UNLV 3B Kyle Isbel earns weekly Mountain West honor

By BETSY HELFAND LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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Kyle Isbel (5), shown last March, had two doubles Sunday for UNLV in the Rebels’ 9-5 loss at San Jose State. (Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ohio State second baseman L Grant Davis is unable to complete a double play while UNLV base runner Kyle Isbel slides into second base in the fourth inning of their college baseball game at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Ohio State defeated UNLV 8-7. (Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV third baseman Kyle Isbel was named the Mountain West Baseball Player of the Week on Monday after going 10-for-20 (.500) this weekend during a series against New Mexico.

Isbel was 3-for-5 in Friday’s victory, added two more hits on Saturday and then had his best day Sunday, driving in five runs and scoring three. He struck out in his first at-bat of Sunday’s game, but wasn’t retired after that, going 4-for-5 in the Rebels’ 10-4 victory.

He also had a hit in the team’s 3-1 midweek win against UC Irvine.

Isbel, a freshman from Fontana, California, is hitting .326 in 47 games played and is second on the team with 23 RBIs.

This is the first time this season a Rebel has received the weekly accolade. Earlier in the year, teammate D.J. Myers was the conference’s pitcher of the week.

Betsy Helfand can be reached at bhelfand@reviewjournal.com. Follow on Twitter: @BetsyHelfand