LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV softball sophomore standout
Mia Trejo has been tabbed the Mountain West Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday. This is the first career weekly honor for Trejo, who was a First Team MW All-Conference performer as a freshman last spring.
Trejo, a Tucson, Arizona, native, helped the Rebels to the program's first three-game sweep over San Diego State and the first series win in San Diego since 2005 as she went 4-for-10 (.400) from the plate with five RBI, four runs scored, a home run and five walks. In the 5-4 series-opening win, the first baseman went 1-for-1 with a two-run single in the third inning, a run scored and two walks, then followed that up a 2-for-4 night in a 7-2 game two win, including a three-run home run in the third to put the Rebels up 5-0. It was her team-leading sixth home run of the season - a new career high - and third during conference action, with all three being of the multi-run variety. In Sunday's series finale, Trejo went 1-for-5 with a run scored to extend her hitting streak to eight games.
The sophomore has been lights out during conference play as she's gone 12-for-24 (.500) with 15 RBI, seven runs scored, one double, three runs home and eight walks, while she's reached base safely in 11 straight games. She's been so dangerous during Mountain West play that teams are beginning to intentionally walking her - San Diego State twice intentionally walked Trejo with runners on in Sunday's 17-inning marathon.
This is the second time this season a Rebel has earned the Player of the Week nod, with
Lauren Tycksen receiving the award on February 12, while its the fourth conference weekly award for a Rebel this year as freshman
Jenny Bressler was named the MW Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks March 12 and March 19.
After four of the last five weekends on the road, UNLV returns home this weekend to host Fresno State, April 5-7, at Eller Media Stadium. The Rebels swept the Bulldogs for the first time in program history last year in Fresno.
