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Jersey Number 44
Ernesto Lugo-Canchola
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Grove, Utah
- High School:
- Pleasant Grove (Utah / Northwest Nazarene)
2026 NCBWA Fourth Team Preseason All-American
2025 D2 Baseball Pitcher of the Year
2025 Division II First Team All-American (D2 Baseball, NCBWA)
2025 GNAC Newcomer of the Year
2025 First-Team All-GNAC (SP)
2022 NJCAA All-Region 18 First Team
2026 (Graduate):
NORTHWEST NAZARENE / UTAH
SALT LAKE CC / PLEASANT GROVE HS
2025 D2 Baseball Pitcher of the Year
2025 Division II First Team All-American (D2 Baseball, NCBWA)
2025 GNAC Newcomer of the Year
2025 First-Team All-GNAC (SP)
2022 NJCAA All-Region 18 First Team
2026 (Graduate):
- Pitched in a team-high 30 games as the primary southpaw out of the UF bullpen
- Led the SEC with 13 holds – six more than the next-closest pitcher
- Worked to a 1-0 record while delivering a 1.28 WHIP and holding opposing hitters to a .239 batting average
- Finished with a 5.77 ERA in 34 1/3 innings pitched
- Racked up 48 strikeouts while issuing just 12 free passes
- Registered 12.6 K/9, 3.1 BB/9 and a 4.0 K-to-BB ratio
- Fielded to a perfect 1.000 clip on the mound with two assists and one putout
- Retired 19-consecutive batters to begin his UF career before the 20th hitter he faced reached on a wild pitch following a strikeout on Feb. 22 vs. Kennesaw State
- Was charged with an earned run in just one of his first 11 appearances in Orange & Blue
- Made his UF debut in the form of 2 2/3 no-hit frames with two strikeouts against UAB on Feb. 14, retiring all eight batters he faced in order
- Retired all nine batters he faced in order while setting season highs with three innings pitched and five strikeouts in the victory over Stetson on Feb. 18
- Tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against FIU on Feb. 25
- Blanked Miami across 1 2/3 shutout frames with three strikeouts on Feb. 28
- Chucked 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the victory over South Carolina on March 14
- Awarded his first win as a Gator after throwing two innings of two-run relief on one hit, one walk and four strikeouts at Arkansas on March 27
- Shut out Georgia over 2 2/3 shutout frames on two hits, zero walks and three strikeouts on April 12
- Provided a pair of scoreless outings against Auburn on April 16 and 18, combining for three shutout innings
- Earned the series-evening save behind 1 1/3 innings of relief at Oklahoma on May 2
- Retired all three batters he faced in a scoreless frame with two strikeouts in the win over Vanderbilt at the SEC Tournament on May 20
NORTHWEST NAZARENE / UTAH
- Honored as the D2 Baseball Pitcher of the Year and a Division II First Team All-American by D2 Baseball and the NCBWA
- Went a perfect 13-0 across 16 starts, dazzling with a 2.00 ERA, .164 batting average against and 103 strikeouts against 44 walks in 94 2/3 innings
- In the GNAC rankings, finished first in ERA, first in opponents BA, first in batters struck out, first in wins, second in batters struck out looking and third in innings pitched
- In the NCAA rankings, finished second in wins, fifth in ERA, tenth in games started, twelfth in strikeouts and fourteenth in WHIP
- Prepped at Pleasant Grove HS (Utah) and played at Salt Lake CC and the University of Utah before transferring to NNU
- Appeared in 39 games and tossed 66.0 innings at Utah from 2023-2024, recording 56 strikeouts
- Went 2-0 with a 3.32 ERA over 17 outings in 2024 at Utah
SALT LAKE CC / PLEASANT GROVE HS
- Spent the 2022 campaign at Salt Lake Community College
- Pitched himself onto the NJCAA All-Region 18 First Team with an 8-1 record, 1.66 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 13 appearances
- Played prep ball at Pleasant Grove High School in Utah
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