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OSU’s Riggio, Schubart and UT’s Johnson Jr. Grab Big 12 Baseball Weekly Honors

Oklahoma State’s Roc Riggio (player), Nolan Schubart (newcomer) and Texas’ Lebarron Johnson Jr. (pitcher) won Big 12 Baseball weekly honors for games ending May 7.
 
Riggio went 8-for-15 (.533), smashing four home runs while driving in 10 runs. The second baseman from Simi Valley, California reached base, scored a run and drove in a run in all four games last week, including a weekend sweep of East Tennessee State. He went 4-for-5 with a pair of home runs and five RBIs at Oral Roberts in the midweek game. The sophomore finished the week with 10 runs scored, a .650 on-base percentage and a 1.333 slugging percentage, capturing his second weekly award of the season.
 
Johnson struck out a career-high 12 Kansas hitters over 7.0 innings, holding the Jayhawks to a single run in his start Saturday. The redshirt sophomore scattered four hits and did not allow an opposing hitter to reach via hit or walk over his last three innings of work. The Jacksonville, Florida native held opponents to a .154 batting average as he ran his record to 5-2 on the year and collected his first weekly award.
 
Schubart’s week was paced by a career game on Sunday, as he tied a Big 12 record with two grand slams in a single game. In the win against ETSU, the left fielder was 3-for-3 with a perfect 5.000 OPS and tied Cowboy program records with three home runs and 10 RBIs. For the week, the freshman from Durand, Michigan hit .400 with a .500 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage. It is Schubart’s second newcomer honor of the season.

Big 12 Baseball Player of the Week:
Feb. 20: Austin Davis, TCU
Feb. 27: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia
March 6: Nolan McLean, Oklahoma State
March 13: Roc Riggio, Oklahoma State
March 20: Austin Green, Texas Tech
March 27: Porter Brown, Texas
April 3: Roberto Pena, Kansas State
April 10: Anthony SIlva, TCU
April 17: Gavin Kash, Texas Tech
April 24: Tevin Tucker, West Virginia
May 2: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia
May 8: Roc Riggio, Oklahoma State

Big 12 Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Feb. 20: Brendan Girton, Texas Tech
Feb. 27: Blaine Traxel, West Virginia
March 6: Cam Brown, TCU
March 13: Juaron Watts-Brown, Oklahoma State
March 20: Will Rigney, Baylor
March 27: Cam Brown, TCU
April 3: Juaron Watts-Brown, Oklahoma State
April 10: Tyson Neighbors, Kansas State & Robby Porco, West Virginia
April 17: Ryan Free, Texas Tech
April 24: Carter Campbell, Oklahoma 
May 2: Lucas Gordon, Texas & Blaine Traxel, West Virginia
May 8: Lebarron Johnson Jr., Texas

Big 12 Baseball Newcomer of the Week:
Feb. 20: Kevin Bazzell, Texas Tech
Feb. 27: Janzen Keisel, Oklahoma State
March 6: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State & Louis Rodriguez, TCU
March 13: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma
March 20: Dakota Harris, Oklahoma & Austin Green, Texas Tech
March 27: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State
April 3: Gage Harrelson, Texas Tech
April 10: Cole Elvis, Kansas
April 17: Gage Harrelson, Texas Tech
April 24: Tyler Wulfert, Oklahoma State
May 2: Blaine Traxel, West Virginia
May 8: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State