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Dakota Hawkins Earns National Player of the Week Honors

TUCSON, Ariz. (March 20, 2023) – For the second straight week a Washington State pitcher has earned national recognition as was named one of the National Players of the Week by Collegiate Baseball, the organization announced Monday.

Hawkins matched a career-high with 10 strikeouts and allowed just one earned run in 5.1 innings to earn the win over Oregon. Hawkins enters the week second in the Pac-12 Conference with 38 strikeouts .

Last week, reliever received the same recognition along with Pac-12 Pitcher of the week after two no-hit appearances in WSU's series win at No.