May 28, 2023

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No. 19 East Texas Baptist University

Champion of East Texas Baptist Regional

5/19 vs. Cal Lutheran W, 16-6 BX
5/20 at Trinity (Texas) • W, 9-4 BX RC
5/21 vs. Trinity (Texas) L, 8-6 BX
5/21 vs. Trinity (Texas) • W, 2-1 BX

Champion of East Texas Baptist Regional 

5/26 vs. La Verne W, 9-1 BX RC
5/27 at La Verne L, 9-8 BX
5/27 at La Verne • W, 14-6 BX RC
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 Stat rankings (of 386 teams in D-III)

Runs per game

9.42

Earned run average

4.47

On-base percentage

.426

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

2.31

Slugging percentage 

.559

Walks+hits/IP

1.41
   

Key hitters

Jackson Roberts OF Ben Lea

ASC Player of the Year, Ben Lea led his conference in the triple crown categories (average, RBI, home runs). Lea has hit 23 home runs for the Tigers with two multi-home run games.

Stats: .403 BA, 63runs, 55 RBI, .892 slugging

Key pitchers

Ricky Conti head shot RHP Sayers Collins

Sayers Collins has all four of the Tiger's complete games this season. The Tiger's ace has a batting average against at .204. The ASC named Collins the ASC Pitcher of the year for the second straight season.

Stats: 2.64 ERA, 11-2, 122 K

 Jackson Roberts 1B Jase Jones

Jase Jones leads East Texas Baptist with doubles (18) and is one of eight of the starting nine that has a batting average above .300.

Stats: .375 BA, 52runs, 50 RBI, .688 slugging

Ricky Conti head shot RHP Jagger Neely

Jager Neely leads the pitching staff with 19 appearances that includes 8 starts on the season. He has allowed the batters he faces to get on base at a .250 clip.

Stats: 3.39 ERA, 3-1, 1 save, 55 K

Scouting report

  • The historic season for the Tigers continues as they make their first appearance in the D-III World Series. East Texas Baptist is the third ASC team to appear in the D-III World Series with Concordia-Texas making the finals in 2002 and Texas-Tyler winning the national title in 2018.
  • East Texas Baptist head coach Jared Hood is a two-Time ASC Coach of the Year (2016, 2021).
  • The Tigers led the ASC with 14 players selected to the All-ASC teams and swept the major awards 
  • Over the past three years, ETBU has won 97 games going 67-17 in ASC play winning back-to-back regular season championships (in 2022, 2023) and their first-ever ASC Tournament Championship.

Roster

# Full Name CL. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Previous School
19 Austin Barry Sr. C 5-11 195 Houston, TX Langham Creek Weatherford College
28 JC Barry So. C 6-0 165 Katy, TX Katy Taylor  
47 Mackenson Bobo Jr. RHP 5-9 155 Longview, TX Carthage Tyler JC
11 Mason Bobo Jr. OF 6-0 180 Carthage, TX Carthage  
3 Dylan Burnaman So. INF 5-10 164 Sugar Land, TX Clements  
42 Ben Burroughs Jr. RHP 6-2 190 Quitman, TX Quitman Pratt CC
5 Brock Calvillo Jr. OF 5-7 180 Bakersfield, CA Frontier  
36 Nicolas Chavez So. C 5-9 180 Grand Prairie, TX South Grand Prairie Mountainview College
25 Trent Clark Sr. RHP 6-0 190 Navasota, TX Navasota Brookhaven College/Arkansas-Monticello
45 Jacob Colby Jr. LHP 6-0 165 Kingwood, TX Kingwood Park Centenary (LA)
43 Sayers Collins Sr. RHP; 1B 6-3 250 Frisco, TX Legacy Christian Academy  
50 Nic Costas Gr. P 5-11 170 Bullard, TX Bullard Kansas Wesleyan
52 Robert Croft Fr. RHP 5-11 195 Cypress, TX Bridgeland  
32 Elijah Dyke Fr. RHP 6-0 175 Canton, TX Canton  
8 Jacob Evangelista Jr. INF 5-10 175 Spring, TX Klein Collins Stephen F. Austin
34 Cole Godkin Gr. RHP 6-3 190 Porter, TX Porter  
41 Charles Gordon Jr. OF 6-2 174 Alvin, TX Alvin LSU Eunice
37 Jackson Gullatt Jr. RHP 6-0 175 Tyler, TX Cumberland Academy National Park College
23 Rece Gustafson Sr. RHP 6-0 200 Rockwall, TX Rockwall-Heath  
13 Jordan Hara Gr. INF 5-8 180 Aiea, HI Iolani Pacific Univ.
55 Casen Holden Jr. LHP 6-3 225 Conroe, TX College Park Tyler JC
35 Matthew Irwin Fr. RHP 6-1 200 Katy, TX James E. Taylor  
40 Cody Johnson Gr. RHP 5-10 175 Collinsville, TX Aubrey Oklahoma Christian
7 Jase Jones Gr. C; 1B 6-0 195 Mt. Enterprise, TX Carlisle/Mt. Enterprise Brookhaven College
9 Braden Karnes So. RHP; 1B 6-3 240 Godley, TX Godley  
29 Will Kelley Gr. 1B; OF 5-10 195 Alexandria, LA Alexandria Senior  
27 Ben Lea So. OF 6-1 212 Sugar Land, TX George Ranch  
38 Nick Massarini So. OF 6-1 170 Richmond, TX Fort Bend Travis  
2 Connor Massimini Fr. OF 5-10 170 Fort Worth, TX Eaton  
16 Jake Miller Gr. INF 6-1 205 North Richland Hills, TX Southlake Carroll  
4 Peyton Miller Sr. RHP 6-0 170 Nederland, TX Monsignor Kelly Catholic  
22 Blake Mullen Jr. INF 6-0 180 Houston, TX Cy Falls Richland College
49 Jagger Neely So. RHP 6-0 158 Montgomery, TX Lake Creek  
56 Carson Nolen So. INF 6-1 180 The Woodlands, TX College Park  
33 Nathan Norris Jr. OF 6-0 190 Frisco, TX Legacy Christian Academy Northeastern State (OK)
58 Aiken Owens So. 1B 6-1 230 Sulphur Springs, TX Sulphur Springs  
1 Parker Perez Jr. OF 5-11 170 Spring, TX Klein Collins Richland College
57 Kolton Quinney So. INF 5-8 155 Bellville, TX Bellville  
18 Kyle Reece Jr. OF 6-1 180 Cypress, TX Cy-Fair Dallas College
48 Hayden Robichaux Fr. RHP 6-2 160 Southlake, TX Fort Worth Christian  
10 Christopher Robinson Gr. INF 5-11 205 Shreveport, LA C.E. Byrd  
51 Austin Schaper Sr. RHP 6-1 200 Port Neches, TX Port Neches-Groves  
21 Christopher Shay Jr. OF 5-10 180 Dallas, TX North Dallas  
31 Jacob Sherman Jr. LHP 6-1 195 Weatherford, TX Trinity Christian Academy Austin College
54 Connor Stewart So. C 5-9 160 Hallsville, TX Hallsville Tyler JC
46 Baylan Vaughan Jr. OF 5-8 160 League City, TX Clear Falls Clarendon College
24 Brett Wagner Sr. 1B 5-11 200 Lake Jackson, TX Brazoswood Brookhaven College
39 Blakely Welch Sr. 1B 6-4 210 Vivian, LA Northwood  
12 Carson Wilson Jr. UTL 5-6 160 Sugar Land, TX Clements  
53 Parker Witte Fr. RHP 6-0 185 Fulshear, TX William B. Travis