2006: Named to the All-Horizon League Second Team ... overcame injury to post an 8-2 record, tying the school mark for best winning percentage in a season ... struck out career-best 66 while walking just 19, the third-best K/BB ratio (3.47) in school history ... did not start his first game of the year until Mar. 28 due to a preseason injury ... shut down Northern Iowa in that game, throwing seven scoreless innings, striking out eight while walking none ... followed that up with eight K's in 8.0 innings of a hard-luck 2-0 loss to Wright State ... won his next seven decisions, tying the school record ... struck out nine in a win over Butler Apr. 8 ... punched out seven in 5.0 innings in a victory over Wright State Apr. 29 ... set career-high with 11 strikeouts in eight scoreless innings in a win over Cleveland State May 6, helping him to Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors.
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2005: Finished the season with a team-leading earned run average of 3.86, ranking fifth overall among Horizon League hurlers ... his 84.0 inning pitched was second on the team, as was his 52 strikeouts ... hard-luck record of 2-10, as UWM scored three runs or less in eight of his 10 starts and provided zero or one run of support in five of those games ... did not allow an earned run in 7.2 innings in his first start in a Panther uniform versus Vermont Mar. 20, striking out three while allowing just two hits in a tough 2-1 loss ... picked up his first win of the season with 2.0 scoreless innings of work against Valparaiso Apr. 13, striking out three batters ... recorded the complete game victory against Cleveland State Apr. 24, allowing no earned runs, striking out three and walking none ... named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week Apr. 25 ... struck out a season-high six batters against Wright State May 8 ... fanned four and did not allow an earned run in 6.0 innings in a 1-0 loss to Youngstown State May 21 ... pitched 10.2 innings against Youngstown in the Horizon League Tournament May 26.
Prior to UWM: One of the top starters for Madison Area Technical College ... as a freshman, posted a 2.74 earned run average while leading the team in innings (61.1) and strikeouts (60) ... became the staff ace as a sophomore in 2004 ... went 8-4 with a 2.79 ERA in 84.0 innings of work ... fanned 87 batters while walking just 14 ... named first-team all-league and a First-Team All-Region 13 selection ... starred with the Wisconsin Woodchucks in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2004 ... tied a Northwoods League record with 19 saves ... also went 1-1 with 34 K's and 0.57 ERA in 31.1 innings.
High School: Three-time starter and letterwinner at Appleton North High School ... two-time, First-Team All-Fox Valley Association pick ... as a senior earned First-Team All-State accolades from the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association ... named the Region 8 Player of the Year by the WBCA ... earned Honorable Mention All-Midwest by Baseball America.
Personal: Majoring in Sociology at UWM ... parents are Don and Candice Cavaiani ... born November 8, 1983.
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Pitching Statistics
Rick Cavaiani |
| Season | ERA | W-L | Sv | IP | H | ER | App | GS | CG | SO | BB |
| 2005 | 3.86 | 2-10 | 0 | 84.0 | 95 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 19 |
| 2006 | 4.84 | 8-2 | 0 | 80.0 | 99 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 66 | 19 |
| Totals | 4.34 | 10-12 | 0 | 164.0 | 194 | 79 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 118 | 38 |
