LOS ANGELES – UCLA outfielder Kort Peterson has been named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week for April 25-May 1, it was announced by the conference office on Monday.

Peterson started all four games for UCLA last week, one at designated hitter, two in right field and one in left field. The junior went 6-for-17 (.353) with one double, two triples, two runs and 11 RBI. Peterson drove in multiple runs in three of his four games, including a five RBI effort against Utah on Sunday, May 1, which set a new single game career-high for him. He also recorded his first career two triple game on Sunday. Peterson's strong run production this week moves him into a tie with Sean Bouchard for first on the team in RBI with 31 runs driven in. Peterson also now leads the team in triples, recording four on the year.

This is Peterson's first career Player of the Week award and UCLA's 61st all-time selection. Peterson joins Griffin Canning and Kyle Molnar as the third Bruin to earn Player/Pitcher of the Week honors this season.

UCLA heads south to take on the Long Beach State Dirtbags tomorrow at 6:00pm PT at Blair Field before playing a home and home three-game series with UC Irvine this weekend. Tickets for Friday and Sunday are available and can be purchased by visiting uclabruins.com/tickets or by calling 310-UCLA-WIN. Fans can also listen to all four games live on uclabruins.com.

2016 Pac-12 Players/Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 23 - Nick Madrigal, OSU / Tristan Beck, STAN
March 1 - Alfonso Rivas III, ARIZ / Colton Hock, STAN
March 8 - Logan Ice, OSU / Erik Martinez, CAL
March 14 - David Greer, ASU / Drew Rasmussen, OSU
March 21 - Bobby Dalbec, ARIZ / Kyle Molnar, UCLA
March 28 - Timmy Robinson, USC / Ryan Hingst, ASU
April 4 - Brett Cumberland, CAL / Travis Eckert, OSU
April 11 - AJ Ramirez, USC / Nathan Bannister, ARIZ
April 18 - Trek Stemp, WSU / Griffin Canning, UCLA
April 25 - Jeremy Martinez, USC / Nathan Bannister, ARIZ
May 2 - Kort Peterson, UCLA / Kevin Ginkel, ARIZ