FRISCO, Texas — Chris Olivier was named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year, and Travis Lutz earned Newcomer of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday morning.

Four Lamar University players were selected to the All-Southland Conference team: Olivier and A.J. Taylor on the first team, and Tab Tracy and Lutz on the second team.

Taylor also was named to the All-Defensive team.
 
Olivier becomes the first Cardinal to earn Pitcher of the Year honors since Brooks Caple in 2024.

Since 1971, 12 Cardinals have received Pitcher of the Year recognition.

Olivier, a four-time Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week, also was named a semifinalist for the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year award.

He earned national honors from multiple outlets, including selections to Baseball America's National Team of the Week (Week 1 and Week 10) and recognition as a Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week, Perfect Game College Pitcher of the Week, College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Week and 6-4 Analytics D1 Pitcher of the Week.

Olivier also earned a spot on D1Baseball.com's Weekend Top Performers: Top 100 Pitchers list.

He is 5-4 with a 2.92 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in 13 starts, totaling 74 innings with 92 strikeouts and a .185 opponent batting average.

Olivier leads the Southland Conference in ERA and opponent batting average and ranks second in innings pitched and strikeouts.

At home, he is 4-2 with a 1.39 ERA and 63 strikeouts in seven starts, allowing just seven earned runs.

Olivier's 14 strikeouts against Oakland are tied for the third most in a single game in program history, matching Will Hibbs' total in 2016.

His complete-game win in Game 1 against Northwestern State marked LU's first complete-game shutout since Trevin Michael in 2021.
 
He is eight strikeouts shy of 100 for the season.

Since 2010, only two LU pitchers have reached the 100‑strikeout milestone: Caple, who finished with 102 in 2024, and Jonathan Dziedzic, who accomplished the feat twice with 114 strikeouts in 2010 and 106 in 2013.
Lutz becomes the first Cardinal to earn Newcomer of the Year honors since Sam Bumpers in 2013.

In 13 appearances, including six starts, Lutz is 3-1 with two saves, a team-best 2.18 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP.

He ranks second on the team with 50 strikeouts in 45.1 innings pitched.

Lutz recorded a season-high nine strikeouts in Game 2 against Nicholls and pitched a season-long eight innings with six strikeouts in a Game 3 win over Southeastern Louisiana.

He has six scoreless appearances, including a four-inning no-hitter with five strikeouts in Game 1 against Incarnate Word.
Taylor leads the team with six home runs and is tied for second with 60 hits and 18 multi-hit games. He is batting .296 with a .443 slugging percentage in 51 starts.

He also ranks second on the team in doubles (10), stolen bases (10), RBIs (28), runs scored (38) and slugging percentage (.443).

According to 6-4-3 Charts, Taylor ranks third nationally among shortstops in defensive runs saved.

His five-hit game against New Orleans marked the first by a Cardinal since Zak Skinner in 2024.

Taylor opened the season with a 10-game hitting streak, recording 13 hits, including three doubles, two home runs and three RBIs.

Defensively, he has a .974 fielding percentage with 82 putouts and a team-high 140 assists while helping turn 22 double plays.
Tracy leads the team with 64 hits, a .335 batting average, 20 stolen bases and a .439 on-base percentage.

He has added 27 RBIs, one home run, 13 multi-hit games and 36 runs scored in 51 starts.

Tracy ranks fifth in the Southland Conference in stolen bases, sixth in batting average and hits and eighth in on-base percentage.

He becomes the first Cardinal to record 20 or more stolen bases in a season since Ben MacNaughton in 2023.

Earlier this season, Tracy posted a 20-game on-base streak, marking the 12th time since 2010 that a Lamar hitter has reached base in 20 or more consecutive games.

Tracy recorded a season-high five RBIs in Game 3 against McNeese and is one of three Cardinals to produce a four-hit game this season.