Gallagher Earns National, Conference Pitcher of the Week Honors After Shutout

IRVINE, Calif. — In an unsurprising announcement, UC Santa Barbara’s Ryan Gallagher was named The Big West Pitcher of the Week on Monday, following his tremendous complete game shutout of UC Davis on Friday. Gallagher’s is the first complete game shutout by any Big West pitcher this year, and the weekly honor is the second of his career. The feat also earned him national recognition, with Perfect Game naming Gallagher their National Pitcher of the Week. Elsewhere, D1Baseball tabbed Gallagher’s performance as the best outing of any pitcher nationwide on Friday. The complete game was the first of Gallagher’s career,…