Hairgrove Earns Big West Conference Player Of The Week Honors

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Hairgrove Earns Big West Conference Player Of The Week Honors

4/25/2011 10:17:57 AM | Baseball

Irvine, CA—The Big West announced today that UC Riverside's Trevor Hairgrove was named the conference baseball player of the week for games played from April 18-24. It is the first such honor for the senior shortstop.

Hairgrove extended his hitting streak to 11 games over the weekend scoring the game-winning run in UCR's 3-0 win over CSU Bakersfield on Thursday, and driving in both runs in a 2-0 win on Friday.

On Saturday, the Highlanders erased a 3-1 deficit with a seven-run eighth inning, and Hairgrove capped the rally driving in runs 5, 6 and 7 with a double to right center, and scoring the team’s eighth run.

For the week, Hairgrove hit .538 with a .571 on base percentage and a .692 slutting percentage. He also played a flawless shortstop in the series handling all 14 chances over the three games.

Hairgrove now leads the Highlanders with a .341 batting average while his .417 on base percentage and 19 RBIs rank second on the squad.