Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - April 17, 2023

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kade Kretzschmar, Sr., OF, California (Carlsbad, Calif.)
» 5 GP, .714 AVG, .680 OBP, 1.143 SLG, 10 RBI, 2 HR, 6 R, 15 H (3 2B), 2 BB, 1 SB

• Had an outstanding week at the plate to lead the Bears to a 4-1 record, including a series win at Utah, going 15-for-21 (.714) with a pair of home runs, three doubles, 10 RBI, six runs scored, two walks and a stolen base.
• Finished the week with a .680 OPS and a 1.143 slugging percentage, while five of his 15 hits were extra-base hits.
• Recorded multiple hits in all five games, knocking at least three hits in four of five, and drove in multiple runs in four of five contests.
• In the conference series at Utah, went 10-for-13 (.769) at the plate, tying a career high with four hits in the 3-2 series-opening win and going 3-for-3 with three RBI and a home run in the finale, coming within a triple of hitting for the cycle in the 11-8 series-clinching win.
• Over the five games, went 9-for-13 with runners on base and 6-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
• Entered the week hitting .232 and raised his average nearly 100 points to .319.
• Graduate transfer from Dartmouth and 2022 Ivy League Player of the Year earns first Pac-12 weekly award and fifth career weekly honor overall after being named the Ivy League Player of the Week four times.

ALSO NOMINATED: Jonah Advincula, WSU; Mac Bingham, ARIZ; Sabin Ceballos, ORE; Mason Guerra, OSU; Braden Montgomery, STAN.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Jace Stoffal, Jr., RHP, Oregon (Roseburg, Ore.)
» 1 GS, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3 H, 8 K, 1 BB

• Earns the honor in back-to-back weeks after leading the Ducks to a big series win over No. 8 Stanford at home, throwing a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 Oregon win in the series opener.
• First career complete game for the junior and first shutout for Oregon since the 2017 season.
• Dominated the Pac-12’s top scoring team, allowing just four base runners and three total hits.
• After a leadoff single, retired the next 13 batters before allowing a single and a walk in the fifth; Pitched out of that one-out jam and retired the next 11 straight until a leadoff single in the ninth.
• Retired the final three batters in the ninth, striking out the final two.
• The Ducks’ Friday night starter picked up a fifth win on the season and recorded his fourth consecutive win in as many starts. 
• First Oregon pitcher to earn the award in consecutive weeks since former Duck Alex Keudell in 2012 and just the 13th time a Pac-12 pitcher has earned it two straight weeks or more since the league did away with divisions in 1999.

ALSO NOMINATED: Christian Becerra, CAL; Ryan Brown, OSU; Drew Dowd, STAN; Cam Walty, ARIZ.

2023 Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards