WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichita State senior left-handed pitcher
Caden Favors was named to the ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region Second Team on Tuesday.
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Favors is the first Wichita State pitcher since Charlie Lowell in 2011 to earn a spot on the All-Region team, though
Payton Tolle did earn a spot as a utility player last season.
Favors was the workhorse of the Wichita State weekend rotation, going 9-4 with a 3.21 ERA over 17 appearances that included 16 starts. The southpaw logged 106.2 innings, seventh-most in the country and the highest total from a Shocker since Jordan Cooper tossed 107.1 in 2010. Favors struck out 107 while issuing only 20 walks, good for a 5.35:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio that easily led the American Athletic Conference and ranked 18th nationally. His 1.69 walks per nine innings was the lowest rate in the conference while the 107 strikeouts ranked second on the circuit. He notched 10 strikeouts in consecutive starts against Utah Tech and Long Beach State on his way to becoming the first WSU pitcher with 100 strikeouts in a season since Charlie Lowell in 2011.
Favors was the only hurler in the AAC with multiple complete games and worked at least 5.2 innings in every start with the exception of his final start before the conference tournament when he was lifted early to preserve his pitch count. He delivered two brilliant starts in the conference tournament, holding UAB to one run over 6.1 innings and top-seeded East Carolina to two runs over 7.0 innings.
The left-hander finished his Wichita State career 14-9 with a 3.29 ERA in 61 appearances and 25 starts covering 200.0 innings. He struck out 191 and walked 47.
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