UTRGV baseball senior pitcher Kevin Stevens and junior outfielder Brandon Pimentel were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Central Region second team on Wednesday as voted on by members of the ABCA.
Stevens, a two-time All-WAC first-team selection, went 9-2 with a 2.66 ERA during the 2022 season. In 81.1 innings, he racked up 100 strikeouts, tied for the 10th-highest single-season total in program history, walked 29, allowed 69 hits and held opponents to a .230 batting average.
Stevens finished his career with 228 strikeouts, the sixth-highest total in program history.
UTRGV finished the season with a program-record 485 strikeouts, shattering the previous program record of 435 set in 2018.
Pimentel, an All-WAC second-team selection, posted a .377 batting average with 12 home runs, tied for the fifth-highest single-season total in program history; 17 doubles, tied for the eighth-highest single-season total in program history; two triples; 146 total bases, the second-highest single-season total in program history; 47 RBIs and 54 runs scored.
UTRGV hit 63 home runs during the season, the third-highest single-season total in program history, and 101 doubles.
