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Tournaments  | Story  | 10/31/2022

Fall Regional Review: Texas

Tyler Russo     
Photo: Omar Serna (Perfect Game)
Individual Standouts From the Region
Omar Serna (2025, Pearland, Texas) rocketed a ball to deep right-center field that nearly hit the fence on a line. It was arguably the most impressive non-home run swing of the tournament. Serna is big and strong for his age at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds with a lot of moving parts in the swing. There is a massive hanging leg lift load towards his back leg, a big weight shift into contact, and active hands with a bat waggle. Despite all of this, Serna is so athletic he’s able to control his swing and body with beautiful rhythm that allows him to be on time at the plate. The LSU commit is a special player who continuously shows up in games and will be fun to watch.
- 2022 WWBA Sophomore World Championship


Taylor Tracey (2025, Austin, Texas) contributed hugely to the Artillery 2025 Scout Team’s 4-1 win, driving in three runs, and coming in to close out the game on the mound. At a tall and lean 6-foot-5, 180 pounds, he oozes physical projection. Tracey collected a couple of singles in his first two at-bats versus high quality pitching and followed up in his final at-bat, backspinning a ball out of the yard to right centerfield. The Tennessee commit has big present juice, especially to the middle of the field and it is a true carrying tool. In his inning on the bump, he ran his fastball up to 88 with huge bore. He paired the heater with a 1-7 curveball that he was able to land for strikes.
- 2022 WWBA Sophomore World Championship
Bryce Wells (2025, San Antonio, Texas) showcased some very intriguing offensive upside. In the top of the first, he produced a really loud barrel through the left side. Standing at a strong 6-foot, 205 pounds, Wells is very physical, and the strength is evident at the point of contact. The easy bat speed was equally impressive as he turned the barrel over with heaviness to it. The Texas commit offers an interesting profile with potential for a real impact bat.
- 2022 WWBA Sophomore World Championship
Nehomar Ochoa Acosta (2023, Houston, Texas) is one of the youngest players in next year’s draft class but he’s also one of the more exciting to boot. At 6-foot-4, 208 pounds there’s a ton of room to dream on the physical projection while he’ll be only seventeen on draft day. Acosta hit .444 and OPS’d over 1.100 on the weekend, further showing the upside here as he didn’t even pitch, where he sits low-90s with a hard slider.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
It was clear that Weston Moss (2023, Montgomery, Texas) didn’t have his best stuff in this outing; his command was a tic off, and moreover, we have to consider, it was the first time he took the mound off of live hitters in 18 months. If his results in this outing are any indication of what’s to come in the spring, he’ll be just fine. The glaring tool here is the quick, short arm action. The fastball is heavy and overpowering that sat 90-95, combined with a devastating, quick, tilting, late breaking slider at 79-81. Possessing two pro-ready pitches, Moss will certainly garner the attention of the pro scouting community in the spring.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship




Brad Pruett (2023, Corinth, Texas) got the start for the Dulin’s Dodgers during the night slots over on the Marlins quad and was sensational, needing just 79 pitches to toss a complete game shutout against the defending champions of the event. The Texas State commit has some physicality present and lived in the upper-80s with his fastball, touching 91 mph early in the outing. The fastball wasn’t the story though as the slider was nearly unhittable at times. The pitch was a mid-80s, direction-shifting demon, really garnering some ugly swings throughout the night. Pruett’s ability to pound the zone and then put hitters away with the breaking ball was truly professional and he was the story of the night over on the quad.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Elbert Craig (2024, Mansfield, Texas), a Texas A&M commit, had a great week in Jupiter. He’s a big, 6-foot-4, 220-pound first baseman with power to all fields that he gets into regularly. Craig hit .500 with two doubles and an RBI. He’s an athletic player with some of the biggest power in the 2024 class.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Wyatt Sanford (2024, Frisco, Texas) finished the week hitting .300 and checks a lot of boxes in terms of what scouts are looking for out of underclassmen. He’s a high-waisted and projectable 6-foot, 160 pounds with a buttery smooth left-handed swing. Sanford has advanced defensive chops and a good internal clock as he certainly looks the part of a left-handed hitting shortstop at the next level.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship


One of the buzziest pitchers heading into Jupiter was Kannon Kemp (2023, Weatherford, Texas) and the big right-hander delivered on a big stage against East Cobb. Kemp ran the heater up to 94 mph, sitting 92-94 in his first inning of work, and struck out five hitters across two frames. The slider has excellent raw spin numbers while there’s also changeup feel and at 6-foot-6, 225 pounds, Kemp might just be scratching the surface.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Alan Choo (2023, Southlake, Texas) put together a great week in Jupiter, hitting .429 with four RBI. He’s a strongly built left-handed hitter with advanced bat-to-ball skills and huge power to all fields. On the defensive side, he has athletic movements around the bag at first base with true feel for the leather. The recent Georgia commit is a middle of the order power bat that strings together quality at-bats in every event.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Diego Luzardo (2023, La Porte, Texas) turned in an impressive playoff start in the Round of 32. The Houston commit went six strong, surrendering just two earned runs and striking out six total. An impressive two-pitch mix fooled hitters consistently. The fastball sat 88-91 mph, topping out at 92 mph, with heavy arm-side run. The velocity was held throughout the start, while the movement missed barrels. It tunneled well with a sharp slider at 79-82 mph that showed late, tilting action. Both offerings generated whiffs regularly. The stuff and athleticism really stand out on the mound.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Carson Priebe (2023, Frisco, Texas) took the ball in the starting role for the Dulin's Dodgers in a matchup of undefeated clubs as they battled Artillery Scout/East Coast Ghost. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound right-hander is committed to Texas Tech, and he challenged hitters all day long with basically only the fastball. His length allows him to create a lot of leverage and his fastball enters the zone at a steep angle that hitters just couldn’t square up. He and his bullpen combined on a no-hitter and willed their team to victory in what was a one run ball game until the end. His fastball range was 85-91 and held upper-80s for the entirety of the outing. While he only showed it a handful of times, his mid-70s curveball showed late depth and is a true swing and miss offering. Priebe’s line was 5 innings, no hits, 1 unearned run, 2 walks and 7 strike outs.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Uncommitted Players Who Shined

Colin Carney (2023, Kingwood, Texas) has an uber projectable 6-foot-6, 175-pound frame with easy upside and already peaks in the upper-80s. He threw four scoreless frames, giving up a single run and striking out six. The long limbs did not bother him, as he repeated and pounded the zone to a 71% strike clip.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship


Dillon Lester (2023, Baytown, Texas) had a good event for 5 Star, showing off the hose behind the plate and the power at it. He’s a solid athlete who moves well behind the plate, showing the necessary lateral agility and explosive movements to stay behind the plate long term, with an above-average throwing arm that he shows off frequently. He back-picked a runner at second in this one, showing off both the raw arm strength and the release speed we want to see, and has the makings of a high-level defender behind the plate. The swing has some length to it but has bat speed and strength to it, creating leverage off of a firm front side and getting the ball into the air when he’s on time. He made some hard contact in this outing, and on the whole it looks like a well-rounded player with potentially very good defense at a premium spot.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Parker Booth (2023, Katy, Texas) is a 6-foot-1, 170-pound Texan who has a very athletic look and quick shoulder that can fire upper-80s bolts with good life. He got plenty of whiffs on his way to eight strikeouts and should continue to add velocity as the frame fills out.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship


Callen Singhania (2023, Dallas, Texas) was one of his team’s bright points during the WWBA in Jupiter earlier this month. Callen has a consistent swing path to the baseball and does a good job staying on plane through contact. Against some of the best pitching, he recorded 4 hits with a triple and a home run, stealing 3 bases and incredibly didn’t strike out once. A hitter that can be moved around the lineup and show some pull side strength while making contact more times than not is a tough find. As an uncommitted player currently, here is one that any program would be happy and lucky to get.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Ridge Morgan (2025, Austin, Texas) showed why he is considered as one of the top-200 players in his class and just outside the top-50 for pitchers. With his long, athletic frame, Ridge can bring the heat with his fastball up to the low-90s (92 mph) while showing good control in and around the strike zone. He complements that with a very sharp 12/6 curveball with late action down in zone and below. Projectability aplenty here with this arm and athlete.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship


Jaylen Walker (2026, Pearland, Texas) has very much established himself as one of the top young two-way talents in the country, which he showed off at the Select Festival, and he was a bit of a weapon for this Wow Factor team at the Freshman. He hit .421 with a couple doubles, which is no surprise, but his couple looks in relief were in big spots, especially against FTB in the semifinals when he struck out three in just under two innings to get them to the ‘ship. He’s got upper-80s heat, and he gets to it fairly easy, while showing a full mix of three pitches that really make it loud on the mound.
- 2022 WWBA Freshman World Championship
Bryce Bloom-Timmins (2026, Houston, Texas) was outstanding on both sides of the ball, as the 2026 Texas native hit .556 (5-for-9) across three games played and produced one of the more dominant pitching performances of the event. The durable right-hander worked steadily in the low-80s to amass seven shutout innings and 14 punchouts, while mixing in a promising two-plane breaking ball for tons of swings-and-misses. He stands to continue climbing velocity wise with added strength and should continue to succeed on both sides of the ball for the foreseeable future.
- 2022 WWBA Freshman World Championship
Teams Repping The Region
5 Star Performance 2023 National
 Like they’ve done all year long, the 5 Star Performance 2023 team hung with, and beat, some of the best teams in the country on the biggest stage. After a summer where they went 37-10 on a difficult circuit and landed at No. 12 in the national rankings, they went to Jupiter and upset their projected pool winner in their opening game before taking home the pool and earning a very coveted spot in the bracket. While they fell in the Round of 32, a 2-2 showing at the world’s top amateur event is no small feat and this organization is trending upward across the board and will compete for titles across multiple ages and the entirety of the regional and national circuit.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Dulin’s Dodgers Prime
 The Dulin’s Dodgers have been a staple name on the circuit for some time now and are always a threat to pull out some really impressive showings in our events. Like they were this summer, losing just two games combined between the National Select and National Elite Championships, they were impressive in Jupiter. It started night one when Brad Pruett had the quad buzzing as he went seven shutout with nine strikeouts on just 79 pitches in a very impressive victory over the defending champion Ostingers Baseball Academy. That momentum carried through their next two games as they wrapped up the pool at 3-0, also beating a strong Artillery/East Coast Ghost team and landed in the Round of 32. While they fell to the strong Giants Scout Team, it wasn’t for a lack of fight. They’ve got a very good group coming to the 17u level next summer and it’ll be fun to watch the new faces continue to represent the Lone Star State in a big way.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
Texas Twelve
 If we’re talking about prominent programs representing the state of Texas currently, the Texas Twelve organization is right up there at the top of the list. They’ve gotten to be very impressive across all of their age groups and their 2023s are a pretty special class. After a dominant tune up in Tomball two weeks prior, they went to Jupiter and cruised through three pool play wins, led by strong pitching performances, and made a strong run to the Sweet 16, before losing a tight one to a red-hot SWFL team. They’ve got all kinds of talent from top to bottom on that roster, with a potential first-rounder in PG All-American Blake Mitchell, who had a big summer, and with the abundance of talent across their younger ages, this is just the beginning of just how impressive they’re likely going to be in the biggest events the national circuit has to offer.
- 2022 WWBA World Championship
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