LOGAN, Utah – Utah State sophomore catcher Grace Matej (muh-tay) earned second team all-Mountain West honors as the league announced its yearly awards on Wednesday. 
 
Matej, a native of Orangevale, California, was one of the league's top hitters this season, posting a .389 batting average with 28 hits in conference play, ranking tied for eighth and tied for fourth in those categories, respectively. She also totaled 12 RBIs, two doubles and three home runs against MW opponents with a .542 slugging percentage. While starting 21 of 22 conference games as a catcher, Matej accounted for 81 putouts and eight assists with just one error. 
 
Overall, Matej finished the year with a .405 batting average, ranking third in the MW and fifth in Utah State program history. She led the team in batting average, hits (53) and slugging percentage (.580), while ranking second in runs scored (27), RBIs (28) and on base percentage (.417). 
 
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