Baseball Pac-12 Conference

Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - April 8, 2024

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gavin Turley, So., OF, Oregon State (Chandler, Ariz.)
5 GP, .455 AVG, .500 OBP, .955 SLG, 11 RBI, 3 HR, 2 2B, 8 R, 10 H, 3 BB, 21 TB

  • Led Oregon State to a 5-0 week, which included a sweep of Arizona State
  • Recorded multiple hits in 4 of the Beavers' 5 games, including 3 in each of the 2 series finales
  • Hit 3 home runs, including 2 in the series with the Sun Devils. Hit 1 in the 1st inning in Game 2, then followed that with a solo shot Sunday in the 7th inning to give the Beavers insurance runs
  • Led Oregon State with 11 RBI on the week, and drove in 2 or more in 4 of the 5 games
  • Also walked 3 times to record a .500 on-base percentage. Finished with an OPS of .955
  • Scored 8 runs and tallied 2 doubles.
  • 2nd time in his career winning the award after winning it in February 2023
  • 5th time in 8 weeks this season that an Oregon State player has won this award

ALSO NOMINATED: Owen Cobb, STAN; Tommy Splaine, ARIZ; Ryan Jackson, USC; Landon Frei, UTAH; Logan Johnstone, WSU

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PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Kmatz, Jr., RHP, Oregon State (Albuquerque, N.M.)
1 GS, 1-0, CG, 9.0 IP, 1.00 ERA, 4 H, 1 ER, 6 K,  0 BB, 6.0 K/9, 0.44 WHIP

  • Tossed his 1st career complete game as Oregon State defeated Arizona State, 9-1, on Saturday
  • Faced the minimum over the first 8 innings and his lone blemish was a pinch-hit home run by the Sun Devils in the 9th inning
  • Scattered 4 hits and did not walk a batter. ASU had opened the series with 8 runs on 11 hits in the opener Friday and had a team batting average in the .280 range leading up to the game
  • Recorded all 6 strikeouts from the 5th inning on
  • Improved to 4-1 on the year, sporting a 2.89 ERA. He has 38 strikeouts to 11 walks in 43 2/3 innings.
  • 2nd time this season and 2nd time in his career winning this award after previously claiming it on February 26th of this season
  • 2nd Pac-12 pitcher to win twice this season, joining Stanford's Christian Lim
  • 2nd time this season that Oregon State has won both the Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week in the same week

ALSO NOMINATED: Cam Walty, ARIZ; Micah Ashman, UTAH; Christian Lim, STAN; Logan Mercado, ORE; Rashad Ruff, UCLA; Tyler Stromsborg, USC

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