Every Tuesday, UK Athletics recognizes outstanding performances for our student-athletes. These are the honorees for the week ending Sunday, March 24:

Baseball: Kyle Barrett

Kyle Barrett helped lead UK to a series win over No. 14 Mississippi State, making four starts in the outfield … The speedy freshman outfielder hit .385 (5-for-13) with a pair of doubles and RBI, drawing two walks and stealing a base, starting all four games of the week  … The Douglasville, Ga., native helped lead UK’s walk-off win in the rubber-match vs. the Bulldogs, starting the bottom of the ninth inning with a double and scoring the game-winning and series-clinching win.

Baseball: Jerad Grundy

Jerad Grundy worked eight strong innings to lead UK to a series-evening win over No. 14 Mississippi State, in the front end of a doubleheader on Saturday … The senior worked into the ninth inning of UK’s 3-2 win, allowing five singles and a solo homer, with two runs scoring … He did not allow a walk and struck out 10 … Grundy struck out the side in the second and fourth innings, not allowing a baserunner to reach scoring position till the fifth … Retired 13 of the first 14 hitters he faced, with nine strikeouts in the first five innings … It was Grundy’s fifth quality start of 2013, with the southpaw owning a 5-1 record and a 1.99 ERA, working 40 2/3 innings, allowing 27 hits and only eight walks, striking out 38 … In his two-year career, Grundy has made 22 weekend starts, owning a 11-4 mark and a 3.21 ERA … In 2013, Grundy ranks third in the SEC in wins, fourth in innings pitched, sixth in strikeouts and seventh in opponent batting average (.189).

Softball: Alice O’Brien

Senior outfielder Alice O’Brien had a hit in every game last week to set a career-long hitting streak of five games. O’Brien had a career game in UK’s game-one win over Mississippi State, hitting two home runs – including a leadoff, game-winning home run in the 10th inning – lifting UK to the win. In the win, O’Brien tied career highs in hits and RBI with three in each. She went 3-for-4 in the game Friday with her other hit being a double, while she posted four RBI for the week behind a .467 (7-for-15) average. O’Brien’s two-homer game tied the most homers in a game in school history, marking the 20th time it has happened for the Wildcats. The native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., is now hitting .288 (23-for-80) on the season with five doubles, three homers, 21 RBI and a .463 slugging percentage.

Softball: Kelsey Nunley

True freshman pitcher Kelsey Nunley had an outstanding week in the circle, going 2-0 with a 0.29 earned-run average against quality opponents. Nunley started the week with three innings in relief against WKU, getting her first collegiate save, allowing only one hit with four strikeouts. She came on in relief the next day against Iowa, throwing five solid innings, allowing four hits and one run with five strikeouts … Best performances of the week came against Mississippi State … Came on in relief Friday night to throw nine innings, allowing six hits and no runs with eight strikeouts – one off her season high total – to get the win … Started the series finale pitching brilliantly, allowing only two hits over seven innings and no runs with seven strikeouts … In her 10 starts this season, Nunley is 7-3 with a 1.86 ERA, allowing 17 earned runs with 56 strikeouts … For the season, Nunley leads UK in nearly every pitching category, throwing a team-high 117.1 innings with a team-best 96 strikeouts and team-low 1.91 ERA.