This story has been updated, as of 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 to reflect additional weekly honors bestowed on Flora.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The last time Jackson Flora pitched against Cal Poly, he threw a complete game shutout and was named Big West and National Pitcher of the Week. This year, he did it again, awards and all. On Monday, The Big West announced that UC Santa Barbara's ace right-hander was its Pitcher of the Week and shortly afterwards, D1Baseball and the Golden Spikes Award named him their National Player of the Week. It is his third career Big West Pitcher of the Week honor (and second of the season) and his first Golden Spikes x D1Baseball National Player of the Week award. On Tuesday, Baseball America named Flora as the first of four pitchers in its National Team of the Week, and the College Baseball Foundation tabbed him National Pitcher of the Week. It is Flora's second Baseball America Team of the Week selection this season and his first CBF National Pitcher of the Week nod.
 
On Thursday night in San Luis Obispo, Flora shut down a Mustang offense that entered the weekend leading The Big West in both scoring and batting average, allowing just four hits and two walks, while striking out nine. After scattering those hits and walks across the first four-plus innings, Flora retired the final 15 Cal Poly batters in order, seven of those on strikeouts and three of those strikeouts in the ninth to end the game. His performance earned a game score — a sabermetric quantification of pitcher performance — of 86, the best of any pitcher in college baseball on the day. His outing powered the Gauchos to a dominant, 6-0 win which kicked off a sweep of the Blue-Green Rivalry Series.
 
Thursday night's masterpiece lowered Flora's season ERA to 0.69, the best in the nation, and extended his scoreless innings streak to 34, potentially the longest in program history. It has been 10 years since any Gaucho assembled a stretch of even 20 consecutive innings without allowing a run, Kyle Nelson's 23 2/3 frames in 2016. Flora also ranks among the top 10 pitchers in the country for hits allowed per nine innings, wins, and WHIP, while sitting 14^th in strikeouts.
 
The Gauchos play their next four games at home, hosting No. 14 USC on Tuesday night before Big West leaders UC San Diego come to town this weekend. Flora is set to start Santa Barbara's series opener against the Tritons, Friday April 10 at 4:35 p.m. Tickets for that and all Gaucho home games are on sale now at ucsbgauchos.com/tickets.