WICHITA, Kan. — Gonzolo Armas and Carlos Rodriguez, both of Friends University, have earned the KCAC Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively, the conference office announced Monday. The two student-athletes were selected for their performances from January 20-26 by a vote of conference sports information directors. All KCAC Player of the Week honors are presented by
Equity Bank.
Pitcher of the Week
Gonzolo Armas - Friends University
5-10 | Jr. | RHP | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
With the Friends University Falcons trailing 2-1 in the 2025 season opener at No. 23-ranked Oklahoma City University, Armas came in and saved the day with four shutout innings with just one hit allowed. This allowed the Falcons to score two go-ahead runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth to allow Armas to pick up the victory.
| Pitching |
app |
gs |
w |
l |
sv |
cg |
ip |
h |
r |
er |
bb |
k |
k/9 |
hr |
era |
whip |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 5-2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
0 |
0.00 |
.25 |
| Conference |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
.00 |
- |
0.00 |
- |
| Overall |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
0 |
0.00 |
.25 |
Player of the Week
Carlos Rodriguez - Friends University
6-1 | Grad. | C | Wichita, Kan.
Rodriguez batted .500 and drove in four runs while slugging .875 to power the Friends University Falcons to a DH sweep of the No. 23-ranked Oklahoma City University Stars in the 2025 season opening series. Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning of the Falcons' 5-2 win in the first game and then went 3-of-4 with two more runs driven in to help the Falcons win the nightcap and sweep the series.
| Hitting |
g |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
k |
sb |
cs |
avg |
obp |
slg |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 5-2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
.400 |
1.000 |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 10-7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.750 |
.800 |
.750 |
| Conference |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Overall |
2 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
.600 |
.875 |
| Extended Hitting |
g |
hbp |
sf |
sh |
tb |
xbh |
hdp |
go |
fo |
go/fo |
pa |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 5-2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2.00 |
5 |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 10-7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
5 |
| Conference |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| Overall |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3.00 |
10 |
| Fielding |
g |
tc |
po |
a |
e |
fpct |
dp |
sba |
rcs |
rcs% |
pb |
ci |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 5-2 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Jan 25 at Oklahoma City W, 10-7 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Conference |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Overall |
2 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
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