UIL baseball state championship: How to watch, schedule, bracket<\/a><\/p>\nThe tournament starts Thursday, June 4 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.<\/p>\n
Here are six top players at the UIL state baseball championships.<\/p>\n
Lucas Nawrocki, Aledo, LHP, 1B\/OF<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
Cooper Webb, Lake Travis, RHP\/OF<\/p>\n
The University of Texas signee has 127 strikeouts and a 1.04 ERA. He has been clocked with a 94-mile-per-hour fastball.<\/p>\n
CJ Sampson, Tomball, 3B\/RHP<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Logan Corley, Lucas Lovejoy, LHP\/1B<\/p>\n
The TCU signee has a batting average over .450 and a fastball in the low 90s, complimented with a good slider and excellent control<\/p>\n
Reed Blakely, Lucas Lovejoy, OF\/LHP<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Isaac Richardson, Houston Memorial, 3B<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Bret Bloomquist can be reached, bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.<\/p>\n
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