CARY, N.C. – Isaiah Magdaleno earned Golden Spikes Award/D1Baseball National Player of the Week honors Monday after putting together a masterpiece on Friday against UC Riverside. The junior struck out 16 batters in a complete game, one-hit shutout in which he took a no-hitter into the ninth inning.
 
Magdaleno was absolutely dominant from the opening pitch, becoming the only pitcher in the country this year to throw a complete-game shutout with at least 16 strikeouts. He punched out at least one batter in every inning, including multiple punch-outs in each of the first six frames, on his way to allowing just one hit and one walk on 107 pitches.
 
The right-hander was perfect through 6.1 innings before issuing a walk on a 3-2 pitch that narrowly missed the zone. He carried the no-hitter into the ninth inning before allowing his first hit on an infield chopper that bounced over the head of UH third baseman Tate Shimao with one out in the final frame.
 
Despite losing the no-hit bid with two outs to go, Magdaleno settled down and picked up a strikeout to strand the tying run at third and preserve the win, setting the tone for UH's three-game sweep of the Highlanders.
 
Magdaleno's masterpiece marked the first complete-game effort by a Rainbow Warrior pitcher since Randy Abshier on April 22, 2023. Furthermore, he is one of only six pitchers nationally to strike out 16 or more batters in a game this year. In doing so, he became just the third pitcher in program history—and the first since 1979—to strike out at least 16 batters in a game, joining Gerald Ako and program record-holder Derek Tatsuno, who famously struck out 20.
 
This is the second year in a row that a Hawai'i player has earned Golden Spikes Award National Player of the Week honors. Kamana Nahaku took home the recognition last season following his five-homer weekend at CSUN in March.