PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland pitcher Chris Clements and runners Lauren LaRocco and Taryn Rawlings are the U.S. Bank Student-Athletes of the Month for March.
 
Clements, a senior right-hander, went 4-0 during the month, tossed two complete-games, one a shutout, and registered a 1.34 ERA. He also nabbed three WCC Pitcher of the Week awards. Clements pitched back-to-back complete games against Stephen F. Austin and Northern Colorado, and he K'd 13 during the shutout over the Bears. He closed the month by allowing just three hits in 8.0 innings against LMU, and he struck out six without issuing a walk to claim the W.
 
Seniors LaRocco and Rawlings earned their seventh and third collegiate All-American honor, respectively, at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the 5000m final, LaRocco ran a solid race to claim her seventh overall All-American (2nd team) honor, crossing the finish line in 16:07.96.
 
Rawlings also ran an incredible race in the women's mile semifinal, finishing third in her heat with a time of 4:37.57. With the top four finishers in each race securing an automatic qualifying spot to move onto the final race, Rawlings claimed the seventh automatic spot out of the top eighth women. She then went on to take fourth place in the mile final, passing several other student-athletes in the last few laps to kick to a fourth-place finish in 4:38.47.
 
University of Portland's U.S. Bank Student Athletes of the Month
- September: Benji Michel, Men's Soccer / Taryn Ries, Women's Soccer
- October: Nick Hauger, Men's Cross Country / Lauren LaRocco, Women's Cross Country
- November: Logan Orndorf, Men's Cross Country / Katie Barker, Volleyball
- December: JoJo Walker, Men's Basketball / Julie Spencer, Women's Basketball
- January: Logan Orndorf, Men's Track & Field / Darian Slaga, Women's Basketball
- February: Lauren LaRocco/Taryn Rawlings, Women's Track and Field / Connor Knutson, Baseball
- March: Chris Clements, Baseball / Lauren LaRocco/Taryn Rawlings, Women's Track and Field