-for-4 with a pair of walks and scored five runs, while knocking in three more. On Sunday, his second home run of the week proved to be the game-winner, as Cal State Fullerton went on to defeat the Tigers 12-1. He finished the series with a another 3-for-4 performance in Sunday's matinee, missing the cycle by just a triple. For the week, he tallied 14 total bases, while slugging 1.273 with a .615 on-base percentage.

Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly currently sit one-two in the Big West Conference standings.

Others nominated for this week's honor were first baseman Jorge Andrade Jr. (Cal State Northridge), second baseman Matt Cline (Long Beach State), catcher Jeff Dunbar (UC Riverside) and pitcher James Simmons (UC Riverside).