GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 3, 2025) – Infielder Brevin McCool and left-handed pitcher Ryan Markwardt were named All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with McCool earning a spot on the First Team and Markwardt a spot on the Third Team.
 
McCool now becomes a consensus First Team All-American, having already earned spots on the teams picked by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association. He was also named the NCBWA and D2CCA National Player of the Year. The ABCA Player of the Year will be announced later this summer.
 
The Hobbs, New Mexico, native was an All-Region First Team selection and the South Central Region Player of the Year by all three organizations. He is the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year and Academic Player of the Year, earning a spot on the All-LSC First Team.
 
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 Keith 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.
 
This is the second All-America honor for Markwardt this season, having previously earned an Honorable Mention spot from the D2CCA. He was a consensus All-South Central Region First Team selection as well as earning the region Pitcher of the Year award from all three organizations. He was also the LSC Pitcher of the Year and named to the league's First Team. Twice this season he was named the LSC and South Central Region Pitcher of the Week, he earned National Pitcher of the Week honors once.
 
In 16 starts this season, he pitched 86.2 innings with an ERA of 3.53. He tossed four complete games and three shutouts while striking out 89. Opponents hit just .253 against him during the year. His 235 career strikeouts in three seasons at LCU put him tied for the eighth-most all-time in program history.
 
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.