RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) baseball team learned on Tuesday that junior first baseman Armani Raygoza has earned American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Div. I Central All-Region Second Team honors.
 
This is the second-straight season in which Raygoza has earned all-region honors after making the first team last season.
 
A two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year and all-conference first team honoree, Raygoza hit .314/.462/.633 with 17 home runs, 15 doubles, 50 RBI, and 53 runs scored. During the season he became the program's all-time leader in home runs (40) and RBI (138).
 
The Vaqueros' starting first baseman, Raygoza led the Southland in six categories, ranking 27^th in the NCAA in walks (50), 30^th in walks per game (0.91), 76^th in home runs (17), 79^th in home runs per game (0.31), 117^th in slugging (.633), and 147^th in total bases (131) while also ranking second in the Southland and 138^th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.462). He hit 17 home runs for the second-straight season, tied for the fourth-highest single-season total in program history. Raygoza recorded 19 multi-hit games, including four of three hits and one of four hits, team-high tying 13 multi-RBI games, including one of three, three of four, and one of five RBI, and team-high 16 multi-run games, including four three-run games.
 
A full list of honorees can be found at ABCA.org.

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