LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball's
Steele Murdock was named to Baseball America's
Week 9 National Team of the Week.
The honor roll features players at every position, including the top-performing two-way player and four pitchers. It will also include a designated hitter spot, which will serve as a wild card to recognize an elite performer at any position, regardless of whether he served as a DH that week. While statistical output will serve as the primary driver of selections, strength of competition and underlying data will also factor into the process.
Murdock set the Tritons' all-time single game record with 17 strikeouts in 8.0 innings against UC Santa Barbara on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 13. At the time, it was the most strikeouts in a single game for a pitcher in NCAA Division I this season.
The righthander allowed just four base runners, throwing 76 of his 106 pitches for strikes with no walks. He gave up three hits and just one run for the Friday night road win. Murdock (Herriman, Utah) retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced via strikeout, including striking out the side in the sixth and eighth innings.
Murdock faced three batters over the minimum in his eight innings of work, recording all but one of his 17 K's via swinging strikeout.
The Tritons will travel across town to face San Diego State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. before returning to Triton Ballpark to host Cal Poly for a weekend series beginning Friday at 6 p.m.
Baseball America's Week 9 National Team of the Week
| C |
Blake Primrose |
Saint Joe's |
| 1B |
Gavin Grahovac |
Texas A&M |
| 2B |
Hunter Warren |
Wright State |
| 3B |
Mikey Bell |
Gonzaga |
| SS |
Mikey Ryan |
NC State |
| OF |
Landon Hairston |
Arizona State |
| OF |
Harrison Feinberg |
Northeastern |
| OF |
Aidan Robbins |
Texas |
| DH |
Jaquae Stewart |
Texas State |
| P |
Logan Reddemann |
UCLA |
| P |
Mason Edwards |
USC |
| P |
Steele Murdock |
UC San Diego |
| P |
Charlie West |
Connecticut |
| TWP |
Evan Dempsey |
Florida Gulf Coast |
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 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 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned 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.
