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LSC Baseball Release – Week 5

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Standings
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The 2026 Lone Star Conference baseball season is five weekends in and two teams are atop the standings at 14-4: No. 4 UT Tyler and Angelo State.
 
ASU, Texas A&M-Kingsville (12-6) and West Texas A&M (12-6) are coming off four-game series sweeps. ASU accomplished it on the road against No. 17 St. Mary’s.
 
WT has a league-high 10-game winning streak, while ASU has prevailed in six straight games.
 
TAMUK leads the league in hitting (.356), while ASU is tops in pitching (3.87 ERA). New league member UT Dallas owns the top fielding percentage (.967).
 
Austin Beck of No. 24 Angelo State was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Hitter of the Week on Feb. 19.
 
UT Tyler was voted as the favorite to win the conference title in the LSC preseason poll. UT Tyler junior shortstop Drew Schmidt and senior left-hander Caden Copeland were named LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, to headline the 28 players on the league’s Preseason Watch List.
 
The LSC Baseball Championship will feature a two-week tournament. The opening round is best-of-three series and will be held May 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) at the sites of the No. 2 (vs. No. 7), 3 (vs. 6) and 4 (vs. 5) seeds. The league’s top seed will receive an opening-round bye and host the four-team, double-elimination championship round on May 7-9 (Thursday-Saturday). The LSC Tournament Champion will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.
 
The South Central Regionals are scheduled for May 14-17 with the Super Regional following on May 21-23. The campus sites are TBD. The national finals are set for May 29-June 6 at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.
 
Due to being NCAA Division II provisional members, UTD and Sul Ross State are not eligible for the LSC or NCAA tournament but are eligible to win the LSC regular season title and postseason awards.
 
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NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / Feb. 25: #4 UTT, #17 StMU. Receiving Votes: ASU. Next ranking: March 4.
 
ABCA Coaches Poll / Feb. 24: #5 UTT, #18 ASU, #23 StMU. Receiving Votes: SEU. Next ranking: Feb. 24.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / March 2: #8 UTT, #15 ASU. Next ranking: March 9.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Feb. 23: #1 UTT (7 of 8 first-place votes), #3 StMU (1 first-place vote), #5 ASU, #6 SEU, #8 TAMUK, #9 UTD, #10 WT. Next ranking March 2.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

(Feb. 27-March 1 games)
 
HITTER
Joshua Endo, Texas A&M-Kingsville, OF, Jr., Business Management, Houston, Texas
Texas A&M-Kingsville junior outfielder Joshua Endo hit .705 (12-for-17) with a home run, double, nine RBI and five walks to fuel a road series sweep against Sul Ross State. Endo, who batted leadoff, also scored eight runs and stole three bases. His homer came in Game 1 and tied the score at 2-2 in the third inning. Endo had multiple hits and drove in at least one run in each game. His four-hit game in the finale helped the Javelinas score a program-record 26 runs in a single game.
 
PITCHER
Garrett Baumann, Angelo State, RHP, Sr., Interdisciplinary Studies, Poth, Texas
Angelo State senior right-hander Garrett Baumann earned two wins in relief on the road against No. 17 St. Mary’s by tossing eight shutout innings with six strikeouts. Baumann scattered three hits – all singles – and allowed just a .111 opponents’ batting average. His victories came in Game 1 and Game 4 to help secure a series sweep. Baumann now has three consecutive scoreless appearances out of the bullpen.
 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
 
LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3      Garrett Brooks, St. Mary’s
Feb. 9      Ciro Benavides, Texas A&M International
Feb. 17    Austin Beck, Angelo State
Feb. 23    Austin Beck, Angelo State (2)
March 2   Joshua Endo, Texas A&M-Kingsville
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Feb. 9      Connor Freeman, St. Edward’s
Feb. 17    David Dean, UT Dallas
Feb. 23    Corbin Kwan, Oklahoma Christian
March 2   Garrett Baumann, Angelo State
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4      Garrett Brooks, St. Mary’s
Feb. 11    Ciro Benavides, Texas A&M International
Feb. 18    Austin Beck, Angelo State
Feb. 25    Austin Beck, Angelo State (2)
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Feb. 18    David Dean, UT Dallas
Feb. 25    Corbin Kwan, Oklahoma Christian
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 19    Austin Beck, Angelo State