High School Sports

Pitchers Ben Flora of Plano West and Taylor Jungman of Georgetown shared player of the year honors on the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A all-state baseball team.

Flora, who led Plano West to the state championship, was 13-0 with a 0.91 earned run average. Jungman was 14-0 with an 0.89 ERA.

Here are the Texas Sports Writers Association’s 2008 Texas high school baseball all-state teams:

Player of the Year — (tie) Taylor Jungmann, Georgetown, pitcher, sr.; and Ben Flora, Plano West, pitcher, Sr.

Coach of the Year — Kendall Clark, Plano West

FIRST TEAM

Pitchers — Taylor Jungmann, Georgetown, sr.; Ben Flora, Plano West, sr.; Taylor Wall, Houston Westside, sr.

Catcher — Jeremy Schaffer, Houston Bellaire, sr.

First baseman — Ryan Ford, Plano West, soph.

Second baseman — Adam Pena, Sharyland, jr.

Shortstop — Michael Garza, SA MacArthur, sr.

Third baseman — Peter Goudeau, Houston Lamar, sr.

Outfielders -- Jason Coats, Plano West, sr.; (tie) Casey Selsor, San Antonio Reagan, sr.; Jase Morgan, Amarillo, sr.; and Randall Thorpe, Colleyville Heritage, sr.

DH — Brett Marshall, Baytown Sterling, sr.

SECOND TEAM

Pitchers — Tyler Grygar, Bryan, sr.; Ross Stripling, Southlake Carroll, sr.; Tommy Collier, Cy-Fair, sr.

Catcher — Santiago Ruiz, San Antonio Reagan, sr.

First baseman — Erik Miller, Georgetown, sr.

Second baseman — Kale Kiser, Plano West, sr.

Shortstop — Anthony Rendon, Houston Lamar, sr.

Third baseman — (tie) Donald Plant, Plano West, jr. and Tanner Toal, Southlake Carroll, sr.

Outfielders — Hunter Cervenka, Baytown Sterling, sr.; Geoffrey Davenport, FW Paschal, sr.; (tie) Jason Mohn, Klein, sr. and Krey Bratson, Bryan, soph.

DH — Kyle Winkler, Sugar Land Kempner, sr.

THIRD TEAM

Pitchers — Matthew Purke, Klein, jr.; Casey Selsor, San Antonio Reagan, sr.; and (tie) Josh Blanco, El Paso Franklin, sr. and Gabriel Aguilar, El Paso Socorro, sr.

Catcher — Alvin Snider, Alvin, sr.

First baseman — Luis Pollorena, Laredo United, jr.

Second baseman —

(tie) Terry Salazar, San Antonio O’Connor, sr. and Tyler Grygar, Bryan, sr.

Shortstop — Spenser Mailman, Lubbock Monterey, sr.

Third baseman — (tie) Daniel Neumann, Houston Memorial, jr.; Ory Kalenkosky, San Antonio John Marshall, sr.; and Guadalupe Lopez, La Joya, soph.

Outfielders — Tim Maitland, Colleyville Heritage, sr.; Morgan Mickan, Georgetown, sr. ; and (tie) Jordan Imhoff, Arlington Martin, sr. and Tyler Migl, San Antonio O’Connor, sr.

DH — Austin Freitas, Langham Creek, sr.

HONORABLE MENTION

Pitchers — Hunter Cervenka, Baytown Sterling, sr.; Clayton Cook, Amarillo, sr.; Ethan Cunningham, Southlake Carroll, sr.; Nathan Eovaldi, Alvin, sr.; Jorge Guarneros, Laredo United, sr.; Zak Hermans, Coppell, jr.; Ory Kalenkosky, San Antonio John Marshall, sr.; Brett Marshall, Baytown Sterling, sr.; Taylor Massey, Weatherford, sr.; Kaleb Merck, Keller, sr.; Hoby Milner, Fort Worth Paschal, jr.; Miguel Pena, La Joya, jr.; Britt Robertshaw, Cedar Park, sr.

Catchers — Max Jenkins, Langham Creek, sr.; Ty Marron, San Antonio John Marshall, sr.; Louie Saenz, El Paso Socorro, sr.; Andrew Stumph, Katy, jr.; Brian White, South Grand Prairie, sr.

First basemen — Brett Frost, Hurst, sr.; Austin Smith, Longview;

Nicholas Quinn, El Dorado, sr.; Frank Tejeda, Converse Judson, sr.; Will Watson, Southlake Carroll, jr.

Second basemen — Chuck Duarte, El Paso Franklin, jr.; Anthony Gomez, Laredo United, jr.; Wade Venett, Wylie, soph.; Ben Woodchick, Smithson Valley, sr.

Shortstops — Ryan Akins, Flower Mound, sr.; Jorge Guarneros, Laredo United, sr.; Nick Hinojos, El Paso Franklin, sr.; Jonah Johnston, Fort Worth Paschal, sr. Chad Kettler, Coppell, jr.; Brandon Loy, Rowlett, sr.; Alvaro Moreno, McAllen, soph.; Aaron Olivas, El Paso Socorro, jr.; David Pfluntner, Bryan, sr.; Michael Ratterree, Houston Memorial, jr.; Daniel Sciantarelli, Corpus Christi Ray, sr.; Adam Smith, Klein, sr.;

Christian Stringer, Longview, jr.; Derrick Walls, San Antonio Reagan, jr.; Jantzen Witte, Arlington Martin, sr.; John Zule, San Antonio Stevens, sr.

Third baseman — Austin Elkins, Coppell, jr.; Vinny Mejia, El Paso Montwood, sr.; Moises Serrano, Weslaco, sr.; Tanner Toal, Southlake Carroll, sr.; and J.D. Vela, Los Fresnos, sr.

Outfielders — Gabriel Aguilar, El Paso Socorro, sr.; Jake Carlson, The Woodlands, sr.; Ryan Cook, Mayde Creek, sr.; Jarred Cosart, Clear Creek, sr.; Chase Durham, Flower Mound, jr.;

Johnny Garrett, Longview, sr.; Jacob Gonzalez, Brazoswood, jr.; Jarrett Higgins, Houston Bellaire, jr.; Bobby Mares, El Paso Socorro, jr.; Matthew Moreno, San Antonio Stevens, sr.; Stephen Niedwiecki, South Garland, sr.; Jesse Paredes, Los Fresnos, sr.; Jeremy Rathjean, Houston Memorial; Andre Rodriguez, Sharyland, sr.; Ramon Sandoval, Laredo United, sr.; Quinn Sharp, Mansfield Summit, sr.; Win Smith, Austin Westlake, sr.; Sean Weatherford, Bryan, sr.

Updated Monday, July 7, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. CDT