WICHITA - Kansas Wesleyan Baseball placed nine student-athletes on the 2025 All-KCAC Baseball teams as announced by the conference office. The All-KCAC Baseball teams are voted by the conference coaches.
KWU had three first-team selections, one second-team selection and five third-team picks. KWU also had one honoree on the KCAC Gold Glove team, which honors excellence in the field.
Earning spots on the first-team were catcher Tyler Favretto, starting pitcher Brett Maddock and relief pitcher Ritter Steinmann.
Favretto was a first-team selection a year ago and was unanimous pick this year. He led the Coyotes with a .430 batting average in conference play, which ranked fourth best in the conference among all players. His 55 hits ranked third best in the league and his 49 RBI ranked seventh best in the KCAC. He led the KCAC in walks with 46 coming in conference play, and tied for the NAIA lead with 61 free passes during the entire season.
Maddock went 8-1 during KCAC play in 11 starts for the Coyotes. He had a 4.58 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP in 70.2 innings pitched. He struck out a team best 55 batters against only 20 walks. Opposing hitters hit .277 against him during the conference season. He ranked seventh in the KCAC in ERA, and eighth among starting pitchers in the conference in WHIP. He ranked ninth in strikeouts.
Steinmann led the KCAC in saves with five during conference play with a 3.71 ERA which ranked 12th in the KCAC among pitchers who threw at least 10 innings in conference play. He also posted a 3-1 record in the conference in 34 innings pitched in 16 conference appearances and had a .231 batting average against.
Riley Gwin was the lone second-team selection for the Coyotes as a relief pitcher.
Gwin had a 1.25 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP in 16 conference appearances as a middle reliever for the Coyotes, throwing 36 innings. He had 34 strikeouts and opposing batters hit .224 against him in conference play. His 1.25 ERA in conference play ranked second among all pitchers in the conference, and led the KCAC among pitchers who pitched at least one inning per team game in conference play. He ranked sixth in the KCAC in WHIP among pitchers who faced at least 100 batters during the conference season.
KWU had five third-team selections. Fernando Ruvalcaba earned the honor at first base, Joe Finder at second base, Jacob Williamson in the outfield, Carter Allen at designated hitter and Nathan Righi at starting pitcher.
Ruvalcaba hit .358 for the Coyotes during the conference portion of the season, really coming on in the later half of the season. His average ranked No. 26 in the KCAC during the conference season. His 48 hits ranked 11th in the KCAC, and his 50 RBI ranked second highest in the conference during conference play. He ranked second in the KCAC in extra base hits with 24 during conference play, which included 14 homeruns, the second highest total in the league and 10 doubles.
Finder ranked 16th in the KCAC in average, hitting .345 during the conference season. He ranked 21st in the conference in slugging average at .689. He ranked 35th in the KCAC in hits with 41, and 44th with 29 RBI. He ranked eighth in the KCAC in doubles with 11, and 30th in homeruns with eight.
Williamson hit .288 for the Coyotes during the conference season with 45 hits that ranked No. 31 in the conference. He drove in 39 runs which ranked No. 18 in the conference. He finished eighth in extra base hits with 23, and was tied for second in the KCAC in homeruns with 14. He had 13 stolen bases during conference play which ranked 10th in the conference.
Allen ranked seventh in the KCAC in hits in conference play with 54, and drove in 49 runs on the season which ranked seventh in the KCAC. His .732 slugging average ranked No. 15 in the KCAC. He ranked eighth in the KCAC in extra base hits with 23, which included 13 homeruns that tied for fourth in the KCAC.
In conference play, Righi made 11 starts and had a 6-2 record with a 6.30 ERA in 50 innings pitched. He had a WHIP of 1.54 which ranked No. 19 in the KCAC. He struck out 53 which ranked No. 10 in the KCAC and his 9.54 strikeouts per nine innings ranked ninth in the conference. His 50 innings pitched ranked No. 11 in the KCAC.
Favretto was also recognized for his excellence in the field, earning the KCAC Gold Glove at catcher. He had a .993 fielding percentage in 269 chances which ranked third best in the conference among players with 200 or more chances in the field. He committed only two errors, and allowed only three passed balls.
Kansas Wesleyan University and Oklahoma Wesleyan University were the KCAC Co-Champions, each with a 30-6 record in conference play. Both teams will represent the conference with automatic berths in the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round as OKWU was the No. 1 seed in the KCAC Tournament, and KWU came away with the conference tournament win with a 7-4 win over Tabor on Sunday.
Oklahoma Wesleyan had three of the four individual award winners selected by the conference coaches. Evan Foor was selected as the KCAC Pitcher of the Year, Ravaughn Morgan was the Player of the Year, and Kirk Kelley was named as the KCAC Coach of the Year by his peers. Jaden Hensley of Southwestern College was named as the Freshman of the Year.
Foor went 9-0 in 10 starts for the Eagles and had a 3.84 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .264 batting average against in 70.1 innings pitched. He had 67 strikeouts against just 15 walks during conference play. He led the KCAC in wins with nine, ranked second in the conference in WHIP and ranked fourth in strikeouts.
Morgan ranked eighth in the KCAC in batting average, hitting .417 for the Eagles. He ranked second in the conference in hits with 60 and tied for fourth in RBI with 50. He third for second in extra base hits with 27 and was third with 14 doubles.
Kelley led the Eagles to the No. 1 seed in the KCAC Tournament after sharing the conference title with Kansas Wesleyan, both teams with 30-6 records in league play. OKWU went 2-1 in the series with KWU to earn the No. 1 seed. He led the Eagles to a 43-7 regular season record overall, and the Eagles are 46-9 heading into the NAIA Postseason.
Hensley had a 2-3 record in five starts and 14 appearances for the Southwestern Moundbuilders as a true freshman. He threw 42 innings with a 5.57 ERA, a 1.62 WHIP, and struck out 34 during the overall season. He had 30 strikeouts in the conference season and ranked No. 14 in the conference in ERA at 5.68. He three 38 innings in conference play in 12 appearances and five starts.