RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) baseball team learned on Friday that sophomore designated hitter Armani Raygoza is an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-American.
 
Raygoza was selected to the All-America Third Team. This is Raygoza's second All-American honor of the season after earning National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Third Team All-American honors on Wednesday.
 
Raygoza is the 20^th player in program history to earn All-American honors and the first since 2014, when Sam Streetearned NCBWA All-American Third Team and Louisville Slugger All-American Second Team honors.
 
An ABCA All-Region First Team selection, the Southland Conference (SLC) Player of the Year, an All-SLC First Team selection, and a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, Raygoza hit .384/.474/.706 with 17 home runs, 17 doubles, 60 RBI, 47 runs scored and two stolen bases in 53 games, including 51 starts at designated hitter and two at first base.
 
Raygoza ranks 32^nd in the NCAA and first in the SLC in hits per game (1.53), 39^th in the NCAA third in the SLC in hitting (.384), 45^th in the NCAA and second in the SLC in slugging (.706), 60^th in the NCAA and first in the SLC in total bases (149), 78^th in the NCAA and second in the SLC in hits (81) and home runs per game (0.32), 86^th in the NCAA and second in the SLC in home runs (17), 100^th in the NCAA and third in the SLC in RBI per game (1.13), 103^rd in the NCAA and fifth in the SLC in on-base percentage (.474), and 127^th in the NCAA and second in the SLC in RBI (60).
 
Raygoza had one of the top individual seasons in program history, ranking third in total bases (149), fourth in home runs (17), seventh in RBI (60), eighth in hits (81), and tied for eighth in doubles (17). He also hit 23 home runs over the last two years, the third-highest career total in program history.

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