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Tegan Cain

Position RHP
B/T L/R
Class Jr.
Height 6-0
Weight 200
Hometown Ellis, Kan.
High School Ellis HS
Previous School Barton Community College

 

SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

  • Innings pitched: 2.0, 6 times
  • Walks allowed: 2, 5 times
  • Strikeouts: 6, Missouri, Mar 12, 2024
  • Batters faced: 11, vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024 ; UCF, Mar 23, 2024
  • Field chances: 2, at Cincinnati, Mar 16, 2024
  • Assists: 1, vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024 ; at Cincinnati, Mar 16, 2024
  • Runners CS: 1, vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024
    JUNIOR – 2024
  • Transferred to Kansas with two years of eligibility remaining
  • Committed in May 2023

BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2022-23

  • Spent two years in the Barton program
  • Second Team All-KJCCC West starting pitcher in 2023
  • Career: 9-4, 4.31 ERA, 108.2 IP, 47 BB, 136 SO in 29 appearances (23 starts)
  • 2023: 8-3, 3.82 ERA, 73.0 IP, 31 BB, 93 SO, 2 CG in 15 appearances (15 starts)
  • His 93 strikeouts in 2023 were the fifth-most in a single season at Barton
  • His eight wins were tied for ninth-most in a single season at Barton
  • Struck out five or more hitters in 12 of his 15 starts, including a career-high nine on two separate occasions
  • Held opponents to a .207 batting average in 2023
  • Helped Barton become Jayhawk West Champions in 2022 and 2023
  • 2022: 1-1, 5.30 ERA, 35.2 IP, 16 BB, 43 SO in 14 appearances (eight starts)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Played four years of baseball at Ellis High School in Ellis, Kansas
  • Went 20-2 with a 2.12 ERA in 102.1 innings pitched with 50 walks and 203 strikeouts in his high school career
  • Set single-season school records in 2021 in wins (9), strikeouts (108) and ERA (0.40)
  • All-State First Team pitcher in 2019 and 2021
  • All-State Second Team outfielder in 2018
  • 2-1a Player of the Year in baseball in 2021
  • Helped his team become Sub-State Champions in baseball in 2021
  • Also played football and basketball at Ellis
  • Wichita Eagle Honorable Mention quarterback in 2020

PERSONAL

  • Son of Brent and Darci Cain
  • His father, Brent played baseball at Tabor College
  • His mother, Darci played softball and tennis at Tabor College
  • Picked Kansas over USF, Wichita State, Nebraska, Texas State, and Louisiana-Monroe
  • Chose Kansas because, “I wanted to stay close to home and represent my home state athletically and academically.”