Tyler Guilfoil, Chase Estep tabbed to Second-Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Region

Thanks to breakout 2022 seasons with Kentucky Baseball, both Tyler Guilfoil and Chase Estep earned impressive postseason recognitions.

It was announced on Wednesday morning that the two Wildcats were voted to the Second-Team Midwest All-Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. Both Kentucky natives, Guilfoil is a junior pitcher out of Lexington and Estep is a junior infielder from Corbin. They are two of 16 players that made the Second-Team roster.

Guilfoil transferred to Kentucky ahead of the 2022 season after spending the previous three years at Lipscomb. The former Layfayette star returned home for his fourth season of college ball where he posted a 1.59 earned run average with six saves in 51.0 innings. Guilfoil struck out 14 batters per nine innings while holding opposing hitters to a .156 batting average. He finished with a 1.34 ERA in 40.1 SEC innings, including an impressive run in the team’s deep SEC Tournament run. Guilfoil was also named a Second-Team All-American earlier this month.

Estep has been with the ‘Cats since the beginning of his college career following his time at Corbin as a two-sport star. He batted .302 this past season while leading the Wildcats in runs (57), hits (68), doubles (17), home runs (13), RBI (49), total bases (126), walks (40), slugging percentage (.560), on-base percentage (.416), and stolen bases (16). Estep successfully reached base in 54 of the 59 games he appeared in. During the season, Estep was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week just seven days after being named the National Player of the Week.