SAN BRUNO, Calif. – After throwing a no-hitter in clinching the West Coast Conference baseball regular season championship for Gonzaga, Karsten Sweum was named the Rawlings West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week. A major contributor in Pacific clinching a berth in the conference tournament for the first time in program history, Jake Tandy was named Rawlings West Coast Conference Player of the Week. Ian Josephson of Saint Mary's won Rawlings West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week.
RAWLINGS WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – JAKE TANDY, SR., INF – PACIFIC
Jake Tandy batted .611 (11-for-18) vs. San Diego last weekend, tallying two home runs, seven RBI, seven runs and three doubles. Tandy produced multiple hits in all three of the Tigers' games against the Toreros, including four in both Saturday and Sunday's contests. This is Tandy's first conference player of the week award this season and Pacific now owns three total this season.
Also Nominated: Diego Castellanos, Saint Mary's; Ben Cleary, Santa Clara; Andrew Gauna, San Diego; Noah Meffert, Gonzaga; Matt Moreno, LMU
RAWLINGS WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK – KARSTEN SWEUM, SO., LHP – GONZAGA
Karsten Sweum threw a no-hitter on Saturday, the sixth no-hitter in program history. The victory also clinched the conference regular season championship for the Bulldogs. He only had to get 21 outs thanks to a run-rule shortened game, striking out 15 of those batters. Sweum allowed just two walks and struck out 11 of the 12 total batters he faced in the middle four innings of his start. He needed just 93 pitches for the no-hitter, throwing 63 of those for strikes. Sweum has now won conference pitcher of the week three times this season and twice in the last three weeks.
Also Nominated: RJ Meyn, Santa Clara; Lukas Sarantos, Saint Mary's; Collin Valentine, Pepperdine
RAWLINGS WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – IAN JOSEPHSON, FR., INF – SAINT MARY'S
Ian Josephson hit .429 from the plate during Saint Mary's sweep over LMU, improving to 14-10 in conference play. Josephson produced multi-hit games in all three games including a pair of doubles on Saturday. He finished the series with a 2-for-4 day and two runs in a 6-3 series finale win. This is the second time this season that Josephson has won conference freshman of the week.
Also Nominated: Phoenix Brant, San Diego; Landon Hood, Gonzaga; Waylon Walsh, Santa Clara; Joshua Woodworth, Pepperdine
2026 Rawlings West Coast Conference Baseball Players of the Week
February 16: Thomas Ferroggiaro, Santa Clara
February 23: Makoa Sniffen, Saint Mary's
March 2: Zach Wadas, LMU
March 9: Robert Orr, Pacific
March 16: Ricky Sanchez, Gonzaga
March 23: Trey Swygart, Portland
March 30: Maddox Haley, Gonzaga
April 6: Andrew Gauna, San Diego
April 13: Mikey Bell, Gonzaga
April 20: Payton Knowles, Seattle U
April 27: Makoa Sniffen, Saint Mary's
May 4: CJ Moran, San Diego
May 11: Jake Tandy, Pacific
2026 Rawlings West Coast Conference Baseball Pitchers of the Week
February 16: Max Bayles, Santa Clara
February 23: Jonah Johnson, LMU
March 2: Karsten Sweum, Gonzaga
March 9: Max Bayles, Santa Clara
March 16: Jonah Johnson, LMU
March 23: Kale Hammer, Seattle U
March 30: Tommy Scavone, Pepperdine
April 6: Travis Farrell, Seattle U
April 13: Nick Bacura, San Francisco
April 20: Garret Plata, Pacific
April 27: Karsten Sweum, Gonzaga
May 4: Tommy Scavone, Pepperdine and Zach Todd, Pacific
May 11: Karsten Sweum, Gonzaga
2026 Rawlings West Coast Conference Baseball Freshmen of the Week
February 16: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
February 23: Thomas Gonzales, San Francisco
March 2: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
March 9: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
March 16: James Dell’Amico, Pepperdine
March 23: Alex Via, Portland
March 30: Jayden Garrison, San Francisco and Will Labonte, Portland
April 6: Will Labonte, Portland
April 13: Ian Josephson, Saint Mary's
April 20: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
April 27: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
May 4: Landon Hood, Gonzaga
May 11: Ian Josephson, Saint Mary's