Southland Conference All-Tournament Team (2025)
2025 (Junior): Named as part of the
Southland Conference All-Tournament team after helping Huskies to second-ever Southland title and a berth into the NCAA Regionals … picked up two victories and a save in the five games of the Southland postseason, throwing 10.1 innings in relief with nine strikeouts … made 21 appearances, starting twice at Texas A&M and at New Orleans … in 19 relief outings, went three innings or more 10 times, including a
career-high five to claim the victory in a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over SFA (3/29) … struck out five in a game on six times, with a career-best of six in 2.1 innings of work at Rice (3/14) … notched first career save facing the minimum over three innings at ULM (2/22) … picked up first career victory with 2.1 innings and five K’s in conference opening win at Incarnate Word (2/28) … went three innings allowing one run to close the door on Lamar in the Edinburg bracket opener for
third and final save of the season (5/15) … came back two days later to
earn the win with 3.2 innings and four strikeouts as Huskies rallied past UTRGV to earn trip to Southland Championship Series (5/17) … finished season with a 7-1 record, three saves and a 3.99 ERA … had 61 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 56.1 innings pitched and limited opponents to a .235 batting average … fourth on the club in innings pitched and third in strikeouts … ranked third in the Southland in victories as he and Joshua Caravalho became first pair of HCU pitchers with seven or more wins since 2017 … named to the
Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the first time …
PRIOR TO HCU: Ranger College (2024) Spent his sophomore campaign with the Rangers, posting a 9-3 record and a 3.18 ERA … 13 starts in 14 appearances and tossed six or more innings 12 times … struck out 84 in 85 innings and posted a 1.08 WHIP … had nine strikeouts or more on five occasions, including back-to-back 10K outings against Garden City and Western Texas …
Hillsborough Community College (2022/2023) Made 14 appearances out of the bullpen for HCC in his second year with the Hawks … had 14 strikeouts in 13 innings pitched …
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterman at Westminster Christian School in Miami where he played for Emil Castellanos …
PERSONAL: Full name is Louis Charles Zecca Castano … born November 25, 2002 … son of Alex and Angel Castano … the sixth of seven children … older brothers Daniel and David … older sisters Lizzy, Ashley and Rebekah … younger sister Natalie … father played football at Rice … older brother Daniel played baseball at Baylor, was drafted by the Cardinals, played with the Marlins and also in Korea … majoring in Business Administration …
