LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola's slugging shortstop Julian Jarrard is named the Golden State Athletic Conference Player of the Week for his performances between April 6-12.
 
This is Jarrard's first conference weekly honor and comes on the heels of his second Biola Athlete of the Week award.
 
He hit .438 while leading Biola to a 3-1 week in contests against Bethesda and Arizona Christian. He tied for the team-lead in hits (7) and bashed three homeruns to drive in 10 runs in the four contests.
 
Jarrard's homerun hitting has been on a torrid pace as of late, getting four in the last eight games to up his season total to 12. He's getting a big fly once per every 13 at bats to this point in the year, leading to a No. 4 spot in the NAIA in homers.
 
He slugged 1.063 this week to wrap his arms around this conference honor, accumulating 17 total bases off of four extra-base hits. He even stole one base during the Eagles' 22-1 defeat of Arizona Christian.
 
His hitting over the last week brought his season batting average up to .309. It had only been above .300 for one other game this season.
 
Jarrard and Biola looks to continue it's strong play with a single game at CSU San Marcos on Tuesday this week and a Friday-Saturday series at home against San Diego Christian.