Four Red Raiders earn Big 12 All-Conference honors
May 20, 2025 | Baseball
The Red Raiders placed two players on both the Big 12s First and Second Teams
IRVING, Texas – Highlighted by the Big 12 home run leader in Logan Hughes, four Texas Tech Baseball players were named to the Big 12 All-Conference team the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
A transfer from Stetson and one of the top newcomers in the Big 12 in 2025, Hughes was joined on the Big 12 All-Conference First Team by fellow outfielder Damian Bravo.
In addition to Hughes and Bravo earning First Team All-Conference honors, the Red Raiders also saw first baseman Robin Villeneuve and pitcher Jack Cebert take home Second Team All-Big 12 honors.
Tech's multiple First Team All-Big 12 selections marks the fourth time in the last five seasons that Tech has placed two or more players on the leagues' first team and the 10th time in the last 11 seasons (does not include the 2020 season that was canceled due to COVID) that two or more Red Raiders have been named to the Big 12 First Team.
With the four selections, the Red Raiders have now had at least one player selected to either of the two All-Big 12 teams every season since 2003.
The 2025 Big 12 leader in total home runs (19), Hughes earned the First Team All-Big 12 selection after a strong sophomore season that saw the outfielder hit .333 with the 19 home runs and 58 RBIs. Hughes added 13 doubles and four triples finishing with a team-high 36 extra-base hits.
Saving his best work for Big 12 contests, 11 of Hughes' 19 bombs came in league play as the Deland native finished first in the league in conference-only games in total extra-base hits (23), total bases (95), slugging percentage (.760) and home runs (11).
The outfielder was also second in the league in OPS (1.196) in Big 12 contests. Hughes' 47 hits in Big 12 games were the third-most in the league and his 30 RBIs in the 30 league games ranked him 10th.
Hughes was one of three players to score 30 runs, drive in 30 runs and have 40 hits in league contest this season and the only player in the league to record 40+ conference hits, 30+ runs scored, 30+ RBIs and 10+ homers.
Tech's other First Team All-Big 12 selection, Bravo, also earned his first career First Team All-Big 12 selection after being named an Honorable Mention selection in 2024.
The 2024 Big 12 batting champion, Bravo also shined in 2025 for the Red Raiders as he finished the regular season hitting .336 with a career-high 13 home runs and 51 RBIs.
Like his corner outfield mate (Hughes), Bravo also saved his best work for Big 12 games, as the outfielder finished fifth in the league in Big 12-Only batting average (.378), second in total hits (48), tied for fourth in home runs (9) and fifth in total bases (86).
Hughes and Bravo were the only two players in the Big 12 to have 40+ hits, 30 or more RBIs and 9+ home runs in league-only contests.
The Red Raiders third All-Big 12 selection, Villeneuve, also earned his first All-Conference honor at the D1 level this season after hitting .362 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs.
One of three Red Raiders with 10 or more home runs and 45 or more RBIs, Villeneuve led the Red Raiders in average (.362), doubles (17), walks drawn (26) and on-base percentage (.446). Finishing third in RBIs and second on the team in runs scored, Villeneuve hit .342 in Big12 play with nine doubles, six home runs and 24 RBIs.
Tech's fourth and final all-conference selection, Cebert, earned his second postseason all-conference of his career after earning Second Team All-AAC honors at South Florida in 2023.
One of the best relievers in the Big 12 this season, Cebert also saved his best work for conference play as the righty went 7-1 this season in B12 contests, pitching to a 2.58 ERA in 45.1 innings and 13 total appearances.
For the season, Cebert went 7-3 pitching to a 3.44 ERA in 18 appearances and two starts.
Cebert's 45.1 innings pitched in Big 12 contests were the most by a pitcher without a start in Big 12 play in the league, while his 2.58 ERA in Big 12 play was the fifth-lowest by a pitcher in conference-only games.
The Big 12s leader in conference-only wins, Cebert pitched at least three innings in nine of his 13 Big 12 appearances and went at least four innings and allowed a run or fewer in six of those 13 appearances.
Cebert's seven overall wins are the most by a Red Raider with two or fewer starts since 2018 when Ty Harpenau won seven games without a start and the only reliever since at least 2016 with seven wins out of the bullpen in the regular season.
Texas Tech opens play at the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday afternoon with a 12:30 p.m. contest against Cincinnati. Â
