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Tulane's Olthoff, UCF's Rathbone Earn Baseball Weekly Awards

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The American Athletic Conference announced its weekly baseball honors for Feb. 24.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jordan Rathbone, R-Sr., UTL, UCF
Rathbone aided the Knights to a sweep of No. 8 Auburn by hitting .438 for the week (7-for-16) with seven runs scored, three home runs and seven RBI.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Braden Olthoff, Jr., RHP, Tulane
Olthoff threw a gem against No. 24 Cal State Fullerton on Friday night (Feb. 21), tossing a complete-game shutout with only three hits and one walk allowed along with 16 strikeouts in a 1-0 win.