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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.”