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The 2024 Lone Star Conference baseball season is officially underway as all 13 Lone Star Conference teams have played a game.
 
UAFS is the only league team without a loss, opening the season last weekend with a four-game road sweep against Oklahoma Christian. West Texas A&M is at 7-1 after opening the year with a sweep of Texas A&M International and taking 3 of 4 against Texas A&M-Kingsville last weekend. Defending national champion Angelo State and UT Permian Basin are at 6-2.
 
Four players are batting over .500 in the young season: Noah Davis (.556), St. Mary’s Brendan Concannon (.526) and ASU’s Tripp Clark (.519). Clark also has four home runs and 17 RBIs to lead the league along with a 1.148 slugging percentage.
 
St. Edwards right-hander Ben Smedshammer already has three wins on the mound, while WT righty Reese Miller has not allowed a run over eight innings that have spanned four appearances.
 
ASU entered the season ranked the No. 1 team in the country by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and D2 Baseball Insider preseason polls.
 
Defending national champion Angelo State was also the top pick in the LSC preseason poll. ASU junior outfielder Jacob Guerrero and senior right-hander Braxton Pearson were named LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
 
St. Mary’s play-by-play announcer Rob Shadow has started a podcast called, “Baseball in the Lone Star.” The first episode is available on Spotify. To listen, click here.
 
The LSC Baseball Championship will be compiled of the top eight teams based on conference standings. The top four seeds will host opening-round, best-of-three series on May 3-5 at their home parks. The winners will advance to a double elimination tournament on May 9-11 hosted by the top remaining seed.
 
NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / Jan. 24 (Preseason): #1 ASU (17 of 17 first-place votes); #19 UT Tyler; #25 St. Edward’s. Next ranking TBA
 
D2Baseball Insider Top 25 Poll / Jan. 24 (Preseason): #1 ASU. Receiving Votes: St. Edward’s.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Feb. 12: #1 ASU (6 of 8 first-place votes); #3 WT (2 first-place votes); #5 UTPB; #6 St. Edward’s; #7 LCU; #8 UT Tyler; #9 UAFS; Receiving Votes: ENMU. Next ranking Feb. 19.

 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games Feb. 7-11
 
HITTER
Tripp Clark, Angelo State, C/DH, Sr., Accounting, Waco, Texas (Midway HS)
Clark was 8-for-13 with four home runs, one triple and 13 RBIs to lead top-ranked Angelo State to a four-game sweep of Cameron. He also scored seven runs, walked once, stole a base and did not strike out. In the series finale, Clark had a two-homer game with six RBIs. He drove in at least two runs and had an extra-base hit in every game.
 
PITCHER
Isaac Ponce, Texas A&M International, RHP, Sr., Business Administration, Portland, Texas (Gregory HS)
Ponce allowed just two hits and struck out eight batters over seven innings of work to earn the win in Texas A&M International’s first victory of the season. The right-hander allowed just one earned run and one walk in the series opener. Eastern New Mexico hit just .087 off him. Ponce did not allow a hit after a leadoff single in the second inning and recorded at least one strikeout in all but one inning.
 

Weekly Awards

Hitter of the Week
Feb. 5      Ryan Ball, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 12    Tripp Clark, Angelo State
 
Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 5      Ben Smedshammer, St. Edward’s
Feb. 12    Isaac Ponce, Texas A&M International