DENVER – The Western Athletic Conference announced its baseball players of the week on Monday. After a dominating week at the plate, New Mexico State's Joey Ortiz was named the WAC Hitter of the Week.
Ortiz was a menace at the plate, going 8-for-19 (.421 avg.) with six extra-base hits and 10 RBI. The junior opened the week with a double and a run scored in a loss to No. 11 Texas Tech. In the Aggies' weekend series against Northern Colorado, he was 7-for-14 from the plate with a home run in each contest.