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Owens Receives Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week Honors
4/27/2026 3:00:00 PM | Baseball
IRVING, Texas – Kansas Baseball sophomore Tyson Owens was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. The Big 12 weekly honors are the first of his career.
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Owens had a monster week for the Jayhawks, hitting .625/.684/1.250 (10-for-16), with a double, three home runs, seven RBIs, nine runs scored and two walks with a 1.934 OPS in in a perfect 4-0 week versus No. 20 Nebraska and on the road at Kansas State. He smashed a home run in three of the four games and had multiple hits in all four contests.
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A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Owens scored at least one run in all four games and scored multiple runs in three of the games. He also drove in at least one RBI in all four games and multiple RBI in two of the games.
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Owens hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning at Kansas State on Sunday, a ninth inning home run on Saturday and a game-tying home run against No. 20 Nebraska in the sixth inning of a 9-7 win on Tuesday.
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The huge week at the plate raised his season batting average from .248 to .293. Owens is second on the team with a .427 on-base percentage and third with a .556 slugging percentage.
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Owens is only the third Kansas player in program history to earn Big 12 Player of the Week and Big 12 Newcomer of Week honors in the same week. Tyson LeBlanc accomplished it three weeks ago on April 6 and Caleb Upshaw won both awards on May 6, 2022.
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Owens is the 25th player in Kansas history to win Big 12 Player of the Week and the 22nd Jayhawk in program history to win Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Owens joins Boede Rahe, Tyson LeBlanc and Mathis Nayral as a Big 12 weekly award winner this season.
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No. 11 Kansas (33-11, 17-4 Big 12) has won six straight games, 17 of the last 18 and 23 of its last 26 contests. The Jayhawks have won six consecutive Big 12 series for the first time in program history. KU recorded its fifth series sweep of the season and fourth in Big 12 play this past weekend at Kansas State.
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Owens had a monster week for the Jayhawks, hitting .625/.684/1.250 (10-for-16), with a double, three home runs, seven RBIs, nine runs scored and two walks with a 1.934 OPS in in a perfect 4-0 week versus No. 20 Nebraska and on the road at Kansas State. He smashed a home run in three of the four games and had multiple hits in all four contests.
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A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Owens scored at least one run in all four games and scored multiple runs in three of the games. He also drove in at least one RBI in all four games and multiple RBI in two of the games.
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Owens hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning at Kansas State on Sunday, a ninth inning home run on Saturday and a game-tying home run against No. 20 Nebraska in the sixth inning of a 9-7 win on Tuesday.
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The huge week at the plate raised his season batting average from .248 to .293. Owens is second on the team with a .427 on-base percentage and third with a .556 slugging percentage.
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Owens is only the third Kansas player in program history to earn Big 12 Player of the Week and Big 12 Newcomer of Week honors in the same week. Tyson LeBlanc accomplished it three weeks ago on April 6 and Caleb Upshaw won both awards on May 6, 2022.
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Owens is the 25th player in Kansas history to win Big 12 Player of the Week and the 22nd Jayhawk in program history to win Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Owens joins Boede Rahe, Tyson LeBlanc and Mathis Nayral as a Big 12 weekly award winner this season.
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No. 11 Kansas (33-11, 17-4 Big 12) has won six straight games, 17 of the last 18 and 23 of its last 26 contests. The Jayhawks have won six consecutive Big 12 series for the first time in program history. KU recorded its fifth series sweep of the season and fourth in Big 12 play this past weekend at Kansas State.
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