{"id":180562,"date":"2026-02-16T20:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180562\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:53:07","slug":"gene-trujillo-named-mw-player-of-the-week-new-mexico-lobos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180562\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Trujillo Named MW Player of the Week &#8211; New Mexico Lobos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After leading the Lobos with 10 RBI and five doubles in their opening-weekend sweep of Fordham last weekend, New Mexico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/golobos.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/gene-trujillo\" title=\"Gene Trujillo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Trujillo<\/a> has been named Mountain West Player of the Week for the first week of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second MW weekly award of Trujillo&#8217;s career and his first Player of the Week honors. He previously was named MW Freshman of the Week on April 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at first base for the whole weekend, Trujillo batted .563 with a team-high 10 RBI as the Lobos swept Fordham (10-9, 18-8, 16-6, 24-5), closing out the series with three consecutive seven-inning run-rule victories. The junior Albuquerque native picked up multiple hits in all four games, finishing with five doubles to go with a .632 on-base percentage and .875 slugging percentage.<\/p>\n<p>He also scored five runs, including three in Sunday&#8217;s weekend finale as UNM secured its first nonconference series sweep since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>On the weekend as a team, the Lobos hit .427 (56-for-131) with a .583 on-base percentage and .679 slugging percentage, scoring 68 runs across four games. They racked up 18 doubles and five home runs while drawing 41 walks compared to just 8 walks issued by UNM pitchers.\u00a0With runners in scoring position, New Mexico was especially dangerous, hitting .500 (35-for-70) over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP<br \/>The Lobos (4-0) remain at home to host Northern Colorado (0-4) for a four-game series next weekend, Feb. 20-22. Friday and Sunday\u2019s games in Albuquerque will be available to stream free via the MW Network at GoLobos.com\/Watch, with live stats, streaming options and more available via GoLobos.com\/BSBGameDay. Follow @UNMLoboBaseball on IG, X and Facebook for comprehensive coverage, promotional updates, behind-the-scenes content and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After leading the Lobos with 10 RBI and five doubles in their opening-weekend sweep of Fordham last weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-180562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}