Arizona picked up one more Big 12 Player of the Week award to close the regular season.
Junior catcher Sydney Stewart got the nod Tuesday after a highly productive weekend at Houston.
Arizona鈥檚 Sydney Stewart catches practice pitches before the Wildcats face Texas in the Hillenbrand Invitational on Feb. 22, 2025.
Stewart went 5 for 7 (.714) with two home runs, three RBIs and five runs scored as the Wildcats swept a three-game series against the Cougars.
In her first year at Arizona after transferring from Washington, Stewart ranks sixth in the Big 12 in batting average (.376), fourth in home runs (16), third in RBIs (56), second in on-base percentage (.548) and third in slugging percentage (.789).
Stewart is the fourth UA player to earn a Big 12 weekly award, joining teammates Kaiah Altmeyer, Devyn Netz (twice) and Miranda Stoddard (twice).
Stewart and the Wildcats (43-10, 17-7) are the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, which begins Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Arizona will face the winner of the UCF-Utah game in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Thursday.
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The conference鈥檚 annual awards are expected to be released Wednesday morning.
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