Deming receives four national player of the week awards

SAN MATEO, Calif. – In addition to being named West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday, BYU third baseman Austin Deming has been recognized as national player of the week by four baseball organizations for his performance versus Utah and UNC Greensboro last week.

The senior from Santa Clara, Utah, was honored by the Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week as the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week, by D1Baseball|Blast Baseball as National Player of the Week, by Perfect Game|Rawlings as the College Player of the Week and by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper as one of its National Players of the Week.

Deming led the Cougars to a 3-1 record, including a series sweep (14-8, 19-8, 13-11) of the Spartans. In game three of the UNCG series on Saturday, he hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning that proved to be the game winner and clinch the series sweep. 

In the four non-conference games, Deming hit .706 (12 for 17), had 4 home runs, 4 doubles, scored 11 runs and had 15 RBI. He totaled 30 bases with an OBP of .737 and a slugging percentage of 1.647. 

Through 38 games of the 2023 season, Deming leads BYU in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.436), runs (36), RBI (50), doubles (10), home runs (16), total bases (106) and slugging percentage (.964). 

BYU baseball returns to conference play this week with a three-game series versus Portland, April 27-29, at Miller Park.
  
All three games will be broadcast live on the BYU Radio App and simulcast on 107.9 in the northern Utah market. In addition, all three games will air live on the BYUtv App, with Friday and Saturday’s games simulcast on BYUtv.