AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas Baseball left-handed pitcher Pete Hansen has been named the Big 12 Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year, joining six other Longhorns on the Preseason All-Big 12 team. The honorees were selected in a vote of the league's head coaches, who could not vote for their own players.
Texas leads the Big 12 with seven of the 18 student-athletes on the Preseason All-Big 12 team, including two unanimous selections, Tristan Stevens and Ivan Melendez. This is the second-straight season that a Texas pitcher was named the league's preseason pitcher of the year, after Ty Madden received that recognition in 2021.