Eryka Gonzales, Long Beach State Softball Pitcher of the Week Sophomore • Pitcher • Oxnard, Calif.

• Eryka Gonzales fired a complete game to lead Long Beach State to a 2-1 upset of No. 20 Baylor to begin its involvement in the Louisville Slugger Invitational at the LBSU Softball Complex on Thursday afternoon and pick up a first career Big West weekly distinction.

• In a lone appearance for the week, the right-hander out of Oxnard scattered four singles and allowed one run, striking out three against one walk in earning the winning decision to improve to 3-3 on the year.

• Gonzales threw 93 pitches in the contest, inducing 13 ground-ball outs to go along with the three on strikes. The Bears notched two singles in both the first and seventh frames, finally pushing a lone run across in that final inning before a groundout ended the game with runners stranded at second and third. A popout had left the bases full in the first.

• Gonzales is Long Beach State’s first Big West Pitcher of the Week since Samantha Fowler last April 4, 2022. Teammate Carly Robbins was this year’s first Big West Field Player of the Week on Feb. 13, with Makayla Medellin already a two-time Freshman of the Week.

Also Nominated: Isabella Alonso (CSUN); Kenedi Brown (UC Davis); Key-annah Campbell-Pua (Hawai’i); Jada Cecil (UC San Diego); Maddie Heinlin (UC Riverside); Brianna Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield); Camryn Snyder (UC Santa Barbara); Myka Sutherlin (Cal State Fullerton); 

Sara Olson, Long Beach State Softball Field Player of the Week Junior • Outfielder • Newhall, Calif.

• Sara Olson hit .727 (8-for-11) and slugged 1.091 with five runs, a double, one home run, two RBI, two walks and two stolen bases on two tries over four games for Long Beach State to receive a first career Big West Field Player of the Week honor.

• Olson’s week began with a solo home run late in a narrow 3-2 loss at California Baptist on Tuesday night. The Newhall native then went 3-for-3 with a walk and a steal as LBSU upset No. 20 Baylor, 2-1, to open its Louisville Slugger Invitational on Thursday.

• Olson had a hit, run and a walk against San Diego State later that same evening, before going 3-for-4 with a career-high three runs scored in the Beach’s 8-1 romp over Purdue on Sunday.

• The fourth-year junior made eight clean outfield putouts defensively.

• Olson is LBSU’s second Big West Field Player of the Week for 2023, joining the season’s first recipient, Carly Robbins, from Feb. 13.

Also Nominated: Bobbi Aguirre (UC San Diego); Mikayla Carman (CSUN); Ashley Donaldson (UC Santa Barbara); Shaylene Fuimaono (CSU Bakersfield); Maya Nakamura (Hawai’i); Alexa Neil (Cal State Fullerton); Bella Pahulu (UC Davis); Nadia Witt (UC Riverside); 

Key-annah Campbell-Pua, Hawai'i Softball Freshman of the Week Freshman • Pitcher • Nipomo, Calif.

• Rookie hurler Key-annah Campbell-Pua recorded a 2-1 record in four home appearances for a second Big West Freshman of the Week award.

• Campbell-Pua posted a team-best ERA of 1.45 across 19.1 innings pitched, with nine strikeouts against two walks.

• In a 9-0 run-rule victory over Niagara on Thursday, Campbell-Pua twirled a five-inning, one-hit shutout while facing the minimum of 15 batters and fanning three without a base on balls.

• In UH’s first meeting with Iowa State on Saturday, the true freshman right-hander recorded another complete game, this one a seven-inning victory (5-2), allowing two runs on seven hits. Campbell-Pua completed the week with a 5.1-frame relief stint against the Cyclones Sunday.

• Campbell-Pua joins Long Beach State’s Makayla Medellin as two-time recipients of The Big West Freshman of the Week award, with a previous selection on Feb. 20, when the Nipomo native was also chosen as The Big West Pitcher of the Week.

Also Nominated: Georgia Heathcock (UC San Diego); Raegan Jackson (CSUN); Jazzy Santos (UC Santa Barbara);

2023 Big West Softball Weekly Winners