Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - March 6, 2023

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: TJ Clarkson, Rs-Jr., OF/LHP, Utah (Gilbert, Ariz.)
» 4 GP, .500 AVG, .556 OBP, 1.357 SLG, 9 RBI, 4 HR, 5 R, 7 H, 2 BB

• Led the Utes’ offense with a .500 average and four home runs on his seven hits in four games last week.
• Recorded 9 RBI and five runs scored to go along with a .556 on-base-percentage and a 1.357 slugging percentage.
• Began the week hitting a pair of home runs and pitching 2.2 scoreless innings of relief in a 6-3 win at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (Feb. 27). The first home run tied the game at two in the sixth, while the second was a three-run shot in the eighth that proved to be the game winner.
• Blasted his third home run of the week on a 2-for-2 performance in a 5-3 series-opening win at UTSA.
• In the series finale Sunday, went 3-for-5 with his fourth homer.
• First career weekly award for Clarkson and first Ute to earn the Player of the Week award since Chandler Anderson in 2017 (May 15).

ALSO NOMINATED: Sam Brown, WSU; Cole Gabrielson, USC; Duce Gourson, UCLA; Alberto Rios, STAN; Kiko Romero, ARIZ; Colby Shade, ORE; Johnny Tincher, WASH; Gavin Turley, OSU.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Kiefer Lord, Jr., RHP, Washington (San Carlos, Calif.)
» 1 GP, 1-0, 6.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 H, 10 K

• Picked up the victory for the Huskies in the game-two 6-0 shutout over Northern Colorado, pitching 6.0 perfect frames.
• The transfer from D111 Carleton College struck out 10 batters, which is tied for the team-high in 2023.
• Struck out multiple batters in four of his six innings.
• His 1.59 ERA is fifth-lowest among Pac-12 pitchers.
• First Pitcher of the Week award for Washington since Josh Burgmann earned the honor on March 5, 2019.

ALSO NOMINATED: Josh Blum, USC; Jaren Hunter, OSU; Quinn Mathews, STAN; Jackson Pace, ORE; Grant Taylor, WSU; Alonzo Tredwell, UCLA; Bradon Zastrow, ARIZ.