Usually, Mo Mercado is reeling in every ground ball in her direction, but this week she reeled in every accolade, too.
The Arizona Wildcats shortstop was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week, plus earned national player of the week honors from the NFCA, USA Softball, College Sports Madness and DI Fast Pitch News after a stellar weekend in Palm Springs.
“I was kinda caught off guard at first,” Mercado said before practice on Wednesday. “I know I did well, but I wasn’t really thinking about my stats during the week. So when I actually saw my numbers written down I was like ‘wow, you actually did really well.