Diamond Pro/THSB 5A Preseason Top 20

1. Cleburne – 8 starters return from a 12-0-2 Team. Sr OF Ethan Flores (.488, 23 RBI), Sr RHP/OF/SS Kameron Walton (.581, 14 R, 16 RBI, New Mexico).

2. Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial – 6 starters return from a 15-0-1 Team. Sr 1B Daylan Pena (.404, 4 HR, 21 RBI, Texas State), Sr OF/P Jose Acuna (.550, 2-0, 0.00 ERA, Texas Tech).

3. Barbers Hill – 7 starters return from a 11-2 Team. Sr SS Cameron Cauley (.521, 6 2B, 11 RBI, Texas Tech), Sr 1B Simon Larranaga (.333, 4 2B, 16 RBI, Temple JC).

4. Hallsville – 6 starters return from a 13-1 Team. Sr P Jeb Drewery (Texas State), Sr P/OF Tyler Lee (Texas A&M).

5. Amarillo – 5 starters return from a 10-5 Team. Sr INF Jake Maynard (2 2B, 9 SB, 14 R, TCU), Sr C/P Cayden Phillips (.429, 7 2B, 9 RBI, DBU).

6. Friendswood – 8 starters return from a 11-4 Team. Sr SS Izaac Pacheco (.414, 6 2B, 14 RBI, Texas A&M), Sr OF Kevin Newkirk (.405, 2 2B, 13 R, Blinn JC).

7. Kerrville Tivy – 6 starters return from a 14-3-2 Team. Sr LHP/OF/1B Coleson Abel (4-0, 41 K, 1.35 ERA, Texas Tech), Sr C/RHP Travis White (.377, 4 2B, 16 RBI, Houston).

8. Frisco Wakeland – 9 starters return from a 7-6-1 Team. Sr LHP Robert Fortenberry (1-0, 8 K, 2.8 ERA, TCU), Sr SS Conor Linkfield (.444, 3 R, 8 RBI).

9. Mansfield Legacy – 7 starters return from a 10-2 Team. Sr SS Raef Wright (.395, 4 3B, 1 HR, NTCC), Sr P/3B Griffin Brinkley (9 IP, 14 K, 0.77 ERA, NTCC).

10. Sharyland – 4 starter return from a 13-2-1 Team. Jr P/1B Victor Sanchez (.571, 9 K, 0.00 ERA), Jr C/3B Diego Zuniga (.353, 10 R, 5 RBI).

11. A&M Consolidated – 5 starters return from a 12-1 Team. Sr SS Ty Hodge (.447, 14 R, 13 RBI, Texas A&M), Sr OF Brandon Bishop (.571, 12 R, 4 SB, Texas A&M).

12. Gregory-Portland – 7 starters return from a 13-3-1 Team. Sr OF/P Malachi Lott (4 W, 30 K, 0.00 ERA, Houston), Sr C/P Walker Janek (18 H, 4 2B, 13 RBI, Sam Houston State).

13, College Station – 9 starters return from a 8-5-2 Team. Sr C Chanden Scamardo (.282, 4 HR, 13 RBI, Texas A&M), Sr, INF/P Josh Alexander (.354, 2 HR, 11 RBI, Houston).

14. Aledo – 6 starters return from a 8-7 Team. Sr C Creed Williams (2 HR, 13 RBI, TCU), Sr P Trisan Thurman (1-1, 6 K, 4.56 ERA).

15. Sharyland Pioneer – 5 starters return from a 13-3-1 Team. Jr SS Juan Rivera (.409, 17 SB, UTRGV), Sr RHP/1B David Lopez (23 IP, 2 ER, 19 K, Wharton JC).

16. Lubbock Coronado – 7 starters return from a 11-5 Team. Sr CF Sawyer Robertson (.481, 5 2B, 12 RBI, Mississippi State), Sr RF Charlie Robinson (.333, 5 2B, 16 R).

17. McAllen – 8 starters return from a 14-2-1 Team. Sr C/P/INF Chris Bernal (.489, 12 RBI, 2-0, Texas State), Sr P/INF Tristan Cavazos (.457, 3-0, 0.00 ERA).

18. Magnolia West – 7 starters return from a 8-2 Team. Sr 2B Mason Swiderksy (.500, 8 R, 13 RBI, Angelina), Sr DH/INF Mitchell Moore (.488, 9 RBI, 9 SB).

19. Georgetown – 8 starters return from a 7-7 Team. Sr INF/P Rowdy Hoadley (.297, 7 R, 6 RBI, Temple JC), Jr INF Zack Zavala (.371, 7 2B, 3 RBI).

20. Leander Rouse – 9 starters return from a 10-5 Team. Jr P/3B Colby Diaz (1-1, 21 K, 1.23 ERA, Texas State), Sr P Andrew Kithil (3-0, 20 K, 0.00 ERA, Wharton JC).

Next 10 (Alphabetical): Austin McCallum, Colleyville Heritage, Corpus Christi Moody, Frisco Lone Star, Grapevine, Lucas Lovejoy, Midlothian, Port Neches-Groves, Rio Grande City, Texas High.