44 Preston Ludwick
Preston Ludwick
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    195
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Pflugerville, Texas
  • Position:
    1B/RHP
  • Previous School:
    Pflugerville HS
  • gp
    46
  • avg
    .405
  • hr
    5
  • rbi
    45
  • r
    39
  • sb
    2
Bio

*Ludwick is returning for an additional Senior season in 2022*

2021 Senior Season: Had a stellar senior season at the plate and on the mound as he was named the 2021 SCAC Pitcher of the Year and made the All-SCAC first team as a first baseman … Named to both the 2021 D3baseball.com West All-Region Second Team and the 2021 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III West All-Region First Team … Named to the 2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Men's College Baseball Team, as he earned a spot as a utility player and was one of just 37 players named to the prestigious team, which was selected from a combined 18 schools across the state. The team was chosen by a panel of the state's baseball sports information directors and statewide media members and he is the first Gent to make the squad since 2017 … He led the conference in batting average, hits, RBI, and total bases and ranked in the top 10 in seven more individual statistical categories … He went 8-2 with a 4.09 ERA and led the conference in wins, strikeouts, and opposing batting average and ranked second in ERA and innings pitched … He made 12 appearances (12 starts) and tossed one complete game … He was a finalist for SCAC Hitter of the Year as he collected a team-high 65 hits, 49 RBI, and a .404 batting average … He posted an impressive .492 OBP and a .571 slugging percentage … He struck out only nine times all season in 161 at-bats while drawing 26 walks … He had 17 extra-base hits, posted 21 multi-hit games and eight three-hit games … Ludwick drove in at least two runs in a game 13 times and seven times he had three or more RBI in a game … He allowed just 30 earned runs and 44 hits in 66 innings pitched with 77 K's … He recorded seven or more strikeouts five times during the season highlighted by a career-high 11 in six innings of a 12-3 win over St. Thomas on April 17.

2020 Junior Season: Played in all 13 games, one of four Gents to do so, in a season cut short due to COVID-19 … ranked in the top three on the team in eight different statistical categories and ranked fourth on the team with a .407 on-base percentage … Batted .327, third on the team, with 17 hits in 52 at-bats and 10 RBI … Walked seven times and only struck out three times … Had four multi-hit games including a three-hit game in the first half of a doubleheader against ETBU on Feb. 8 … Had a four-hit performance on Feb. 22 versus Edgewood ... One of the top pitchers for the Gents as he went 2-1 with a 4.20 ERA with two starts and made four total appearances .... Allowed seven runs, all earned, and 11 hits in 15 innings pitched .... walked five and struck out 15 ... In two wins he pitched a total of 12 innings and allowed two earned runs and 10 hits with no walks and 13 strikeouts. 

2019 Sophomore Season: Was the Gents' top offensive performer as he led the team in batting average (.382), on-base percentage (.475), and slugging percentage (.569) ... His batting average ranked second in the conference ... Also led team in hits with 55 and triples (4) and tied for the team lead with three home runs ... Named First Team All-SCAC ... Played in all 41 games and scored 28 runs while also stealing 11 bases in 14 attempts ... In 144 at-bats he walked 26 times while ony striking out 17 times ... Was named SCAC Player of the Week after an outstanding home series versus Dallas March 22-23 as went 10-for-12 (.833) on the weekend, slugging 1.500 and posting an .857 on base percentage. Ludwick drove in eight runs and scored four more with a pair of steals.

2018 Freshman Season: Played in 33 games and recorded 18 hits for a .276 batting average… finished fourth on the team with nine doubles and also added 14 RBIs, nine runs scored, and a pair of triples… Recorded two extra base hits in as many at-bats with two RBI’s and a run scored twice during the season against Southwestern… The first instance was a pair of doubles in the 8-0 win against the Pirates in the second game of a double header April 7… The second came in an elimination game at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, hitting a double and triple in the 6-3 win against the Pirates May 5… Also appears on the mound in relief in five games with an 8.22 ERA in 7.2 innings pitched… Picked up the win in his first appearance, throwing 3.2 innings of relief and allowing only one hits in the 8-3 win against Pacific February 4.

Prior to Centenary: Pitched, caught, and played the corner infield positions for head coach Dale Waggoner at Pflugerville HS... First Team All-District as a pitcher his senior season and as a DH his junior year for the Panthers... Played in the Central Texas 13-6A All Star Game as a pitcher at the Dell Diamond his senior year... Academically, named Second Team All-State.

Personal: Born May 18 in Plano, Texas ... Son of Mike and Daphne Ludwick ... Majoring in biology.

Favorite Movie: Step Brothers

Hobbies: Hunting and drawing

Pre-game superstition: Kneel in center field and pray, also dedicating every game he plays to his good friend’s mom, who passed away to breast cancer.

Favorite Athlete: Adrian Beltre

Recent games
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News mentions
Herrera and Ludwick Earn LSWA All-Louisiana Honors
Herrera and Ludwick Earn LSWA All-Louisiana Honors

Freshman LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas) and senior 1B/RHP Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) were each named to the 2022 Louisiana Sports Writers All-Louisiana College Baseball Team, the LSWA announced on Tuesday. 

The Centenary Baseball program continued to receive postseason honors on Wednesday.
Herrera, Ludwick, And Primeaux Named To 2022 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams

Freshman LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas), senior 1B/RHP Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas), and junior RHP Parker Primeaux (Lake Charles, La.) were all named to the 2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III All-Region Team, it was announced on Wednesday. 

Centenary opens the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday at LaGrange College.
Diamond Gents Open NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday

The Centenary baseball team will face LaGrange College in a best-of-five series in the 2022 NCAA Division III Championship beginning Friday at Noon at Cleaveland Field in Williamson Stadium.

The SCAC Champion Centenary Gents are NCAA-Tournament bound!
CHAMPIONS! No. 3 Seed Diamond Gents Win SCAC Championship

CHAMPIONS! The No. 3 seed Centenary baseball team defeated No. 1 seed Trinity by a score of 10-5 to win the 2022 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Sunday evening at The Depot at Cleburne Station.

The 2022 All-SCAC Baseball Team was announced on Friday.
SCAC Announces 2022 All-Conference Baseball Team

Joe Jimenez of Texas Lutheran University was voted the Offensive Player-of-the-Year and Tyler Herrera of Centenary College was selected the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year in exclusive 2022 all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) voting by the conference’s head coaches. Complete Release

Tyler Herrera picked up two major individual awards and first-team all-conference honors on Friday.
Herrera Named SCAC Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year

Freshman left-hander Tyler Herrera was named both the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year on Friday on the opening day of the 2022 SCAC Championship. 

Preston Ludwick was named SCAC Hitter of the Week for the third time in his career on Monday.
Preston Ludwick Named SCAC Hitter of the Week

PRESTON LUDWICK OF CENTENARY COLLEGE, a senior first baseman from Pflugerville, Texas, has been named the SCAC Baseball Hitter of the Week for games played from Monday, March 28 through Sunday, April 3.

Centenary won its 10th-straight game on Friday night.
Diamond Gents On Road At Schreiner This Weekend

The Centenary baseball team will face the Schreiner University Mountaineers in a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series this weekend beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. at Bob Henry Field.

Gents Picked Third In SCAC Baseball Preseason Poll
Gents Picked Third In SCAC Baseball Preseason Poll

After combining to win the last three SCAC Tournament Championships, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University finished in a deadlock for the top spot of the 2022 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Baseball Preseason Poll in the annual balloting among league head coaches.