SAN FRANCISCO – Oregon State outfielder Jacob Melton has been named the Pac-12 Conference's Player of the Year, as voted upon by the league's coaches and announced on Tuesday.
Melton is the sixth Beaver to named the conference's Player of the Year since the then-Pac-10 combined divisions in 1999. He joins Jacoby Ellsbury (2005), Cole Gillespie (2006), Michael Conforto (2013 and 2014), Nick Madrigal (2017) and Adley Rutschman (2019).
Melton, a Medford, Ore., native, led the Pac-12 with 71 RBI during the 2022 regular season. He was first with a .702 slugging percentage, tied for second with 19 stolen bases, tied for third with 20 doubles, tied for fourth with 57 runs, tied for fifth with 15 home runs, seventh with 75 hits, tied for ninth with three triples and tied for 10th with a .