BROC MORTENSEN, UC SANTA BARBARA
BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior • Outfielder • Ventura, Calif. • Cuesta College
• Posted a .500 average with three home runs, three doubles and nine RBI to open Big West play. Five of the RBI came in game four.
• Tallied eight hits while scoring six runs in the series versus Cal State Fullerton.
• Had two 2-RBI home runs in game four, one of which tied the game in the ninth and forced extra innings.
• Recorded three multi-hit contests with a 1.250 slugging percentage.
• He becomes third different Gaucho to earn Big West Player of the Week in 2021.
OTHERS NOMINATED: Denzel Clarke (CSUN), Caden Connor (Cal State Fullerton), Myles Emmerson (CSU Bakersfield), Tyler Jorgensen (UC Santa Barbara), Connor Kokx (Long Beach State), Luke Spillane (UC Irvine) Aaron Ujimori (Hawai’i)
NICK PINTO, UC IRVINE
BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Freshman • Pitcher • Coto de Caza, Calif. • Tesoro HS
• Career-best performance of eight scoreless innings to win his first Big West game (UC Davis, 8-0).
• Recorded a career-high seven strikeouts.
• Allowed just two hits and walked one.
• The two-hitter was UC Irvine’s first since early in 2020 and first shutout of 2021.
• First Anteater to earn a Big West weekly honor this season.
OTHERS NOMINATED: Landon Anderson (Cal State Fullerton), Cade Halemanu (Hawai’i), Arthur Joven (CSU Bakersfield), Luis Ramirez (Long Beach State), Bryan Woo (Cal Poly)