Cal State Monterey Bay’s James Starkus collects his second FloCollege/CCAA Player of the Week in 2026

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James Starkus from Cal State Monterey Bay has been selected as the FloCollege/CCAA Baseball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 23-Mar. 1. 

Starkus batted .545 (6-for-11) with a 1.811 OPS to lead the Otters to three wins over Fresno Pacific. The junior from Las Vegas recorded a hit, run, and RBI in every game of the series as CSUMB outscored FPU 46-11 in the three games extended its winning streak to six straight. Starkus would finish the three-game set with two doubles, two home runs, 10 RBI, and four runs scored. 

In the second game of the series, Starkus went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, and five RBI. He would add four more RBI in the second game of the doubleheader as he went 3-for-4 with another double and a home run. 

Starkus is leading the CCAA with a .558 batting average and 29 runs batted in. He is also second in on-base percentage (.574) and first in slugging (.981). Click here to see CCAA baseball stats leaders. 

This is the second time in the last four weeks that Starkus has been selected as the CCAA Player of the Week. Click here to see the complete list of weekly award winners. 

Cal State Monterey Bay (11-3) will begin conference play this week. It will open a four-game set against Cal State LA (10-7) starting on Friday, March 6. Catch all the games on FloCollege at goccaa.org/flocollege.

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