Aloy Named Perfect Game National Player of the Week

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas infielder Wehiwa Aloy has been named Perfect Game’s National Player of the Week.

The Razorback shortstop recorded five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances during the squad’s perfect 5-0 week from March 4-9, slashing a team-leading .632/.667/1.136 with 10 runs scored, four doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI to lead Arkansas to a double midweek series sweep against ULM as well as a weekend series sweep against Portland.

Aloy, who also earned SEC player of the week honors for the second time this season, racked up a conference-leading 12 hits and totaled 25 bases during the week, belting a pair of home runs, his first career multi-homer game, in the series opener against Portland on March 7 and logging consecutive four-RBI efforts in each of the first two games of the weekend series sweep of the Pilots on March 7-9.

For the season, Aloy is slashing .433/.534/.850 with six home runs and 18 RBI in 16 games. He leads the Hogs in hits (26), doubles (7) and total bases (51), and is tied for the team lead in home runs (6).

Behind Aloy’s hot hitting, Arkansas is off to a 15-1 overall start, marking its best 16-game start to a season since 2006, and rides a season-long 11-game winning streak into Tuesday’s midweek matchup against in-state opponent UCA.

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