McLennan baseball players selected for All-Star squad
Eight McLennan Community College baseball players have been selected to represent the Highlanders on the Region V North squad at the Texas-New Mexico Junior College Sophomore All-Star Games on Sept. 25-26 at Weatherford College. McLennan's eight selections were the most of all colleges in the conference.
Four right-handed pitchers were selected, including Reece Calvert of Plano (9-4, 5.45 ERA, 76 IP, 95 H, 32 BB, 60 K), Chris Glover of Rockwall (8-3, 6.71 ERA, 59 IP, 79 H, 22 BB, 55 K), Collin Sharp of Lorena (1-2, 5.85 ERA, 32.1 IP, 39 H, 13 BB, 24 K) and Dustin Jourdan of Austin (6-2, 6.68 ERA, 32.1 IP, 44 H, 18 BB, 26 K). Joining them on the North squad will be first baseman James Rudkin of Plano (.374, 15 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 44 RBI), second baseman Tucker Johnson of China Spring (.326, 14 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 44 RBI), outfielder Noah McGowan of Magnolia (.253, 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 37 RBI) and catcher Cory Voss of Pueblo, Colorado, a Freshman All-American transfer from the University of New Mexico (.345, 14 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI).
"I am very excited for these players to have been selected to represent our conference in this year's All-Star Games," head coach Mitch Thompson said. "It is a tremendous honor for them individually and for our team to have eight guys chosen to play in these games. This will provide each of these players a great opportunity to showcase their talents in front of dozens of college recruiters and MLB scouts, and I am sure it will open many doors for their future baseball and educational pursuits."