SAN MATEO, Calif. — Senior first baseman Huntyr Ava was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Ava led BYU with a .615 batting average and 1.385 slugging percentage as the Cougars' went 5-0 last week, including a series sweep of San Diego.
The Rosepark product homered in back-to-back games against Utah State and Utah Tech as well as once during the series with the Toreros en route to recording a team-leading 11 RBI.
Totaling a team-high 11 home runs on the year, Ava leads the conference in the statistical category. In the field, she tallied 23 putouts and one assist on a perfect fielding percentage on the week.
For the season, Ava has team-highs in batting average (.356), slugging percentage (.743) and RBI (42).This is the Cougars' sixth weekly honor of the season.
| BYU's 2023 West Coast Conference Weekly Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | Name | Award |
| 2 | Martha Epenesa | Player of the Week |
| 2 | Kaysen Korth | Pitcher of the Week |
| 4 | Kaysen Korth | Pitcher of the Week |
| 8 | Ailana Agbayani | Pitcher of the Week |
| 9 | Hailey Morrow | Player of the Week |
| 12 | Huntyr Ava | Player of the Week |
Following its Monday matinee matchup with No. 2 UCLA, BYU will host Pacific for senior weekend and its final WCC homestand on Friday and Saturday, May 5-6. The game will be televised streamed on the BYUtv app.