The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 3 Softball’s Kavan garners SEC Pitcher of the Week
03.10.2026 | Softball
Kavan went 1-0 with a save and posted a 0.88 ERA in 8.0 IP in two appearances vs. No. 24 South Carolina.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 3 Texas Softball (22-1) junior RHP Teagan Kavan was named the Southeastern Conference's Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon. It's Kavan second career SEC weekly honor and her first since earning SEC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 17, 2025.
Previously this season, Kavan was named D1Softball's National Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 24 – her third career national honor from the publication. Texas has received two conference weekly honors this season. Reese Atwood was tabbed SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 9.
Kavan guided Texas to a road series sweep over No. 24 South Carolina to open league play on March 6-8 in Columbia, S.C. The West Des Moines, Iowa, native went 1-0 with a save in two appearances (one start) vs. the Gamecocks, recording a 0.88 ERA. Kavan surrendered just one earned run on six hits across 8.0 IP with seven strikeouts. Kavan did not give up an extra-base hit and held opponents to a .214 batting average.
In the 4-2 series opening win vs. South Carolina on March 6, Kavan turned in her sixth complete game of the season in her five-strikeout effort. Kavan gave up just one earned run on six hits across 7.0 IP. She worked around three walks and stranded six runners on the base paths. She registered two 1-2-3 frames.
In Texas' 3-0 game two victory vs. the Gamecocks on March 7, Kavan and senior RHP Citlaly Gutierrez combined for a four-hit shutout to clinch the series. Kavan earned her first save of the season after entering the seventh in relief, retiring all three batters she faced with three strikeouts.
On the season, Kavan (9-0) has appeared in 12 games with nine starts and sports a 1.96 ERA and 1.07 WHIP. Kavan leads the team in wins (9), complete games (6), shutouts (2), innings pitched (57.0) and strikeouts (73).
Kavan's 57 career wins are the 11th-most amongst active NCAA players.
Up Next
Texas returns to the friendly confines of McCombs Field for a midweek game vs. East Texas A&M at 6 p.m. CT Wednesday, March 11, on SEC Network+.
