Maryland, UCLA, Oregon Take Home Baseball Weekly Awards

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its baseball weekly awards for games played April 6-12, 2026.

Player of the Week
Devin Russell, Maryland
R-Jr. – C – Boonton Township, N.J. – Mountain Lakes HS

• Russell made the most of his plate appearances as Maryland won its conference series against Indiana over the weekend
• Hit walk-off home runs on consecutive days, securing a run-rule win on Saturday and overcoming a two-run deficit in the ninth inning with a grand slam blast on Sunday
• Recorded a .500 batting average (4-for-8), a .600 on-base percentage, and slugged 1.375
• Finished the week with seven RBI and a 1.975 OPS
• Becomes first Terrapin chosen Player of the Week since March 31, 2025

Pitcher of the Week
Logan Reddemann, UCLA
Jr. – S-RHP – Palmdale, Calif. – San Diego (NCAA)

• Fanned an NCAA season-high 18 batters – one shy of the NCAA record – in UCLA’s 4-1 win over Rutgers on Friday
• Tied the UCLA single-game strikeout record set by Rob Henkel in 2000
• Struck out 11 of the last 12 batters he faced for the top-ranked Bruins
• Allowed two hits and one run over eight innings, limiting the Scarlet Knights to a .077 batting average
• Last Bruin named Pitcher of the Week: Wylan Moss (February 23, 2026)

Freshman of the Week
Naulivou Lauaki Jr., Oregon
R-Fr. – DH – Springville, Utah – Springville HS

• Helped No. 20 Oregon to a conference series win over No. 14 Nebraska, batting .385 with two home runs and five RBI
• Stroked a pair of home runs and drove in three runs on Saturday
• Slashed .471/.471/1.176 with a 1.647 OPS in four games during the week
• Compiled six extra-base hits (3 home runs, 3 doubles) and 20 total bases
• His selection marks the third Freshman of the Week Award for Oregon this season

Team rankings are the highest position listed among the five polls: Baseball America, D1Baseball, NCBWA, Perfect Game, USA Today

2026 Big Ten Baseball Weekly Awards
Feb. 16
PL: Jackson Freeman, Jr., OF, NU
P: Grant Govel, So., S-RHP, USC
F: Angel Laya, Fr., OF, ORE

Feb. 23
PL: Will Gasparino, Jr., OF, UCLA
P: Wylan Moss, So., R-RHP, UCLA
F: AJ Putty, Fr., 1B, ILL

March 2
PL: Weber Neels, Sr., C, MINN
P: Mason Edwards, Jr., S-LHP, USC
F: Brayden Ricketts, R-Fr., DH, IND

March 9
PL: Colton Bower, Jr., C, WASH
P: Mason Edwards, Jr., S-LHP, USC
F: Ryan Costello, R-Fr., 1B/OF, MD
F: Angel Laya, Fr., OF, ORE

March 16
PL: Roch Cholowsky, Jr., SS, UCLA
P: Grant Govel, So., S-RHP, USC
F: Daniel Porras, Fr., OF/1B, WASH

March 23
PL: Dominic Hellman, Sr., DH, ORE
PL: Alex Bemis, Jr., OF, OSU
P: Mason Edwards, Jr., S-LHP, USC
F: Gavin Lauridsen, Fr., R-RHP, USC

March 30
PL: Brandon Rogers, Sr., OF, PUR
P: Miles Gosztola, Jr., S-LHP, ORE
F: CJ Deckinga, Fr., 3B, MSU

April 6
PL: Payton Brennan, R-Jr., OF, UCLA
P: Shane Brinham, Fr., S-LHP, MICH
F: Zach Strickland, Fr., R-RHP, UCLA

April 13
PL: Devin Russell, R-Jr., C, MD
P: Logan Reddemann, S-RHP, Jr., UCLA
F: Naulivou Lauaki Jr., R-Fr., DH, ORE