Prep baseball JUCO WIre, DI Top-25
The 2024 NJCAA baseball season is here and Prep Baseball's JUCO Wire will be diligently covering the season ahead with the help of its state directors and scouts stationed all across the country. We started our 2024 season coverage last week, when we published our Division I, Preseason Top-25 story, which briefly previewed each of the teams ranked on our initial board. We'll begin to highlight the Division II and Division III teams next as the seasons begin in earnest, as the weather turns and more of these programs start to stack contests in the coming weeks.
Here's a closer look at the state of the JUCO Wire DI Top-25, updated Friday, March 1:
| 3/1 Update | |||||
| 6 | 1 | Weatherford (TX) |  |
Marty Smith | 12-4 |
| 13 | 2 | Iowa Western |  |
Dusty Hart | 8-4 |
| NR | 3 | Gulf Coast State (FL) |  |
Tyler Johnson | 18-1 |
| 5 | 4 | Johnson County (KS) |  |
Eric Horner | 12-4 |
| 8 | 5 | Salt Lake (UT) |  |
David Nelson | 10-2 |
| 12 | 6 | Central Arizona |  |
JoJo Howie | 15-5 |
| 19 | 7 | Gaston (NC) |  |
Shohn Doty | 15-2 |
| 10 | 8 | Northwest Florida State |  |
Doug Martin | 14-4 |
| NR | 9 | Georgia Highlands |  |
Dash O'Neill | 16-2 |
| 9 | 10 | Walters State (TN) |  |
David Shelton | 13-6 |
| 7 | 11 | Crowder (MO) |  |
Travis Lallemand | 11-5 |
| NR | 12 | Tyler (TX) |  |
Doug Wren | 15-4 |
| 20 | 13 | Chipola (FL) |  |
Jeff Johnson | 14-7 |
| 23 | 14 | State College of Florida |  |
Tim Hill II | 12-7 |
| 17 | 15 | John A. Logan (IL) |  |
Kyle Suprenant | 11-2 |
| 1 | 16 | Central Florida |  |
Marty Smith | 12-7 |
| 4 | 17 | McLennan (TX) |  |
Tyler Johnson | 8-6 |
| NR | 18 | Pensacola State (FL) |  |
Bryan Lewallyn | 18-1 |
| NR | 19 | Arizona Western |  |
Drew Keehn | 15-5 |
| 22 | 20 | Florence-Darlington Tech (SC) |  |
Preston McDonald | 14-5 |
| NR | 21 | Temple (TX) |  |
Craig McMurtry | 12-4 |
| 16 | 22 | Florida SouthWestern |  |
Zac Cole | 14-6 |
| 24 | 23 | KCK (KS) |  |
Matt Goldbeck | 8-5 |
| NR | 24 | Chattanooga State (TN) |  |
Greg Dennis | 17-3 |
| 2 | 25 | Blinn (TX) |  |
Dusty Hart | 7-8 |
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order): Cloud County (KS), Cochise (AZ), Connors State (OK), Delgado (LA), Hillsborough (FL), Indian Hills (IA), Indian River State (FL), Jefferson (MO), Navarro (TX), New Mexico, Midland (TX), Pima (AZ), Ranger (TX), Santa Fe (FL), Southern Idaho, Southern Nevada, Southern Union State (AL), and Wharton County (TX).
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