Kansas’ Jake English (player) and Reese Dutton (co-newcomer), TCU’s Louis Rodriguez (pitcher) and UCF’s Cade Boxrucker (co-newcomer) were tabbed as Big 12 Baseball Players of the Week. It is the first career weekly award for English and Boxrucker, and the second for Dutton and Rodriguez.  
 
English hit .500 and reached base in every game as the Jayhawks picked up their first Big 12 series sweep on the road since 2014. The senior from Olathe, Kansas had back-to-back three-hit games to open the series, homering in both games. The sport management  major walked twice and scored a run in the series finale. He limited BYU to two stolen base attempts in two errorless games behind the plate, throwing out one of the would-be base stealers, before playing the final game of the series at first base.
 
Rodriguez spun eight innings of three-hit, shutout ball, and was the winning pitcher in the 14-1 TCU victory Thursday. The sophomore right-hander struck out a career-high 10 batters and needed just 89 pitches to navigate eight innings. The Long Beach, California native retired the first 12 Houston batters he faced and allowed just one baserunner through seven innings.
 
Boxrucker was one out away from a no-hitter on Tuesday, allowing just one hit through 8.2 innings against Jacksonville. The West Chester, Ohio native allowed just five batters to reach base and struck out four Dolphins. The senior right-hander was the winning pitcher in the 6-0 UCF win. The integrative general studies major is the first UCF player to win a Big 12 baseball weekly award.
 
Dutton earned his sixth consecutive win, making him the first KU pitcher since 1995 with wins in six consecutive appearances. In the series opener against BYU, the liberal arts and sciences major allowed one run over eight innings of work, striking out a career-high 12, the most for a Kansas pitcher since 2020. The right-hander from Kenosha, Wisconsin has won four consecutive Big 12 series-opening starts, which marks the first time KU has won the opening game of the first four Big 12 series since 2000.

Big 12 Players of the Week
Player:
Feb. 19: Kodey Shojinaga, KU, IF, So. & Anthony Silva, TCU, IF, So.
Feb. 26: Peyton Powell, UT, UTL, Sr.
Mar. 3: Brady Day, K-State, IF, Jr.
Mar. 11: Easton Carmichael, OU, C, So. & Max Belyeu, UT, OF, So.
Mar. 18: Bryce Madron, OU, OF, Sr.
Mar. 25: Max Belyeu, UT, OF, So.
Apr. 1: Jake English, KU, C, Sr.

Pitcher:
Feb. 19: Mason Marriott, BU, RHP, Jr.
Feb. 26: Lebarron Johnson Jr., UT, RHP, Jr.
Mar. 3: Braeden Sloan, TCU, LHP, So. 
Mar. 11: Reese Dutton, KU, RHP, Sr.
Mar. 18: Tommy Boba, UC, RHP, So.
Mar. 25: Payton Tolle, TCU, LHP, Jr.
Apr. 1: Louis Rodriguez, TCU, RHP, So.
 
Newcomer:
Feb. 19: Chase Brunson, TCU, OF, Fr.
Feb. 26: TJ Pompey, TTU, IF, Fr.
Mar. 3: Josh Kross, UC, IF/C, Jr. & Lenny Ashby, OF, Sr.
Mar. 11: Reese Dutton, KU, RHP, Sr. & Jacob Frost, K-State, LHP, Jr.
Mar. 18: Mason Green, BU, LHP, Fr.
Mar. 25: Payton Tolle, TCU, LHP, Jr.
Apr. 1: Cade Boxrucker, UCF, RHP & Reese Dutton, KU, RHP