Factor From OCU Snares SAC Player of Year

Stars seize conference pitcher of year, conference coach of year

5/9/2022 1:00:00 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY – Cross Factor of Oklahoma City University garnered Sooner Athletic Conference baseball player of the year. 

Oklahoma City raked in the SAC's pitcher of the year (Eli Davis) and coach of the year (Denney Crabaugh). 

Factor has boasted of being one of the NAIA's premier all-around performers of 2022. Factor, a senior center fielder from Yukon, Okla., stands atop the NAIA in batting average (.528), total bases (200) and slugging percentage (1.136) entering the SAC Tournament title game. Factor ranks among the national leaders in home runs (25), RBIs (79), hits (93), runs scored (79), doubles (26), triples (three) and on-base percentage (.597). 

Factor has crushed two or more homers in a game four times, belting a season-high three round-trippers against Bacone on April 1 at Jim Wade Stadium. He knocked in a season-high seven runs on March 19 against Science & Arts in Chickasha, Okla., and had a season-high five hits as part of a 5-for-6 day at Panhandle State on April 30 in Goodwell, Okla. He has been the centerpiece of an OCU offense that tops the NAIA in doubles and slugging percentage. Factor took four SAC player of the week honors this season. 

Davis has turned in a 10-0 record, 1.07 earned run average and 91 strikeouts in 67.1 innings pitched. Davis, a junior left-hander from Shawnee, Okla., rates second in the NAIA in ERA on the year. Davis has reached double figures in strikeouts three times with a season-best 13 against MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) on Feb. 18 in Oklahoma City. He became SAC pitcher of the week for April 25-May 1. 

Crabaugh tops current coaches and ranks third all-time in wins in the NAIA. Crabaugh, a five-time SAC coach of the year, has guided OCU to a 1,599-491-2 record with 13 SAC Tournament titles in his 34th year. The Stars reeled off winning streaks of 18 and 16 games while reaching No. 4 in the national rankings in 2022. Oklahoma City grabbed its 12th SAC regular-season championship and first since 2018 under Crabaugh this year. Entering this year, OCU had accumulated 1,486 wins for the most in college baseball since 1991. 

2022 All-Sooner Athletic Conference Baseball

Player of the Year: Cross Factor, Oklahoma City

Pitcher of the Year: Eli Davis, Oklahoma City

Coach of the Year: Denney Crabaugh, Oklahoma City

FIRST TEAM 

SP

Eli Davis

Oklahoma City

Jr.

Shawnee, Okla.

SP

Tanner Schoeninger

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Fort Collins, Colo.

SP

Michael Watson

SW Assemblies of God

So.

Glen Rose, Texas

SP

Frensly Leito

Mid-America Christian

Sr.

Wilhemstead, Curacao

RP

David Theriot

Texas Wesleyan

So.

Covington, La.

C

Joey Pena

Science & Arts

Sr.

Mustang, Okla.

C

 Yan Ely Adames

Mid-America Christian

Sr.

Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic

1B

Dawin Santos

Wayland Baptist

Sr.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2B

Noah Barks

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Mustang, Okla.

3B

Joseph Barfield

Texas Wesleyan

Sr.

Pearland, Texas

SS

Brock Henderson

Science & Arts

Sr.

Chickasha, Okla.

OF

Cross Factor

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Yukon, Okla.

OF

Peyton Crispin

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Lookeba, Okla.

OF

Koki Matsuda

Central Christian

Sr.

Chiba, Japan

OF

Andrew Enwiya

Mid-America Christian

Jr.

Modesto, Calif.

DH

Ben Bills

SW Assemblies of God

Sr.

York, Pa.

Utility

Isaiah Leon

Mid-America Christian

Fr.

Simi Valley, Calif.

SECOND TEAM 

SP

Drew Shaver

Science & Arts

Jr.

Santa Fe, Texas

SP

Morgan McCloud

Texas Wesleyan

So.

Waxahachie, Texas

SP

Ethan Nors

SW Assemblies of God

So.

Corsicana, Texas

SP

Zane Robeaux

Mid-America Christian

So.

Mustang, Okla.

RP

Jose Suero

Wayland Baptist

Sr.

El Castillo La Isabella, Dominican Republic

C

Trey Erwin

Texas Wesleyan

So.

Edgewood, Texas

C

Jake Green

Wayland Baptist

Jr.

Sachse, Texas

1B

Peyton McDowall

Science & Arts

Jr.

Cibolo, Texas

2B

Freilin Cabrera

Southwestern Christian

Jr.

San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

3B

Andrew Disla

Wayland Baptist

Fr.

La Vega, Dominican Republic

SS

JV Verdin

SW Assemblies of God

So.

Dallas

OF

Luis Pelayo

Science & Arts

Sr.

Santa Cruz, Aruba

OF

Marcos Sanchez

Texas Wesleyan

Sr.

Havana, Cuba

OF

Ethan Hunt

Panhandle State

Sr.

New Edinburgh, Ontario, Canada

OF

Bryson Collins

SW Assemblies of God

Jr.

Mansfield, Texas

DH

German Sepulveda

Mid-America Christian

Jr.

Bronx, N.Y.

Utility

Frederic Walter

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Montigny, France

GOLD GLOVE

C

Dylan Taylor

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Tulsa, Okla.

1B

Hayden Hutchins

Texas Wesleyan

So.

Stillwater, Okla.

2B

Andres Gonzalez

Mid-America Christian

Sr.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3B

Darian Luper

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Ada, Okla.

SS

Brock Henderson

Science & Arts

Sr.

Chickasha, Okla.

LF

Peyton Crispin

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Lookeba, Okla.

CF

Cross Factor

Oklahoma City

Sr.

Yukon, Okla.

RF

Brandon Shumway

Science & Arts

Sr.

Chickasha, Okla.

P

Ethan Nors

SW Assemblies of God

So.

Corsicana, Texas