San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
Smithson Valley pitcher, coach head E-N All-Area baseball team.
Player of the Year
BRANDON TAYLOR
School: Smithson Valley Position: Pitcher Class: Senior College: Temple Junior
College
Highlights: Went 14-1 with 91 strikeouts and a 1.22 ERA in 912⁄3 innings. … Taylor earned a rare completegame victory over two days when he returned to the mound after a weather delay to finish a 3-2 win over Los Fresnos in a onegame Region IV-6A final.
Honors: District 27-6A MVP. … Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 6A first team. … THSCA Class 6A/5A AllStar. Also considered for E-N honor: New Braunfels Canyon’s Austin Stracener, Smithson Valley’s Kasen Wells
Coach of the Year
CHAD KOEHL
School: Smithson Valley
Highlights: Guided the Rangers to a 35-6 finish and their first UIL state tournament appearance since 2005. … Smithson Valley defeated Reagan twice on eighth-inning walkoffs in the third round of the Class 6A playoffs. … The Rangers went 13-1 to capture the District 27-6A crown. Also considered for E-N honor: Navarro’s Kris Cavazos, D’Hanis’ Todd Craft
Newcomer of the Year
RYNE FARBER
School: Johnson
Position: Infielder Class: Sophomore
Highlights: Played in all of the Jaguars’ 35 games and hit .358 with two home runs, three triples, seven doubles and 25 stolen bases. … Unanimous AllDistrict 28-6A Newcomer of the Year selection.
Super Team
PITCHERS
JOSH COLEMAN
School, class: Johnson,
senior
Notable: 7-2 with a 1.41 ERA and 82 strikeouts. … Unanimous All-District 27-6A first team. … All-State 6A second team. … Signed with Houston. Cohen Feser School, class: Reagan,
senior
Notable: 10-2 with 0.65 ERA. … District 27-6A MVP.
… Signed with TCU.
CATCHER
CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
School, class: Jefferson,
senior
Notable: Hit .562 with 27 RBIs and 21 doubles. … District 27-5A MVP. … AllState 5A second team. … Signed with Frank Phillips College.
INFIELDERS
DAVID DE HOYOS
School, class: Smithson Valley, sophomore
Notable: Hit .432 with four home runs, 28 RBIs, four triples, six doubles and 28 runs scored. … District 27-6A Newcomer of the Year. … All-State 6A first team.
LOGAN PERALES
School, class: Steele,
senior
Notable: Hit .415 with three home runs, 45 RBIs, 14 doubles and 21 runs scored. … Unanimous All-District 27-6A first team. … AllState 6A first team. … THSBCA 6A/5A All-Star. … Signed with Clarendon College.
DYLAN SCHRIEWER
School, class: New Braunfels, senior
Notable: Hit .407 with two home runs, 16 RBIs, 12 doubles, three triples and 30
runs scored. … Unanimous All-District 27-6A. … AllState 6A first team. Austin Stracener
School, class: New Braunfels Canyon, senior
Notable: Hit .489 with two home runs, 34 RBIs, 11 doubles, 34 stolen bases and 37 runs scored. … District
26-5A MVP. … All-State 5A first team. … THSBCA 6A/5A All-Star. … Signed with Texas A&M.
OUTFIELDERS
WES CAMPBELL
School, class: Churchill,
senior
Notable: Hit .439 with three home runs, 33 RBIs, nine doubles, three triples and 27 runs scored. … District 28-6A Offensive Player of the Year. … All-State 6A second team. … Signed with
Alvin Junior College.
KASEN WELLS
School, class: Smithson Valley, junior
Notable: Hit .408 with six home runs, 33 RBIs, 10 triples, 12 doubles and 57 runs scored. … Unanimous All-District 27-6A. … UIL Class 6A state all-tournament. … All-State 6A first team. … Committed to Texas A&M.
UTILITY
KEEGAN ADAMS
School, class: Brennan,
senior
Notable: The pitcher/ outfielder was 4-3 with a 0.57 ERA and 48 strikeouts and hit .340 with 19 RBIs and 22 runs scored. … District 29-6A MVP. … All-State 6A first team. … THSBCA
6A/5A All-Star.
TIM ARGUELLO
School, class: Smithson Valley, junior
Notable: The outfielder/ pitcher hit .365 with three home runs, 10 doubles, three triples, 40 RBIs and 24 runs scored and was 11-1 with a 2.55 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 61 innings . ... Unanimous All-District 27-6A first team,
TYLER PAULEY
School, class: Canyon Lake, senior
Notable: The pitcher/ infielder went 11-0 with a 1.10 ERA and 92 strikeouts, and he hit .379 with 35 RBIs, six doubles and 12 stolen bases. … District 28-4A MVP. … All-State 4A first team.
All-Area teams
CLASS 6A
PITCHERS
Josh Coleman: Johnson,
senior
Cohen Feser: Reagan,
senior
Brandon Taylor: Smithson
Valley, senior
INFIELDERS
David DeHoyos: Smithson Valley, sophomore
Jalin Flores: Brandeis,
junior
Logan Perales: Steele, senior
Dylan Schriewer: New Braunfels, senior
Anthony Silva: Clark, junior
OUTFIELDERS
Wes Campbell: Churchill,
senior
Kasen Wells: Smithson
Valley, junior
UTILITY
Keegan Adams: Brennan,
senior
Tim Arguello: Smithson Valley, junior
MVP: Taylor
CLASS 5A
PITCHERS
Edward Hart: Alamo Heights, senior
Jared LaQue: Medina
Valley, senior
CATCHERS
Christopher Perez: Jefferson, senior
Chance Reisdorf :New Braunfels Canyon, senior
J.P. Zuniga-Rodriguez:
Southwest, junior
INFIELDER
Austin Stracener: New Braunfels Canyon, senior
OUTFIELDER
Bobby Peterson: Medina
Valley, junior
UTILITY
Luke Converse: Edison,
senior
E.J. Garcia: New Braunfels Canyon, junior
Jesse Salinas: Brackenridge, senior
MVP: Stracener
SUB-5A/PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PITCHERS
Konner Harborth: Marion,
junior
Tyler Pauley: Canyon Lake,
senior
Zack Wisdom: Blanco,
junior
CATCHER
Rashawn Galloway:
Boerne, junior
INFIELDERS
Baylor Smith: Blanco,
senior
Griffen Williams: Canyon
Lake, sophmore
OUTFIELDERS
Koy Carpenter: La Vernia,
senior
Jaxen Monkerud: Navarro,
junior
UTILITY
Kaleb Gauna: Hondo,
junior
Matt Gauna: Central Catholic, senior
Cole Phillips: Boerne,
junior
Robert Reyes: Antonian, junior
MVP: Pauley
Selection process:
Teams were picked by staff writer David Hinojosa with input from area coaches.