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CANYON, Texas – The #14 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M hit the road this weekend for a four-game Lone Star Conference series at Foster Field in San Angelo, Texas as they take on the top ranked and unbeaten Angelo State Rams beginning on Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
 
ANGELO STATE
Kevin Brooks is now in his 16th season at the helm of the Rams, registering an overall record of 586-298 during his time in San Angelo with eight NCAA Postseason Appearances including three trips to the Division II College World Series (2007, 2015, 2016). The Rams are the top ranked team in the country as they enter the weekend with an unbeaten mark of 14-0 following a four-game sweep of Lubbock Christian last weekend on the road at Hays Field.
 
Reigning Division II National Player of the Year Josh Elvir leads the way offensively for the Rams as the senior outfielder it hitting .522 on the season with seven doubles and nine homeruns to drive in 27 RBI for a slugging percentage of 1.261 to go along with 17 walks for an on-base clip of .667 while stealing 13 bags so far this season. Friday night starter Trent Baker is 4-0 on the season with a 3.09 ERA as the Georgetown product has allowed eight earned runs on 16 hits in his 23.1 innings of work with 35 strikeouts and just four walks.
 
LSC BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL
The defending Lone Star Conference Tournament Champion Buffaloes have been picked second in the 2020 LSC Baseball Preseason Poll announced on January 22nd by the league's offices in Richardson, Texas. Angelo State's Josh Elvir was named the LSC Preseason Player of the Year while Zach Dixon of West Texas A&M was named the Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
 
Reigning LSC Regular Season Champion Angelo State picked up 27 of the possible 35 first place votes to sit atop of the poll followed by West Texas A&M (seven first place, 454), Lubbock Christian (396), Texas A&M-Kingsville (one first place, 371), St. Edward's (327), Arkansas-Fort Smith (318), St. Mary's (286), Oklahoma Christian (216), Cameron (199), Tarleton (171), UT Permian Basin (160), UT Tyler (154), Texas A&M International (80) and Eastern New Mexico (64).
 
WT HEAD COACH MATT VANDERBURG
Matt Vanderburg has built West Texas A&M Baseball into a regional and national contender as the Norman, Oklahoma native enters his 12th season at the helm of the Buffs. He holds an overall record of 370-218 (.628) during his decade in Canyon while registering a career record of 469-285 (.622) in his 15 seasons in collegiate baseball.
 
The Buffs finished their 2019 campaign with an overall record of 41-12 to set a new program record for victories in a single season, WT claimed their third LSC Tournament Title in the last four years while making an appearance in the NCAA Division II Baseball Postseason for the sixth straight season.
 
HE COACHING STAFF
Cory Hall enters his 10th year at West Texas A&M as the Buffs' Pitching Coach, serving the last four as the program's Associate Head Coach. Hall has had four different pitchers drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft during his time in Canyon with multiple other professional players learning under one of the top pitching minds in collegiate baseball. Assistant Coach Shawn Neale returns for his fourth season in Canyon as the Buffs finished the 2019 season with the sixth highest batting average (.327) in all of Division II Baseball while also ranking fifth in the country in on-base percentage (.426).
 
LOCAL TALENT STAYING HOME
The Buffs have made it a point to recruit local talent as they currently have 12 student-athletes that graduated high school within a 100-mile radius of campus. The local players are: Noah Bartlett (Randall), Garrett Cobb (Canyon), Ben Crist (Texico), Cade Engle (Pampa), Kix Ferrel (Memphis), Caleb Flores (Amarillo), Jacob Hall (Amarillo), Clay Koelzer (Amarillo), Mason Mays (Amarillo), Reese Patterson (Canyon), Chris Rodriguez (Friona) and Brendon Woelfle (Pampa).
 
NEW-LOOK LONE STAR CONFERENCE
The Lone Star Conference Baseball landscape will have a new look in 2020 as the league welcomed Arkansas-Fort Smith, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M International and UT Tyler on July 1, 2019. Each of the 14 baseball institutions will play a 50-game league schedule beginning on Opening Weekend.
 
The LSC Championship will be a two-week tournament featuring eight teams with the opening round on campus on May 1-2. The winners of each opening round series will advance to The Depot in Cleburne, Texas for a double-elimination tournament that will be played May 7-9.