LUBBOCK, Texas (May 21, 2025) – Lubbock Christian senior infielder Brevin McCool was named the Division II National Player of the Year and a First Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the association announced on Wednesday.
 
It is the latest honor in a year full of them for the New Mexico native, who has already been named the South Central Region Player of the Year by both the NCBWA and the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association, the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year and Academic Player of the Year. He was the LSC and regional Hitter of the Week four times this season and the national Hitter of the Week once.
 
McCool becomes the third Chaparral in program history to earn National Player of the Year honors He joins Kerry Richardson, who earned the NAIA award in 1986, and Keith Hart, who won the NAIA award in 1998. Richardson hit .423 in his player of the year season, setting LCU single-season records in doubles (39) and RBI (131) that still stand today. Hart hit a whopping .511 in '98, setting the program single season records for hits (138) and total bases (268). Both players have since been inducted into the LCU Athletics Hall of Honor.
 
In his final season at Lubbock Christian, McCool hit .406 and added in 47 walks for a .507 on-base percentage. McCool hit 31 home runs this year, breaking the LSC single-game, single-season and career home run records in the process. He added in 15 doubles and four triples for a .936 slugging percentage and 205 total bases while driving in 84 runs and scoring 76 more.
 
He tied LCU's single-season home run record, which was set by Barry Wilkins in 1987 and then tied by Hart in his player of the year season. His 61 career round-trippers have him tied for second all-time in Chap history, and his 57 career doubles are tied for the eighth most. McCool's 233 RBI are the fifth-most by a Chap in a career, and he is also tied for first all-time with 18 sacrifice flies.
 
Lubbock Christian finished the 2025 season 34-23 overall, finishing fourth in the Lone Star Conference standings with a 30-18 league record. The Chaps reached the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season and sixth time in program history.