FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 29, 2008
CONTACT: Jeff Duggan, SID
PHONE: (303) 273-3095

Cayou earns RMAC Player of the Week honors;
Mines to host 2008 RMAC Softball Tournament

GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines softball player Taylor Cayou was named this week's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Week, as announced today by the RMAC.

Cayou, a 5'3" junior right-handed pitcher / infielder from Lakewood, Colo. (Green Mountain High School), posted a .600 batting average (12-for-20) over the course of six combined games at UC - Colorado Springs and Regis University last week. Cayou also had two doubles, 10 runs scored, five HR and 13 RBI while starting all six games. The owner of a 1.450 slugging % and a .619 on-base % last week, Cayou was also errorless defensively in 16 total chances.

In the Orediggers' 25-18 victory at UCCS on Apr. 23rd (game two of a doubleheader), Cayou went 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles, three HR, four runs scored and a single-game school record nine RBI.

For the season, Cayou is hitting .337 (33-for-98) with nine HR and 31 RBI. In 26 total appearances on the mound (19 starts), Cayou is 7-4 with a 3.98 ERA (103.2 combined IP) and five complete games. Cayou, who also has three saves this season, leads the CSM pitching staff in strikeouts (81) and is currently ranked fifth in the RMAC in opposing batting average (.270).

A two-time Academic All-RMAC performer in the classroom (2007, 2008), Cayou finished sixth in the RMAC in ERA (3.22) as a sophomore in 2007.

With their 27-11 record in conference play, the Orediggers finished atop the regular-season RMAC standings and will host the 2008 RMAC Softball Tournament. CLICK HERE for the 2008 RMAC Softball Tournament bracket.

For more information, please visit http://athletics.mines.edu or contact CSM Sports Information Director Jeff Duggan at jduggan@mines.edu.

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