CHARLESTON, S.C. – No. 2 Baseball first baseman Ivan Melendez has been named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Melendez clubbed four home runs and two doubles, driving in 11 runs and scoring five runs in a huge week at the plate. He had his second multiple-homer game of the season, to lead Texas to a 9-5 over South Carolina.
In all during the week Melendez had two games with four RBI, one game with two RBI and a game with one RBI. For the five total games during the week, he slugged 1.