EUGENE, Ore. – Four weeks into the season, Oregon true freshman Angel Laya has now claimed the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week honor twice. Laya’s latest award came after a big week in a midweek game against Oregon State and a weekend conference series win at Purdue.

Laya continued his hot start slashing .400/.500/1.133 with a 1.633 OPS in Oregon’s four games while belting three home runs and scoring six runs. He was instrumental in securing a road conference series win at Purdue by slashing .364/.500/.909 with a 1.409 OPS while hitting a pair of home runs and scoring four runs.

In Oregon’s series-clinching win on Sunday, Laya homered twice while going 4-for-5 with four RBI and four runs scored. In a Tuesday matchup with No. 18 Oregon State, the Ducks’ right fielder homered and tripled while going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.

On the season, Laya did not strike out until his 39th plate appearance of the season and has just three Ks in 61 plate appearances while slashing .370/.443/.778 with a team-high six home runs.

2026 Laya Honors

Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/9/26)

Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team (3/1/26)

Perfect Game National Freshman of the Week (2/17/26)

Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2/16/26)

Oregon All-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week Honors

Angel Laya (3/9/26)

Angel Laya (2/16/26)

Burke-Lee Mabeus (2/24/25)