KU's Shojinaga wins first Big 12 baseball Player of the Week award

LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Last season's Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year is starting the 2024 campaign right where he left off.

Kansas sophomore Kodey Shojinaga has been named the Big 12's first Co-Player of the Week of the season, the conference announced Monday.

Shojinaga gets the honor after a line of .462/.533/1.077 at the plate with two home runs and five RBI in a three-game stretch against Illinois-Chicago. One of the two home runs was Shojinaga's first-career grand slam.

This type of performance was expected for the sophomore coming into the year, being named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team in January.

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