CHRISTIAN KOSS, UC IRVINE – BASEBALL FIELD PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior • SS • Riverside, Calif. • JW North HS
• Finishing the month of May with a .500 average, UC Irvine junior Christian Koss earned Big West Baseball Field Player of the Week after extending his hitting streak to 15 games.
• The shortstop hit .500 (10-for-20) over four games as the Anteaters went 3-1 and ended their season with an impressive 37-17 record.
• Koss culminated the week with a 6-for-6 effort against UC Riverside in a 22-7 victory, tying the program’s single-game record and becoming just the third Anteater to accomplish the feat. Two of his hits came via a double and a home run.
• He also scored a program single-game record six runs in Saturday’s win. He also walked and stole his team-leading 11th base.
• Koss went 2-for-5 with a double and another stolen base in Friday’s 3-1 loss.
• Koss had a triple and two RBIs in Tuesday’s 7-4 win over USC.
• He also made several spectacular defensive plays over the weekend as the ‘Eaters finished the season with the fewest errors in program history.
Others nominated: Hank LoForte (Cal State Fullerton); Andrew Lucas (CSUN); Jacob Hughey (Long Beach State); Daylen Calicdan (Hawai‘i)
RODNEY BOONE, UC SANTA BARBARA – CO-BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Freshman • LHP • Orange, Calif. • Tustin HS
• Freshman Rodney Boone helped UC Santa Barbara to its first conference title in 33 years, garnering Big West Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week honors.
• In a winner-take-all game against Cal Poly for the Big West’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, Boone shut down the Mustang offense over 8.1 innings in a 7-0 win.
• He allowed just five hits, walked three and struck a career-high 12 batters as UCSB captured the Big West crown for the first time since 1986.
• Boone improved to 8-0 on the season as he struck out at least one batter in all but two innings.
ISAIAH NUNEZ, CSUN – CO-BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Senior • LHP • Sacramento, Calif. • Sacramento CC
• Closing out his collegiate career in dominant fashion, CSUN senior Isaiah Nunez notched Big West Baseball Co-Pitcher of the week accolades with a complete game shutout.
• The southpaw tossed a five-hitter against Cal State Fullerton to earn the 1-0 shutout on the final day of the season.
• It was his first career shutout as he tied a career high with eight strikeouts. He became the first CSUN pitcher since 2002 to win eight games in a season.
• In blanking the Titans, CSUN earned its first shutout over CSF since 1991.
• Nunez threw a season-high 126 pitches, including 30 in the first inning when he escaped a bases loaded jam.
• He retired 14 of the final 16 batters he faced including the last six in a row.
Others nominated: Bobby Ay (Cal Poly); Timothy Josten (Cal State Fullerton); Adam Seminaris (Long Beach State)