PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick McLain, RS Soph., OF, Arizona State (Tustin, Calif.)
» 4 GP, .611 AVG, .667 OBP, 1.222 SLG, 8 RBI, 3 HR, 6 R, 11 H, 2 2B, 3 BB, 1 SB, 22 TB
- Reigning national player of the week showed no signs of slowing down, leading ASU to a historic road sweep of Stanford and a 3-1 record for the week while batting .611 on 11-of-18 hitting
- Homered 3 times on the Farm and recorded 8 RBI
- 3 or more hits in each game of the series and 5 extra-base hits total, adding 2 doubles to the 3 homers for a 1.222 slugging percentage and scoring 6 runs
- Homered as a left-handed hitter on Friday and twice as a right-handed hitter on Saturday, pacing an ASU offense that scored double digit runs in all 3 games at the Sunken Diamond for the first road sweep in program history against the Cardinal
- Had 4 hits in ASU's 16-run effort on Sunday that was the most ASU has ever scored at the Sunken Diamond in program history
- Was 8-for-8 on defensive chances with 1 outfield assist
- 2nd straight week winning this award, 1st Sun Devil to win it back-to-back since Ethan Long in 2021
- 3rd straight week a Sun Devil has been named Player of the Week and second Sun Devil to win twice this season (Ryan Campos)
- Becomes first of the 3 McLain brothers to win this honor multiple times. 2 older brothers: UCLA's Matt McLain won in March 2020 while ASU's Sean McLain won in April 2022
ALSO NOMINATED: Andrew Cain, ARIZ; Brady Kasper, OSU; Kai Roberts, UTAH, Drew Smith, ORE
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Bryson Van Sickle, Sr., LHP, Utah (Eagle Mountain, Utah)
» 1 GS, 1 CG, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 1.00 ERA, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, 8.0 K/9, 0.56 WHIP
- Became the first Utah pitcher since 2008 to throw multiple complete games in a season after his performance in Utah's win vs. #19 Arizona (May 10). 1 of 2 Pac-12 pitchers with multiple CG this season (Arizona's Clark Candiotti)
- Surrendered just 1 run on 3 hits and a pair of walks while striking out 8 Wildcats; his 2nd straight outing with 8 K
- Allowed only a walk in the first 3.2 innings of the game, then worked around a 2-out triple to get out of the 4th inning still in a scoreless game
- The leadoff batter never reached in 9 innings and Arizona only had 2 hits with 2 outs
- Lowered his ERA to 2.80 overall (2nd in the Pac-12) and 2.43 in conference play (3rd in Pac-12; 2nd among starters)
- 9th start this season of 6+ innings and 6th in a row; Utah is 7-2 in those games
- 2nd time being honored this season, having captured it previously on April 15
- 1st Utah pitcher to ever win this award multiple times and just the 4th in school history to be honored - Nick Green (2014), Jayson Rose (2015), Matthew Sox (2022)
ALSO NOMINATED: Clark Candiotti, ARIZ; Ben Jacobs, ASU; Aiden May, OSU; Brock Moore, ORE
2024 Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards
Player | Pitcher | |
Feb. 19 | Travis Bazzana, Oregon State | Jackson Kent, Arizona |
Feb. 26 | Mason Guerra, Oregon State | Jacob Kmatz, Oregon State |
March 4 | Travis Bazzana, Oregon State | Christian Lim, Stanford |
March 11 | Jacob Walsh, Oregon | Matt Scott, Stanford |
March 18 | Jeter Ybarra, Washington | Connor Markl, Arizona State |
March 25 | Travis Bazzana, Oregon State | Christian Lim, Stanford |
April 1 | Ryan Campos, Arizona State | Grant Taylor, Washington State |
April 8 | Gavin Turley, Oregon State | Jacob Kmatz, Oregon State |
April 15 | TJ Clarkson, Utah | Bryson Van Sickle, Utah |
April 22 | Seth Gwynn, California | Trey Newmann, California |
April 29 | Ryan Campos, Arizona State | Aiden May, Oregon State |
May 6 | Nick McLain, Arizona State | Clark Candiotti, Arizona |
May 13 | Nick McLain, Arizona State | Bryson Van Sickle, Utah |