CLEVELAND, Ohio - Toledo junior outfielder AJ Montoya has been named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week for the week of March 13-19, announced by the conference office on Monday.
Montoya led the Rockets to a pair of wins over Southern Illinois and another victory over Illinois during a 3-1 weekend in the University of Illinois Tournament. He paced the Rockets with a .467 (7-of-15) average, scored four runs, drove in eight, collected four doubles, a pair of walks and hit his first home run of the season.
On Friday against Southern Illinois, Montoya was 3-for-5 with three doubles and tied a career high with five RBIs.