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Atascocita shortstop Jackson Wooten (Kentucky commit)
AWARDS SZN: 2026 Houston Baseball All-VYPE Teams
Editor's Note: Each All-VYPE Team designation (First-Team, Second-Team, etc.) consists of 10 athletes, excluding Honorable Mentions, which will include additional players. Selections were made based on a combination of overall impact on team success, individual performance, statistical achievement, and postseason and consensus recognition earned throughout the season, rather than by position alone. Players within each team are listed alphabetically by last name.
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CJ Sampson & Catcher Hopkins — Tomball
Matthew Ogle (VYPE)
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All-VYPE Public School Baseball Teams
FIRST-TEAM
Ashten Ballew, Katy
Landon Brown, Iowa Colony
Blake Edling, Tomball
Catcher Hopkins, Tomball
Luis Olmeda, Oak Ridge
CJ Sampson, Tomball
Jack Smejkal, The Woodlands
Grant Sperandio, Memorial
Peyton Trummell, Lake Creek
Jackson Wooten, Atascocita
SECOND-TEAM
Logan Bear, Kingwood Park
Lawson Behan, Lamar
Landon Collins, Friendswood
Noah Hernandez, Summer Creek
Ty Higginbotham, Atascocita
Matthew Manis, Memorial
Jonell Rodriguez, Oak Ridge
Beckett Steele, Magnolia West
Jayden Stewart, Katy
Ross Sullivan, Cypress Woods
THIRD-TEAM
Gage Blinka, Willis
Brady Brewer, Pearland
Andrew Daigle, Bridgeland
Keagan Fosdick, Tomball
Evan Mauritzen, Memorial
Ryder Renfro, Kingwood
Nolan Rush, Tomball
Jaxon Schramm, Lake Creek
Kaleb Thomas, Atascocita
Trevyn Turner, Summer Creek
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Grayson Albaugh (Bridgeland), Caleb Alexander (Summer Creek), Alex Bard (Lamar), Hank Barrientes (Crosby), Braxton Beaty (Angleton), Jake Berry (Clear Lake), Bryson Bourn (The Woodlands), Easton Brunson (Goose Creek Memorial), Maddox Bryant (Kingwood), Easton Burgess (Alvin), Brady Burrow (Tomball), Raul Careaga (Aldine), Brady Chadwick (Dickinson), Zach Clark (Clear Creek), Andrew Clayton (Grand Oaks), Wyatt Clewett (Montgomery), Ayden Collier (George Ranch), Tanner Drda (Memorial), Owen Eastwood (Grand Oaks), Nate Eveler (Kingwood Park), Will Fiedler (Kingwood), Quinn Fitzpatrick (Stratford), Caleb Gafford (Tomball), Ryan Garcia (Barbers Hill), Tanner Garvin (Clements), Harper Heathcott (Lake Creek), Dereck Hernandez (Oak Ridge), Shey Holliday (Willis), Lukas Huff (Magnolia West), Keaton Jeffcoat (Willis), Caleb Kahoalii (Cy Woods), Bryce Krenek (Katy Taylor), Parker Legh-Page (Cypress Ranch), Jackson Marshall (Lake Creek), Jaxon McKnight (Atascocita), Ben Millhouse (Klein Oak), Christian Munoz (Dickinson), Reed Newkirk (Lake Creek), Silas Newport (Strake Jesuit), Dillon Norris (Memorial), Daniel O'Briant (Tomball), Jancarlos "JC" Ortiz (Atascocita), Brandon Pace Jr. (La Porte), Chris Racey (Ridge Point), AJ Rajabi (Foster), Isaac Richardson (Memorial), Adriel Rivera (Katy), Lucas Robbins (George Ranch), Gabriel Roberts (Manvel), Isaac Robles (Cy-Fair), Brice Romero (Klein Collins), Cruz Romo (The Woodlands), Victor Salazar (Paetow), Aiden Salinas (Summer Creek), Tyler Sauers (Clear Creek), Cash Scarborough (Memorial), Bennett Schnee (Dawson), Jordan Schoenvogel (Cy-Fair), Karson Schulz (Clear Springs), Braden Schumann (Fulshear), Grant Shepherd (Deer Park), Riley Sherowski (Seven Lakes), Kalen Simmons (Iowa Colony), Luke Simon (Tompkins), Finn Stevens (Kingwood Park), Caiden Wells (Friendswood), Sawyer Wells (Sterling), Toby White (Huffman), Cash Wilson (Tompkins), Braydon Wisener (Huffman), Luke Zilafro (Stratford)
All-VYPE Private School Baseball Teams
FIRST-TEAM
Truett "Ford" Allen, Second Baptist
Bryce Bloom-Timmins, Episcopal
Marcus Cantu, Lutheran South Academy (LSA)
Luke Douglas, Concordia Lutheran
Charlie Heard, The Woodlands Christian Academy (TWCA)
Christian McCleary, Second Baptist
Wyatt Powell, LSA
Ethan Rivers, Concordia Lutheran
Jaylen Walker, LSA
Miles Young, Episcopal
SECOND-TEAM
Will Bozeman, Episcopal
Braden Comstock, St. Thomas
Matthew Guyton, The Kinkaid School
Colston Istre, TWCA
Jaiden Lee, St. Pius X
Landon McKenna, Fort Bend Christian Academy (FBCA)
John Merren, St. Thomas
Reid Sasser, Episcopal
Nolan Thorp, Bay Area Christian School (BACS)
Hugh Wilhelm, Concordia Lutheran
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Andrew Clark (St. Pius X), Cody Carlton (The John Cooper School), Cole Coffman (St. John's School), David Corona (LSA), Hudson Davenport (Houston Christian), Troy Gonzalez (LSA), Tommy Hetherington (Episcopal), Kelyn Johnson (Second Baptist), Jackson Karstedt (BACS), Ethan Kerze (TWCA), Luke Larkey (Cypress Christian), Carter Martin (TWCA), Braxton Mandella (St. Thomas), Dean Mestayer (Cypress Christian), Jon Murray (Cypress Christian), Luke Myers (St. John XXIII), Tanner Nyveen (The Kinkaid School), Carson Pratt (Second Baptist), Blake Prazak (Legacy Prep), Marco Quintanilla (Episcopal), Travis Ruch (St. Thomas), Tristan Smaistrla (St. Pius X), Jake Sneed (The John Cooper School), Jack Stranger (St. John's School), Jett Stroble (Concordia Lutheran), Tripp Surber (Concordia Lutheran), Levi Thompson (BACS), Brody Weir (St. John XXIII)
Landen Williams-Callis, Randle High
THE HOT 100: Williams-Callis, Mosely, Sampson top Houston's Athletes of the Year; photo gallery
The primary factor in determining the rankings was their performance during the 2025-26 school year. Additional consideration was given to multi-sport athletes, college commitments, national recruiting status and overall accomplishments at the district, regional, state and national levels.
The result is a collection of the area's most dynamic and accomplished athletes — competitors who have proven themselves on the biggest stages in 2025-26.
So here are the Top 50 Boys Athletes for the 2025-26 season.
Cardae Mack, Atascocita
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TOP 50
No. 1 Landen Williams-Callis, Randle, Football and Track
Texas Gatorade Player of the Year; VYPE POY
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No. 2 Alvin Mosely, Crawford, Football and Basketball
VYPE Basketball POY Finalist; First-Team Football
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No. 3 CJ Sampson, Tomball, Baseball
2X State Champion, State MVP (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 4 Jermaine Bishop Jr., Willis, Football and Basketball
All-time leading WR in Houston HS Football; UT-signee
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No. 5 Blake Hamilton, Tompkins, Football and Track
The Fastest Man in Houston? TD Club of Finalist
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No. 6 Keisean Henderson, Legacy SSS, Football
No. 1 QB in the Country, UH-signee
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No. 7 Reese Alston, Second Baptist School, Basketball
2X TAPPS State Champion; Guy V. Lewis Winner
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No. 8 Grant Sperandio, Memorial, Football and Baseball
Star QB, Texas-commit on the Mound; State Finalist
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No. 9 John Hebert, Strake Jesuit, Football
4th All-Time Yardage for RBs in Houston (UH-signee)
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No. 10 Dillon Mitchell, CE King, Football and Track
Fastest Man in Nation, Team’s Top WR
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No. 11 Andrew Jones, Klein Collins, Track
Won State Gold in Both Events, Back to Back
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No. 12 Cardae Mack, Atascocita, Football
Massive Career for Eagles, Arizona State-signee
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No. 13 Parker Glenn, Cain, Soccer
2X State Champ, District MVP
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No. 14 Isaiah Santos, Seven Lakes, Basketball
VYPE Public School Player of Year; Regional Finals
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No. 15 Micah Tennison, Oak Ridge, Swim
Two Golds at State, Texas A&M-signee
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No. 16 JD Wallace, Yates, Football, Basketball and Track
All-District Football; Basketball; Track (UTEP-signee)
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No. 17 Xavier Muhammad, South Houston, Football, Basketball and Track
Major DI Football, All-District Basketball (Michigan-commit
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No. 18 Jaylen Addai, Shadow Creek, Football, Basketball and Track
The Future of Shadow Creek.
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No. 19 Colton Coney, Clear Creek, Water Polo
State MVP; The State’s Top Player
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No. 20 Sean Perez, Humble, Wrestling
Best Pound for Pound Wrestler in H-Town; State Champion
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No. 21 TK Gaines, Waller, Football and Baseball
2x Baseball USA Gold; Unanimous Football All-District QB
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No. 22 Carson White, Iowa Colony, Football, Baseball and Track
Junior Had Huge Year. One of Top QBs, Starting CF, Relays in Track (OSU-commit)
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No. 23 Adam Boyd, Atascocita, Basketball
MVP of District; Led Team to State Semis (La.Tech-signee)
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No. 24 Peter Dorsey, Wheatley, Football and Basketball
D1 Defensive End; Led Wildcats to State Semis in Hoops
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No. 25 Kosi Okpala, Mayde Creek, Football
TD Club Defensive POY; Dominant Hitter (UT-signee)
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No. 26 Wayne Shanks, Kinkaid, Football and Track
Led Falcons to SPC Title… again (Arizona-commit)
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No. 27 Landon Veal, Houston Christian, Basketball
Star on SPC Champs; High Major Hooper
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No. 28 Miguel Becerra, College Park, Soccer
School Made History Winning State Title
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No. 29 Marcus Cantu, Lutheran South, Baseball
Helped Lead Pioneers to Another TAPPS Title (Coastal Carolina-signee)
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No. 30 Kaleb Maryland, North Shore, Football
Won State as a Senior at QB (Utah State-signee)
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No. 31 CJ Toney, Atascocita, Football and Baseball
1,400 Yards Offense; Centerfielder for Regional Semifinalist (Wash State-signee)
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No. 32 Catcher Hopkins, Tomball Baseball
2X State Champ; Heartbeat of Tomball; (Texas A&M-signee)
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No. 33 Lincoln Frazier, Willis, Football
Led State in Passing as a Freshman
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No. 34 Damon Miles, Clear Lake, Basketball
Led State in Texas in Scoring
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No. 35 Joshua Shelton, Pearland, Track
Won the 400 Meters at State
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No. 36 Za’Qwaun Nunn, North Shore, Football, Track, Wrestling
District MVP on the State Champion; Regional Track
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No. 37 Logan Milsaps, College Park, Wrestling
State Champion. One of Nation’s Best Wrestlers
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No. 38 Miles Young, Episcopal, Baseball
SPC Champ and Perfect Game Rated 10 of 10 (Georgia-signee)
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No. 39 Nicholas Ferguson, Heights, Track
State Camp in the 800 Meters
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No. 40 Noah Ballard, Klein Cain, Football and Soccer
State MVP for Soccer; Won State; Kicks Field Goals too
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No. 41 Obinna Umeh, St. Thomas, Football
VYPE Private School Player of the Year (Duke-signee)
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No. 42 Jack Smejkal, The Woodlands, Baseball
Second Team All-State; Ace Pitcher (Texas-signee)
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No. 43 Landon Brown, Iowa Colony, Baseball
Led Team to Historic Playoff Run; 3rd Team All-State (Miss. State-Signee)
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No. 44 Joseph Credit, Pearland, Football
District Defensive POY; TD Club Finalist (Kansas-signee)
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No. 45 Camden Gibson, College Park, Track
Tremendous in XC; Won 1600 at State Class 6A (Tulsa-signee)
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No. 46 Ashten Ballew, Katy, Baseball
District Offensive POY, Led Katy to Regional Finals
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No. 47 Alim Olajuwon, Episcopal, Basketball
All-SPC, ESPN 4-Star, SPC Finalist
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No. 48 Griffin Saacke, Bridgeland, Cross Country and Track
Houston’s Top Long Distance Runner
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No. 49 Peyton Trummell, Lake Creek, Baseball
Led Lions to State Finals; All-Time Leading HR Man at LC
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No. 50 Pierce Ritchey, St. John’s, Wrestling
VYPE Private School Wrestler of the Year