Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted February 24 His first week playing, and gets conference freshman of the week already? "Greatness and Weakness Emerge Early" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EUGENE, Ore. – Coming off a series win over Rhode Island, Oregon catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus has been named the Big Ten Conference Co-Freshman of the Week. Mabeus (Henderson, Nev.) started a pair of games behind the plate for the Ducks leading Oregon to wins in both games while slashing .444/.500/.778 with a 1.278 OPS. He slugged his first career home run, a grand slam, while driving in a team-high eight runs with two runs scored and a stolen base. In a 19-12 win in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday, the Ducks’ freshman went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Mabeus tied the game at eight in the bottom of the fourth when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, before adding an RBI single in the Ducks four-run fifth inning. On Sunday in Oregon’s 15-2 series clinching win, Mabeus went 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, a run scored and a stolen base. He gave Oregon the lead in the bottom of the first with a two-run single before swiping second base. After adding a leadoff single in the third inning, the Ducks’ catcher broke the game open belting a two-out grand slam to push Oregon’s lead to 8-4. Mabeus is Oregon’s first baseball player to earn a conference weekly honor from the Big Ten Conference in its inaugural season in the league. He is also Oregon’s first ever freshman of the week award winner. The Pac-12 Conference did not recognize a freshman of the week, but Mitchell Tolman did win Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on May 6, 2013 as a true freshman. Mabeus’ six RBI were the most RBI by a Ducks’ freshman since Tolman did it vs. Seattle in Everett, Wash., on April 30, 2013, which eventually led to the player of the week honor. All-Time Big Ten Conference Freshmen of the Week Burke-Lee Mabeus (2/24/25) All-Time Pac-12 Conference Players of the Week Jacob Walsh (3/11/24; 4/3/23) Drew Cowley (5/1/23) Gabe Matthews (4/13/21) Kenyon Yovan (3/9/21) Spencer Steer (4/15/19) Scott Heineman (5/25/15; 4/15/13) Shaun Chase (5/5/14) Mitchell Tolman (4/14/14; 5/6/13) Ryon Healy (4/29/13; 2/19/13) Aaron Payne (5/7/12; 4/29/12) Brett Thomas (4/9/12) Danny Pulfer (5/16/11) Aaron Jones (3/21/11) Eddie Rodriguez (5/17/10; 3/8/10) Damn good recruiting by Coach Waz, as this is a great freshman class. Four freshman pitchers who have done well already besides this catcher! 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2785 No. 2 Share Posted February 24 God I love those uniforms! cream whites are the GOAT when it comes to baseball uniforms (Cardinals and Phillies come to mind), even better with the classic green and yellow. Certainly seems like a very very good class that has come in this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 3 Share Posted February 24 On 2/24/2025 at 2:31 PM, spartan2785 said: God I love those uniforms! cream whites are the GOAT when it comes to baseball uniforms (Cardinals and Phillies come to mind), even better with the classic green and yellow. Those are the throwbacks to 1954, the last time we made the College World Series and I love them too. Jacob Walsh Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
