Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Week Maya Brady (left) and Pitcher of the Week Megan Faraimo.
Bruins Sweep Week One Pac-12 Awards
February 11, 2020 | Softball
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LOS ANGELES - After posting a 6-0 record during the opening weekend of the 2020 season, the Bruins swept the Pac-12 Conference weekly awards, as announced on Tuesday. Maya Brady was named Player and Freshman of the Week, while sophomore Megan Faraimo earned Pitcher of the Week honors.
Brady hit four home runs at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament last weekend, driving in nine, scoring nine times and producing nine hits in 18 at-bats (.500 batting average). Her first collegiate hit on Thursday against CSU Bakersfield was an RBI double, and she kept on hitting from there. Brady's first homer came in the third inning versus CSUB. Following another two-hit game on Friday versus Cal Poly, the freshman left the yard again twice on Saturday, hitting a two-run shot against Pittsburgh and a three-run homer against Bakersfield. On Sunday versus Pitt, she had a pair of hits, including a solo homer, adding an RBI single in the weekend finale against San Diego.
Faraimo won and went the distance in all three of her starts last weekend, striking out 33 and walking none in 17 innings. She gave up only one run and 11 baserunners on 10 hits and a hit by pitch. In the season opener against Bakersfield on Thursday, she struck out 12 in five innings, giving up just one hit and a hit by pitch. The dozen strikeouts had tied a career high, but she bested that mark on Saturday, as Faraimo posted 14 strikeouts versus Pittsburgh, limiting the Panthers to five hits in seven innings. She gave up a run in her final outing of the weekend on Sunday against San Diego, but still struck out seven, allowing four hits in five innings.
This is the second time in as many seasons that the Bruins swept the Pac-12 weekly awards, as last March 19, Rachel Garcia was the Player and Pitcher of the Week, while Kelli Godin was the Freshman of the Week. It is the third time a UCLA player has been named Pac-12 POW and FOW in the same week (Brianna Tautalafua, May 9, 2016; Aaliyah Jordan, April 23, 2018).ย Faraimo, who earned five Pac-12 FOW honors last season, picked up her first Pitcher of the Week accolade.
The Bruins are off to Clearwater, Fla. this weekend for the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. UCLA's first game is at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 14 against Alabama and will be televised on ESPNU.
LOS ANGELES - After posting a 6-0 record during the opening weekend of the 2020 season, the Bruins swept the Pac-12 Conference weekly awards, as announced on Tuesday. Maya Brady was named Player and Freshman of the Week, while sophomore Megan Faraimo earned Pitcher of the Week honors.
Brady hit four home runs at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament last weekend, driving in nine, scoring nine times and producing nine hits in 18 at-bats (.500 batting average). Her first collegiate hit on Thursday against CSU Bakersfield was an RBI double, and she kept on hitting from there. Brady's first homer came in the third inning versus CSUB. Following another two-hit game on Friday versus Cal Poly, the freshman left the yard again twice on Saturday, hitting a two-run shot against Pittsburgh and a three-run homer against Bakersfield. On Sunday versus Pitt, she had a pair of hits, including a solo homer, adding an RBI single in the weekend finale against San Diego.
Faraimo won and went the distance in all three of her starts last weekend, striking out 33 and walking none in 17 innings. She gave up only one run and 11 baserunners on 10 hits and a hit by pitch. In the season opener against Bakersfield on Thursday, she struck out 12 in five innings, giving up just one hit and a hit by pitch. The dozen strikeouts had tied a career high, but she bested that mark on Saturday, as Faraimo posted 14 strikeouts versus Pittsburgh, limiting the Panthers to five hits in seven innings. She gave up a run in her final outing of the weekend on Sunday against San Diego, but still struck out seven, allowing four hits in five innings.
This is the second time in as many seasons that the Bruins swept the Pac-12 weekly awards, as last March 19, Rachel Garcia was the Player and Pitcher of the Week, while Kelli Godin was the Freshman of the Week. It is the third time a UCLA player has been named Pac-12 POW and FOW in the same week (Brianna Tautalafua, May 9, 2016; Aaliyah Jordan, April 23, 2018).ย Faraimo, who earned five Pac-12 FOW honors last season, picked up her first Pitcher of the Week accolade.
The Bruins are off to Clearwater, Fla. this weekend for the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. UCLA's first game is at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 14 against Alabama and will be televised on ESPNU.
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