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Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - March 9, 2021

Mar 9, 2021

Pac-12 Baseball Player of the Week: Kenyon Yovan, Jr., RHP/INF, OREGON (Beaverton, Ore.)
4 GP, .467 AVG, .591 OBP, 1.267 SLG, 11 RBI, 4 HR, 6 R, 7 H, 6 BB

  • Homered three times in Oregon’s doubleheader against UC Santa Barbara this past Saturday. 
  • Drove in the eventual winning run of game one with a base hit in the top of the ninth against the Gauchos. 
  • In game two, the junior hit a pair of two-run homers to lead the Ducks to a 17-2 win. 
  • Hit his fourth home run of the series in the top of the first of game four, contributing an additional RBI in the seventh.  
  • Intentionally walked three times in Sunday’s game, including twice with two outs and no one on base, leading Oregon to finish off a sweep of UC Santa Barbara. 
  • The four-game road sweep of a ranked team by the Ducks was the first in the history of the program.
  • Selected as one of Collegiate Baseball’s national players of the week. 

 

Pac-12 Baseball Pitcher of the Week: Zane Mills, Jr., RHP, WASHINGTON STATE (Portland, Ore.) 
1 GP, 8.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 7 K

  • Improved to 3-0 after striking out seven in Washington State’s 6-1 series-opening win over Seattle this past Friday.
  • Allowed just one unearned run on six hits across a career-high eight innings.
  • Mills settled in after the tough third inning, retiring 13 straight at one point.
  • Currently sits at a 3-0 record with 23 strikeouts across a conference-leading 21.1 innings.
  • The Cougars (9-2) claimed the series with Seattle to open the season with three straight series wins for the first time since 2008.

ALSO NOMINATED: 

Player of the Week: Sean McLain, ASU; Branden Boissiere, ARIZ; Dylan Beavers, CAL; Jacob Melton, OSU; Christian Robinson, STAN; Kevin Kendall, UCLA; Kyle Manzardo, WSU. 

Pitcher of the Week: Ethan Long, ASU; Preston Price, ARIZ; Josh White, CAL; Cullen Kafka, ORE; Kevin Abel, OSU; Zach Grech, STAN; Sean Mullen, UCLA; Justin Kelly, UTAH; Adam Bloebaum, WASH. 

  Player Pitcher
Feb. 24 Ryan Ober, Oregon State Jesse Bergin, UCLA
Mar. 2 Branden Boissiere, Arizona Kevin Abel, Oregon State
Mar. 9 Kenyon Yovan, Oregon Zane Mills, Washington State