Week 10 Teams of the Week/Hot Teams/Players of the Week
Teams of The Week Here is a look at the teams that made the biggest moves or had huge weeks
Read moreTeams of The Week Here is a look at the teams that made the biggest moves or had huge weeks
Read moreSo if you are new here welcome to the Region/District that is close to my (Noah’s) heart. And every year this is one that is one of the harder ones to put together/judge/rank/all of the above because A. I can't be biased, B. there is always talent coming out of every nook and cranny in this region, C. there is only one team that can make it to Grand Junction out of this region and almost every year there could be 2-3 teams that could make noise at the World Series but only one can make it, and D. when it comes time for the Region 5 Tournament anything and everything can happen and i have seen that first hand.
Over the past decade there has been a huge variety of teams with only 3 teams making multiple trips over the past 10 years with McLennan going in 2015 (National Runner-Ups), and 2017; Cisco in 2016 and 2012 (this one hurt on a personal level); and Midland in back to back years in 2013 and 2014. New Mexico punched their ticked in 2019 and Temple got the ticket in 2018 due to a very controversial call/situation that took place in the Region 5 Championship between Cisco and McLennan.
As stated above and like almost all other regions there is a plethora of tallent that is in Region 5 this year which includes:
Clarendon’s- Kevin Bermudez
McLennan’s- Garret Martin, Logan Henderson, and Kevin Skweres
New Mexico Militaries- Rudy Solis
Odessa’s- Guilio Monello, Sean Stephens, and Trevor Hatton
Howard’s- Broch Holmes, Justin Wishkoshki, and Nicco Cole
El Paso’s- Seth Homfeld, Oscoar Cuello, and Pablo Cortes
Weatherford’s- Hunter Rosson, Brett Brown, and Cade Farr
Grayson’s- Wade Elliott, Shay Harris, and Nathan Art
New Mexico’s- Adrian Torres and Justin Butz
Read moreJust to make this clear before people start to critic this list and call the rankings for not what they really are. This is Not a "Draft Prospect" ranking. For those that have listened, Followed, and know what what we do we create this list with how the player performed and how we think they will be at the College Level. Now is there some cross over? Yes, of course. But sometimes as many people have said sometimes the best Statistical player is not the best Draft Prospect and vice-versa.
150 J.D Ortiz Fr OF/IF Fresno City CCCAA
151 Jesus Licon So 1B El Paso NJCAA D1
152 Aaron Hogue Fr OF North Arkansas NJCAA D3
153 Justin Torres So IF San Mateo CCCAA UC-Irvine
154 Sean Stephens Fr IF Odessa NJCAA D1
155 Ivan Melendez So IF Odessa NJCAA D1 Texas
156 Grayson Tatrow So OF Paris NJCAA D1 Abilene Christian
157 Tyler Small So IF Northeastern Oklahoma A&M NJCAA D1 Dallas Baptist
158 TREVOR ANDREWS So UTIL Coastal Alabama-Monroeville NJCAA D1
159 Hagen Barcello Fr IF Colby NJCAA D1
160 Seth Salter Fr 1B/OF Los Medanos CCCAA
161 Bryan Burgos So IF NOC-Tonkawa NJCAA D2
162 Mario Pena Fr IF Cedar Valley NJCAA D3
163 Riley Blanton So IF Richland NJCAA D3 Southeastern Oklahoma State
164 Cammerin Ridley So OF Columbia State NJCAA D1
165 Caleb Balgaard So IF/OF McLennan NJCAA D1
166 Josh Rolling Fr IF Sierra CCCAA
167 Mario Tostado Fr
Cypress CCCAA
168 Hayden Winters So
Cypress CCCAA Houston
169 Mike Coletta So C Connors State NJCAA D1 Missouri
170 Sam Low Fr IF Mesa (AZ) NJCAA D2
171 Broc Mortensen So OF Cuesta CCCAA UC-Santa Barbara
172 ETHAN SNOW Fr C/OF Eastfield NJCAA D3
173 Garrett Bradley Fr OF/C Abraham Baldwin NJCAA D1
174 Hunter Rosson So IF Weatherford NJCAA D1
175 Joel Vaske So C Kirkwood NJCAA D2
176 Keegan Turner Fr
Western Texas NJCAA D1
177 Dylan Sanchez So OF Utah State Eastern NJCAA D1
178 KEYLON MACK So 1B Eastfield NJCAA D3 Grambling State
179 Jose Sosa So IF Kansas City Kansas NJCAA D1
180 Arjun Huerta So OF/LHP Otero NJCAA D1
181 Cole Phillips So OF Gordon State NJCAA D1 Tennessee Wesleyan
182 Jesh Leckey Fr IF New Mexico Millitary NJCAA D1
183 Sam Creed So IF Paris NJCAA D1
184 Tyler Rund So OF Lassen CCCAA
185 Dakota Kennedy So OF East Central (MS) NJCAA D2
186 Enrique Bennett So C Golden West CCCAA
187 Darien Cossio So IF Grossmont CCCAA Point Loma
188 Daniel Phillips Fr OF Coastal Alabama-Brewton NJCAA D1
189 Kade Self So OF Cowley NJCAA D1
190 Sam Ladner So IF Coastal Alabama-Brewton NJCAA D1
191 Chase Silseth So RHP Southern Nevada NJCAA D1 Arizona
192 Dustin Sipe So IF Luna NJCAA D1
193 Kevin Kilpatrick Fr OF Central Florida NJCAA D1
194 Seth Nelson So OF Golden West CCCAA
195 Colby Standard So C Butler NJCAA D1
196 Chaz Salter Fr
Walace-Dothan NJCAA D1
197 Frankie Circello Fr
Crowder NJCAA D1
198 Nation Wood Fr OF Saddleback CCCAA
199 Hunter Tabb So IF LSU-Euince NJCAA D2
200 Ernies Lozada
Southwestern NJCAA D1
201 Rumble Reyes Fr C San Diego Mesa CCCAA
Read moreThis District is one that has a rich history of postseason success. Between the years of 1999-2009, there were 6 National Titles and 7 National Title games. One of those being the best record arguably ever recorded by a college baseball team in 2009 when Howard went 63-1 and a National record 56-game Win streak. Since 2009 there have been 6 different schools that have made the trip. Only 1 has gone back to back years winning the Region 5 title (Midland ‘13-’14). There also have been only 1 National Title game since the ‘09 season when McLennan was the National Runner up in 2015.
Last year's winner was New Mexico claiming its first region crown since 2007. The Thunderbirds, unfortunately, went 1-2 BBQ losing to Chattahoochee Valley and Monroe in the first two days of the tournament.
Previous Winners: ‘19 New Mexico, ‘18 Temple, ‘17 McLennan, ‘16 Cisco, ‘15 McLennan (National-Runner Up), ‘14 Midland, ‘13 Midland, ‘12 Cisco, ‘11 Grayson, ‘10 Temple, ‘09 Howard (National Champs, 63-1 Record), ‘08 Grayson (National Champs), ‘07 New Mexico (National Runner Up), ‘06 Temple, ‘05 New Mexico (National Champs), ‘04 Grayson, ‘03 Grayson, ‘01 North Central Texas (National Champs), ‘00 Grayson (National Champs) ‘99 Grayson (National Champs).
This year's crop of players coming could be argued to be one of the best in recent years. McLennan's Jalen Battles (Arkansas) and Connor Phillips take home both the Pre-Season Player (Battles) and Pitcher (Phillips).
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