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The Lone Star Conference baseball regular season is complete and the conference tournament is set. The teams in the LSC tourney are Angelo State, UT Tyler, St. Edward’s, Lubbock Christian, West Texas A&M, St. Mary’s and Texas A&M-Kingsville.
 
ASU (41-7 overall) won the LSC regular season title for the eighth time in program history – and third time in four years – with a 39-7 record. The Rams are ranked No. 1 in national polls and enter the postseason on an 11-game winning streak.
 
UT Tyler (41-9, 40-8 LSC), which is ranked inside the top 5 in the national polls, closed the regular season on an LSC-best 14-game winning streak.
 
LCU senior infielder Brevin McCool set the LSC single-season home run record with 30. He broke the mark of 29 set by Cameron’s Chase Larsson in 2011. McCool also became the LSC’s all-time home run leader with his 48th blast on March 23 against Texas A&M-Kingsville at Hays Field in Lubbock, Texas. He broke the mark of 47 set by WT’s Ben Hangartner from 1999-2002. McCool currently sits at 53 homers.
 
ASU is leading the conference in hitting (.378) and fielding (.977), and UT Tyler is tops in pitching (3.81 ERA). LCU has hit a league-high 81 home runs.
 
In addition to homers, McCool is leading the LSC in RBI (81), slugging percentage (1.005) and OPS (1.526). UT Tyler’s Drew Schmidt is the league’s regular season batting champion with a .450 average. Schmidt is tied for the league lead in triples (five) with Eastern New Mexico’s Kyle Kiernan and TAMUK’s Maurice Martinez. UT Permian Basin’s Kaleb Scull had 22 doubles and SEU’s Travis Chestnut has 38 stolen bases.
 
ASU’s Dax Dathe (8-1, 3.50 ERA) is the only pitcher in the league to reach eight wins. SEU’s Kobe Jaramillo won the regular season ERA title (2.87). LCU’s Ryan Markwardt has the most strikeouts with 79. SEU’s Parker Tennill has 10 saves to lead the conference.
 
Four players from the LSC have won national player of the week honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association – three hitters and one pitcher. WT senior first baseman Dylan Fesperman (March 5), McCool (Feb. 13) and Cameron senior third baseman Lance Barnett (Feb. 6) have won the hitting award, while Markwardt (Feb. 20) was honored for pitching.
 
Two other LSC single-game records have been broken this season as Fesperman had 13 RBI on Feb. 28 and McCool hit four home runs on March 10. SEU junior outfielder Connor Cox tied an LSC record with four doubles in a game on March 30. To see the LSC record book, click here.
 
ASU was the top pick in the LSC preseason poll. ASU graduate student and outfielder Jacob Guerrero and UT Tyler senior right-hander Rawley Hector were named LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
 
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NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / April 23: #2 ASU; #5 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: SEU. Next ranking: April 30.
 
ABCA Coaches Poll / April 22: #1 ASU; #3 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: SEU, LCU. Next ranking: May 29.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / April 28: #1 ASU; #5 UT Tyler. Next ranking: May 5.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Week 11 (April 23): #1 ASU (7 of 8 first-place votes); #2 UT Tyler (1 first-place vote); #4 SEU; #6 LCU; #7 WT; #8 StMU; #10 ENMU. Receiving Votes: TAMUK. Next ranking April 30.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games April 21-27
 
HITTER
Ryan Camacho, West Texas A&M, OF, Sr., General Studies, Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
West Texas A&M senior outfielder Ryan Camacho hit .533 with two home runs, one double and six RBI to help lead the Buffs to a series win over Texas A&M-Kingsville to close out the regular season. Camacho had an extra-base hit in all three of the Buffs’ wins – the final three games (two of which were one-run ballgames). He scored six runs, did not strike out and was hit by a pitch. Camacho closed the regular season on an 11-game hitting streak.
 
PITCHER
Dax Dathe, Angelo State, RHP, Sr., Coaching, Sport, Recreation and Fitness Administration, Round Rock, Texas
Angelo State senior right-hander Dax Dathe tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts on the road against Cameron to help the top-ranked Rams seal up the conference championship. Dathe (8-1), who became the league’s only eight-game winner, walked just one batter and allowed only one baserunner to reach second base. He had a perfect seventh inning to finish off the 2-0 ballgame.

 
Weekly Awards

LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 10    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 17    Kyle Micklus, West Texas A&M
Feb. 25    Weston Valasek, Angelo State
March 3   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
March 11 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 18 Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M (2)
March 24 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (3)
April 1      Connor Cox, St. Edward’s
April 8      Carson Johnson, UT Permian Basin
April 14    Ethan Flodstrom, Angelo State
April 21    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (4)
April 28    Ryan Camacho, West Texas A&M
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 10    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 17    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 25    Rawley Hector, UT Tyler
March 3   Ulises Quiroga, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 11 Julius Carpio, West Texas A&M
March 18 Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 24 Kaleb Gauna, St. Mary’s
April 1      Timmy LaChappa, UT Permian Basin
April 8      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 14    Adrian Rubio, Eastern New Mexico
April 21    George Hettrick, St. Edward’s
April 28    Dax Dathe, Angelo State
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 11    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 18    Kyle Micklus, West Texas A&M
March 4   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
March 11 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 26 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (3)
April 2      Connor Cox, St. Edward’s
April 23    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (4)
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 11    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 18    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 25    Rawley Hector, UT Tyler
March 4   Ulises Quiroga, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 11 Julius Carpio, West Texas A&M
March 19 Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 26 Kaleb Gauna, St. Mary’s
April 2      Timmy LaChappa, UT Permian Basin
April 9      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 16    Adrian Rubio, Eastern New Mexico
April 23    George Hettrick, St. Edward’s
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 6      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 13    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
March 6   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
 
NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 20    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian