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After helping the Ducks to a 5-1 record last week, including a series win over No. 1 ranked UCLA, Kailee Cuico was named Pac-12 Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. This is Cuico’s second career player of the week honor, after claiming it once last season. It is also Oregon’s 47th time taking home the award and the third straight week one of the Ducks has won player or pitcher of the week (Alexa Peterson and Cheridan Hawkins). Cuico homered three times and posted 12 RBIs as the Ducks took both games of a mid-week doubleheader with UC Santa Barbara and won two of three in a series with top-ranked UCLA.
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Over the weekend, word began to circulate in the women’s basketball coaching community that Kelly Graves was interviewing at Oregon. Upon learning of the chatter, a writer for Sports Illustrated declared the possible hiring of Graves “a huge coup” for the Ducks. On Monday, that potential “huge coup” became reality. Graves, who took Gonzaga to the last six NCAA Tournaments and reached the Sweet Sixteen three straight years from 2010-12, has agreed to a six-year contract to become the seventh head coach in UO women’s basketball history.
