Texas Tech University Athletics
Jung, Holt Snag First Big 12 Weekly Awards
February 19, 2018 | Baseball
The Red Raider duo earn conference accolades for performances against Maine
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech baseball's Josh Jung & Gabe Holt have been named Big 12 Player & Newcomer of the Week, respectively, the conference announced today.
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It's the first honor of each kind for both Red Raider student-athletes. The duo's accolades marks the second-straight year Tech has won Player & Newcomer of the Week awards after the opening weekend, as Jung earned Newcomer & Hunter Hargrove earned Player accolades after the 2017 season-kickoff trip to Starkville against Western Illinois & Mississippi State.
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Jung, a sophomore infielder from San Antonio, recorded the most hits of any Big 12 player this week, totaling 10, four for extra bases. He hit a home run every day of the weekend, racking up a conference-high 10 RBI, while scoring seven runs. Jung tallied a hit in all four games, putting together multi-hit & multi-RBI performances in three of the four contests.
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In Friday's opener, he came a triple shy of the cycle. Then on Sunday, he put together a four-hit day at the plate, with a three-run homer, driving in five RBI. He was the only student-athlete in the conference to record four hits & five RBI in a single game to start the 2018 season.
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Holt, a freshman infielder from Bonaire, Georgia, tallied eight hits in his collegiate debut, with two doubles, a triple and a homer. He also drove in six RBI and scored five runs, while leading conference freshmen in batting average and ranking seventh overall in the league.
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Just like Jung in Friday's contest, Holt also needed just a triple to complete the cycle in Tech's second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Black Bears. He would get his triple in his first at-bat of the day on Sunday, as part of another three-hit bid against Maine.
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The Red Raiders return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 20, against New Mexico State at 2 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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It's the first honor of each kind for both Red Raider student-athletes. The duo's accolades marks the second-straight year Tech has won Player & Newcomer of the Week awards after the opening weekend, as Jung earned Newcomer & Hunter Hargrove earned Player accolades after the 2017 season-kickoff trip to Starkville against Western Illinois & Mississippi State.
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Jung, a sophomore infielder from San Antonio, recorded the most hits of any Big 12 player this week, totaling 10, four for extra bases. He hit a home run every day of the weekend, racking up a conference-high 10 RBI, while scoring seven runs. Jung tallied a hit in all four games, putting together multi-hit & multi-RBI performances in three of the four contests.
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In Friday's opener, he came a triple shy of the cycle. Then on Sunday, he put together a four-hit day at the plate, with a three-run homer, driving in five RBI. He was the only student-athlete in the conference to record four hits & five RBI in a single game to start the 2018 season.
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Holt, a freshman infielder from Bonaire, Georgia, tallied eight hits in his collegiate debut, with two doubles, a triple and a homer. He also drove in six RBI and scored five runs, while leading conference freshmen in batting average and ranking seventh overall in the league.
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Just like Jung in Friday's contest, Holt also needed just a triple to complete the cycle in Tech's second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Black Bears. He would get his triple in his first at-bat of the day on Sunday, as part of another three-hit bid against Maine.
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The Red Raiders return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 20, against New Mexico State at 2 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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