{"id":193723,"date":"2024-03-12T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193723"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:31:58","slug":"softball-big-west-field-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/12\/softball-big-west-field-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball senior awarded Big West Field Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Maya<\/p>\n

Senior second baseman Maya Nakamura of the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa softball team<\/a> was honored as the Big West Field Player of the Week after powering 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>‘s offense and making stellar plays on defense. She led 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> with eight hits—six of which went for extra bases with two doubles, a triple and three home runs. This is Nakamura’s second conference weekly honor after receiving Big West Freshman of the Week honors on April 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

Nakamura came through in the clutch this past week as the senior hit .444 (8-for-18) and led the Rainbow Wahine with seven runs scored, two doubles, a triple, three home runs, 12 RBI<\/abbr> and a 1.167 slugging percentage. She had multiple RBI<\/abbr> in four of 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>‘s six games this week and currently she is on an eight-game hitting streak. Nakamura recorded a season-high four RBI<\/abbr> against Cleveland State University. All three of her homers drove in three runs each. She accounted for 16 of 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>‘s 36 total runs for the week.<\/p>\n

Defensively, Nakamura made highlight reel plays and was solid at second base with 14 assists and 20 put-outs for a 1.000 fielding percentage.<\/p>\n

Read more on Nakamura at HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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