OKLAHOMA CITY - The Mid-America Christian University baseball team had a huge weekend in Texas last weekend, and for his part in that effort, MACU's Diego Pichardo was honored by the Sooner Athletic Conference.

MACU won four of their five games last week, including a three game sweep over the Southwestern Assemblies of God Lions, and with Pichardo leading that charge, the SAC named him the conference's baseball Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.

Pichardo, a 5-11 senior from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, had hits in four of the five games for MACU, and he hit .533 for the week. He had two doubles and a trio of round-trippers, bringing his season total to eight, and he drove in nine runs. Twice on the week he finished a triple shy of the cycle, and in MACU's 8-6 win over Tabor College on Tuesday, Pichardo drove in five runs. He also drew three walks and stole a base, and his weekly slash line was .533/.579/1.267 (AVG/OBP/SLG).