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SAN FRANCISCO - Sophomore Kylee Perez has been named Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week after her outstanding offensive display at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic I last weekend. 

Perez had hits in all five games in Cathedral City, going 11-for-16 (.688) with seven runs batted in, five runs scored, two home runs, two walks and a stolen base. She had multiple hits in four of the five contests and at least three RBI in two games.

After posting a single and a walk in last Friday's win over #15 UCF, Perez recorded five hits in Saturday's doubleheader. She was 3-for-3 with a walk against Notre Dame and then set a new career high in RBI with four versus Cal Poly. Perez had a three-run homer and an RBI double, scoring twice against the Mustangs.

On Sunday, Perez continued her hit barrage with two singles against #4 LSU, also scoring a run. In the weekend finale with Pacific, the sophomore added three more hits, three RBI and two runs scored on a two-run homer and the mercy-rule winning RBI single in the fifth inning.

Perez, who has a hit in every game this season, is tied for second on the team with a .500 batting average and two home runs, solo second with nine runs scored, fourth with seven runs batted in and first with four sacrifice hits.

It is the first career conference POW award for Perez and the 75th Pac-10/12 Player of the Week honor for UCLA.

The Bruins, ranked 10th in this week's USA Softball poll and 11th in the NFCA rankings, heads back to Cathedral City for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic II this week. The tournament starts on Thursday with a matchup against top-ranked Florida at 5:30 p.m. All games this weekend will feature live stats and video, with links available on the softball schedule page on UCLABruins.com.