LA JOLLA, Calif.—For the second time this season, UC San Diego has swept the Big West weekly baseball awards, as announced Monday by the conference. Crew Robinson was named Big West Field Player of the Week and Izaak Martinez was named Big West Pitcher of the Week.
 
It is the first weekly conference honor for Robinson and second of the season for Martinez, after the two led the Tritons to a 3-0 sweep of UC Riverside and ultimately helped UC San Diego clinch a share of its first ever Big West championship. The Tritons have now collected five weekly award winners this season.

The awards cap a historic week for UC San Diego, which earned a share of its first Big West title—and first across all membership sports for the Tritons—in the third season of Division I competition. The Tritons finish the 2023 season with a 34-18 overall record and 21-9 mark in conference play. UC San Diego now awaits the final conference results from the final weekend May 26-28 to see if it will share the title or win it outright.

CREW ROBINSON, FIELD PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior Crew Robinson finished 8-for-14 (.575) at UC Riverside to help the Tritons sweep the Highlanders and earn a share of their first ever Big West title. Splitting time between center field and second base, Robinson went 9-for-18 on the week, driving in eight runs, adding five runs scored and tallied six doubles to help UC San Diego finish the week 4-0. 
 
In the Tuesday finale at San Diego State, Robinson gave the Tritons the go-ahead two-RBI double in the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Tritons went on to win the contest, 5-3, and take the season series with the Aztecs, 3-1. Robinson followed it up with multi-hit performances in all three of UC San Diego's weekend games. In the Friday night win, 11-3, Robinson finished 3-for-5 with a team-high four RBI, two runs scored and two doubles. On Saturday, he went 3-for-5 again with an RBI, a run scored and his third double of the series for the 10-6 victory. In the Sunday finale victory, 7-4, Robinson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and two more doubles. 
 
For the week, Robinson recorded an .833 slugging percentage, a .526 on base percentage and went 2-for-2 in stolen bases.­
 
IZAAK MARTINEZ, PITCHER OF THE WEEK
For the second time this season, Izaak Martinez recorded a save in all three games of UC San Diego's weekend series at UC Riverside. Martinez pitched 6.1 innings against the Highlanders, allowing one run on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts. 
 
Martinez got a three-inning save in the Friday opener, allowing one hit with no runs and four strikeouts. On Saturday he recorded the final out of a 10-6 contest with the tying run on deck to record his second save of the weekend. Martinez capped the series with another three-inning save on Sunday, allowing one run on five hits with two strikeouts. 
 
The left-hander now ranks second in the Big West with nine saves this season and finishes his final collegiate season with a 2.84 ERA that ranks fifth in the conference.
 
PREVIOUS BIG WEST WEEKLY HONORS
Cameron Leonard, Pitcher of the Week (March 15, 2021)
Matthew Dalquist, Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2022)
Zack Ernisse, Pitcher of the Week (April 25, 2022)
Michael Fuhrman, Field Player of the Week (March 20, 2023)
Brandon Larson, Field Player of the Week (May 1, 2023)
Izaak Martinez, Pitcher of the Week (May 1, 2023)
Crew Robinson, Field Player of the Week (May 22, 2023)
Izaak Martinez, Pitcher of the Week (May 22, 2023)
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.