5A Pre Season Top 20
admin | Jan 14th, 20171. Grapevine- 6 Starters from 35-6-2 State Championship Team. Connor Neuman, Sr P/OF (All State, State Tournament MVP, Louisiana Tech) Boone Montgomery, Sr SS/P (1st Team All District, UT Arlington) Ryan Drake, 12, 3B (1st Team All District, Arkansas)
2. College Station-8 Starters from 25-13-2 State Semi Finalist Team. Reece Easterling, 12, OF/SS/P (.281, State Tournament All Tourney OF, Temple College) Travis Hester, 11, P/1B (10-2, 77K, 1.97 ERA, TSWA All State, THSBCA All State, Arkansas) Bryson Lucas, 10, P/OF (9-1, 71K, 1.83 ERA, All State, TCU)
3. Amarillo-Return 7 Starters from 30-15 State Semi Finalist Team. Skyler Nelson, 12, C/DH (.410, 48 RBI, Lubbock Christian) Mason Mays, 11, P/OF (8-1, 2.28 ERA) Trevor Andrus, 11, P/OF (10-2, 2.30 ERA, .367)
4. Whitehouse-Return 9 Starters from 27-12 State Semi Finalist Team. Ryan Walls, 12, P/INF (1st Team All District, 3rd Team All State) Mason House, 12, OF (LSU-E) Tanner Roach, 12, SS (1st Team All District)
5. Wichita Falls Rider-Return 8 Starters from 25-10 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Parker Kelley, 12, SS/RHP (.405, 25 RBI, 2nd Team All State, Texas Tech), David Moffat, 12, 3B/RHP (.375, 11 Wins, 1.15 ERA, 1st Team All State, UT Arlington), James Johnston, 12, 1B (.380, 35 RBI, 3rd Team All State)
6. CC King– Return 7 Starters from 28-7 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Dustin Saenz, 12. P/1B (9-1, 0.57 ERA, 124 K, District MVP, 1st Team All Dist, All South Texas, All State, Texas A & M), Alec Soliz, 12, 3B/P (.367, 22 RBI, 1st Team All District, 2nd Team All South Texas, Ark-Monticello), Jacob Garza, 10, P/1B/DH (.364, .514 OBP, Newcomer of the Year)
7. CC Calallen- Return 4 Starters from 27-5 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. John Gaddis, 12, P (1st Team All District, All South Texas), Forrest Crisp, 12, OF (All District), Brandon Broughton, 11, 3B (All District)
8. Hallsville– Return 7 Starters from Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Carson Chapman, 12, OF (.321, 17 RBI, 1st Team All District, Stephen F Austin), Logan Durrett, 12, 3B (.356 8 Dbls, Offensive Player of the Year), Ty Meissner, 12, 2B (.236, 1st Team All District)
9. Forney– Return 7 Starters from 25-5-1 Area Finalist. Mason Englert, 11, P/INF (8-2, 74IP, 0.76 ERA, 124 K, m All State, Texas A & M), Jonathan Childress, 11, P/1B/DH (8-1, 1.19 ERA, 83 K, Texas A & M), Kendall Price, 12, C/OF (.343, 19 RBI, 1st Team All District)
10.Corsicana-Return 10 Starters from Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Jackson Kennemore, 12, OF (1st Team All District), Corbin Hall, 12, INF/RHP (All Dist Pitcher of the Year, Navarro JC), Dawson Woods, 11, C/RHP (1st Team All District)
11. Bryan– Return 9 Starters from 16-17 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Jake Fuller, 12, SS (.409, 1st Team All District, Hon Mention All State), Myles Sheffield, 12, OF (.340, .476 OBP, 1st Team All District), Kolby Kubicheck, 11, P/3B (Texas)
12. Tomball-Return 5 Starters from 29-10 Regional Finalist. Chase Pattin, 12, P (2nd Team All District), Brandon Marshall, 11, 1B (Newcomer of the Year), Mark Bonnain, 12, OF (2nd Team All Disrict)
13. CC Moody-Return 7 Starters from 23-7 Regional Quarterfinalist. Marcus Cantu, 12, RHP/OF/1B (.319, 9 Dbls, 30 RBI, 10-2, 1.63 ERA, 1st Team All Dist, 2nd Team All South Texas), Roy Sandoval, 12, CF/RHP (.363, 7 Dbls, 30 R, 2nd Team All District), Ramsey Flores, 12, 3B/RHP (.364, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 1st Team All District)
14. Prosper-Return 7 Starters from 26-13 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Zach Wilson, 12, 1B (.369, 9 Dbls, 23 R, 1st Team All District), Easton Murrell, 12, SS (Arkansas), Taylor Pendley, 11, P (7-1, 1.70 ERA, Newcomer of the Year, Texas Tech)
15. SA Alamo Heights-Return 8 Starters from 27-8 State Runner up. Nathaniel Prete, 12, RHP/INF (.357, State Tournament All Tourney Team), Parker Taylor, 12, RHP/OF (.347, 18 RBI, Express News Super Team), Michael Kelleher, 12, INF (.346, .403 OBP, 29 R, 2nd Team All District)
16. Crosby-Return 5 Starters from 27-9 Regional Quarterfinalist. Daniel Balderrama, 12, INF; Triston Scherer, 12, LHP/INF (Our Lady of the Lake University), Alec Lewis, 12, OF
17. Barbers Hill– Return 6 Starters from 28-9 Regional Semifinalist. Bryce Bonnin, 12, INF/P (Arkansas), Rhett McCall, 12, C (1st Team All District, Lamar), Blake Cappadona, 11, OF
18. CC Carroll- Return 6 Starters from 25-8 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. Ryan Flores, 12, 1B/P (.422, 10 Dbls, 2 HR, 23 RBI, 1st Team All District, 2nd Team All State, UIW) Michael Garza, 11, OF/P (.386, 21 RBI, 1st Team All District OF), Christian Servantes, 11, INF/P (.361, 7 Dbls, 15 R, 1st Team All District)
19. Canyon Randall- Return 6 Starters from 26-10 Regional Quarterfinalist Team. HestonKjerstad, 12, CF (.477, 11 Dbls, 32 RBI, District MVP, All State) Noah Bartlett, 12, 3B/P (5-2, 49 K, .333, 1st Team All District, Odessa) Taylan Mullins, 12, RF (.313, 1st Team All District)
20.Misson Veterans Memorial- Return 8 Starters from 24-7-1 Area Finalist. Noel Vela, 12, LHP/OF/1B (.538, 6 HR, 0.71 ERA, 93 K, District MVP, 1st Team All State, UTRGV), Cristian Ramos, 12, RHP (10-1, 0.98 ERA, 63 K, 64 IP, 1st Team All District, 2nd Team All State), Eddie Galvan, 12, SS (.400, 3 HR, 48 RBI, 1st Team All District)
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