Steinhurst Earns CCCBCA Player of the Week Honor
Antelope Valley sophomore left fielder Jayden Steinhurst earned California Community College Baseball Coaches Association (CCCBCA) SoCal Player of the Week for Week No. 5 (Feb. 16-22), announced Wednesday.
Steinhurst, the current state leader in RBI, led the Marauders to three wins last week with large margins of victory over Victor Valley and San Francisco. He hit .583 with four doubles, one triple, and 10 RBI. His 25 total RBI on the season have come over 15 games with 19 of those 25 coming just in the last two weeks.
Steinhurst is joined by Mt. San Antonio's freshman righthanded pitcher Tomas Bilvado, who was named SoCal Pitcher of the Week.
Other Western State Players of the Week include:
Western State North - Player: Ty Nicolay, Moorrpark (.500, 3 HR, 3 RBI); Pitcher: Brady Rea, Cuesta (7 IP, Win, 2 H, 4 K)
Western State South - Player: Steinhurst, AVC /HM Gavin Klennert, Antelope Valley (.563, 10 R, 4 2B); Pitcher: Ricky Sturm (7.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 Save)