Ribera Garners WAC and National Honors
4/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 26, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State first baseman Jordan Ribera has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week and National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper for the week of April 19-25.
Ribera, a junior from Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West HS), hit .625 (10-for-16), helping the Bulldogs to a pair of wins at Nevada last week. Ribera scored seven runs with two doubles, five home runs, nine RBI and a 1.688 slugging percentage over four games last week.
With his five home runs last week, Ribera now leads both the WAC and the nation with 20 home runs this season. Ribera has now hit a home run in five-straight games, tying the Fresno State record for consecutive games with a home run.
Ribera is the second Bulldog to earn an National Player of the Week honor from Collegiate Baseball and third Bulldog to earn a WAC honor. He is the first Bulldog hitter to be honored.
The Bulldogs host Dallas Baptist for a three-game series April 29 - May 1 at Beiden Field.
"We Are Your Team" The Bulldogs take a break from conference play Dallas Baptist in a three-game series at Beiden Field. The non-conference series starts on April 29 at 6:05 p.m. For ticket information log on to gobulldogs.com.
