ARIZONA STATE senior first baseman Abe Ruiz has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week and OREGON sophomore right-handed pitcher Jimmie Sherfy has been voted Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 13-19, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Monday.

Nine Pac-12 baseball players have been named to USA Baseball’s preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list, as released by USA Baseball on Thursday.

As UTAH joins the Pac-12 this season, all 11 teams kick off the 2012 campaign on Friday with a packed opening weekend.

In a polling of the Pac-12’s baseball coaches, STANFORD has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference title this season.

Seven Pac-12 student-athletes have been named to the Baseball America 2012 Preseason All-America Team, while 14 Conference student-athletes have been named to CollegeBaseballInsider.com’s 2012 Preseason All-American Team.

Six Pac-12 baseball teams have been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason Division I poll.

Five Pac-12 baseball teams have been included in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 25, as released by Baseball America on Tuesday.

Eight Pac-12 baseball players have been named to the national Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-America Team.

As much as Marder modestly tries to downplay his successes, the former Oregon catcher is on the rise with the High Desert Mavericks, the Mariners’ Class-A Advanced affiliate.