Victoria sweeps RRAC Baseball Weekly Awards - Smith (Player) and Baker (Pitcher)

WACO, Texas (March 30, 2026) – For March 23-29, the RRAC named (RV 30) Texas A&M-Victoria's Garrett Smith as Baseball Player of the Week and teammate Jacob Baker as Pitcher of the Week. This is the 10th set of weekly winners for the 2026 RRAC baseball season.

RRAC Baseball Player of the Week – Garrett Smith – (RV 30) Texas A&M-Victoria

Junior infielder Garrett Smith delivered in the clutch for TAMUV en route to a historic sweep of LSU Shreveport – the NAIA Baseball Coaches Top 25 No. 1 team. In game one on Friday, Smith delivered what turned out to be the decisive RBI in the 8-6 win with a run-scoring double in the seventh inning. He followed that on Saturday in game two of the series with a three-RBI performance with his two-run single in the third. He put the Jaguars up 3-2 at the time before delivering a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh to give TAMUV a 4-3 win. It's the first time since 2016 that the Jaguars swept LSU Shreveport and the first conference sweep since OLLU in 2021.

For the Jaguars, Smith is first with 44 RBIs, 12 doubles, 10 home runs, 90 total bases, 229 total chances, 210 putouts, and 11 double plays. He is third with 46 hits, .354 batting average, fourth with 126 at-bats, and fifth with a .714 slugging average.

Smith has won RRAC player of the week awards twice this season.

TAMUV is 27-9 overall and 16-2 in the RRAC. With the LSUS sweep, the Jaguars are No. 1 in the conference. They are on a 14-game winning streak, second best in the NAIA.

Additional RRAC baseball players of the week nominees: Cohen Boyd from Xavier (La.), Jack Kalinsky from Our Lady of the Lake (Texas), Landon Langley from LSU Alexandria, Harrison Waxley from Louisiana Christian, Landon West from Texas A&M-Texarkana 

RRAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week – Jacob Baker – (RV 30) Texas A&M-Victoria

Junior right-handed pitcher Jacob Baker put an exclamation mark on the Jaguars' historic sweep of LSUS. The Cuero, Texas, native posted 6.1 scoreless innings against the top-ranked Pilots to help TAMUV secure a 5-2 win in Game three. Baker also allowed just one walk against the Pilots. He struck out five during his appearance.

Baker is first on his team with a .320 ERA, and he is 6-1 on the season in 11 games, 10 as a starter. He has pitched a total of 59.0 innings, and he has struck out 45 for 6.86 K/9. He has a WHIP of 1.14.

Baker has won RRAC pitcher of the week awards twice this season.

In the NAIA, TAMUV is first with 23 sacrifice hits, second with 1,132 at-bats, third with 368 hits, 530 total bases, 24 sacrifice flies, .325 batting average, fourth with .468 slugging percentage, 4.23 ERA, 300 runs, 266 RBIs, 202 walks, fifth with 20 home runs and 64 stolen bases, and sixth with 204 strikeouts.

Additional RRAC baseball pitchers of the week nominees:  Donovan Games from OLLU, Seth Leger from LSUA, Kade Linn from LCU, Remi Rountree from TAMUT

RRAC Notebook:

• XULA senior center fielder Cohen Boyd went 5-for-15 (.333) with three RBIs, four runs, a double, and a home run. He has hit safely in six of his last seven games.
• OLLU senior utility Jack Kalisky guided his team to four wins, while going 8-for-15, adding a double, a home run, five RBIs, and two stolen bases.
• LSUA sophomore infielder Landon Langley led his team to a sweep over Jarvis Christian (Texas), hitting 4-of-13, and adding seven RBIs.
• LCU R-junior infielder Harris Waxley got at least one hit and one RBI in all three games of the series against Texas College. He was 3-for-4 with a walk in the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader with a double and two RBIs. He scored four times and knocked in four runs throughout the weekend.
• TAMUT freshman catcher Landon West was on fire in the Eagles' doubleheader versus Arkansas Baptist, hitting one double shy of a cycle, and going 3-for-3 in game two. West followed up with solid at-bats in the conference series versus Southwest (N.M.), finishing the week with 11 runs, eight hits, two home runs, 11 RBIs, and three stolen bases.
• OLLU senior right-handed pitcher Donovan Gamez secured a 3-1 win over XULA. He pitched seven innings and struck out eight.
• LSUA freshman right-handed pitcher Seth Leger captured the 5-1 win over JCU, pitching seven innings and striking out two.
• LCU graduate student right-handed pitcher Kade Linn threw a complete game, one-hit shutout against TXC. He took a perfect game into the fifth inning and no hitter into the seventh and final scheduled inning of the contest. He had 10 strikeouts, the fourth time this season he struck out at least 10 batters.
• TAMUT right-handed pitcher Remi Rountree pitched seven, and struck out nine, giving up only six hits in the Eagles' dominant 10-1 win over USW.

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