The UIL concludes its 2025-26 athletic season with the Texas state baseball tournament, and as always, it’s loaded with players who are either headed to college or waiting for the July Major League Baseball draft to assess their professional options.
Of the 11 state championship games spread over three days, most of the big names are in Class 5A and 6A.
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The tournament starts Thursday, June 4 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
Here are six top players at the UIL state baseball championships.
Lucas Nawrocki, Aledo, LHP, 1B/OF
Nawrocki is an LSU signee and left-handed pitcher ranked as the No. 151 prospect for the MLB draft. He enters the championship with an 11-0 record on the mound and a .530 batting average at the plate.
Aledo pitcher Lucas Nawrocki pitches during Game 1 of a best-of-three UIL regional championship series against Americas on May 21, 2026, at Midland Legacy High School in Midland, Texas.
Cooper Webb, Lake Travis, RHP/OF
The University of Texas signee has 127 strikeouts and a 1.04 ERA. He has been clocked with a 94-mile-per-hour fastball.
CJ Sampson, Tomball, 3B/RHP
Sampson is a Texas A&M commit and son of former Astros pitcher Chris Sampson. The exit velocity on his fastball has been clocked at 99 miles per hour.
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Logan Corley, Lucas Lovejoy, LHP/1B
The TCU signee has a batting average over .450 and a fastball in the low 90s, complimented with a good slider and excellent control
Reed Blakely, Lucas Lovejoy, OF/LHP
A USC signee, Blakely has a 0.70 ERA as a pitcher and a .403 batting average. He has been clocked in the low 90s with his fastball.
Isaac Richardson, Houston Memorial, 3B
A Houston signee, Richardson has hit four home runs in the playoffs, including a walk-off in the semifinals that sent his team to state.
Bret Bloomquist can be reached, bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 6 players to follow at Texas UIL state baseball championship
