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Texas Tech baseball's Damian Bravo named to preseason All-Big 12 Conference team
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Texas Tech came in fifth in the 2025 Big 12 Conference preseason baseball poll, which was released Thursday.
The Red Raiders received 111 points from league coaches who voted in the poll and were not allowed to vote for their own team. West Virginia narrowly finished ahead of the Red Raiders , coming in fourth with 115 points.
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Oklahoma State earned the No. 1 position in the poll with 163 points, earning nine first-place votes. Big 12 newcomer Arizona, which won the Pac-12 title last season, came in second with four first-place votes and TCU was third in the poll with one.
Arizona State, UCF, Kansas State, Kansas and Cincinnati rounded out the Top 10 in the preseason poll, which is closed out by Houston, Utah, Baylor and BYU.
More: Texas Tech baseball releases 2025 season schedule
The Red Raiders went 33-26 during the 2024 campaign, missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015.
Texas Tech outfielder Damian Bravo was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team. Bravo won the conference batting title in 2024 with a .378 average to go with 21 doubles, 52 runs scored and 44 runs batted in.
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Oklahoma State's Nolan Schubart was named preseason player of the year with Kansas's Dominic Voegele garnering preseason pitcher of the year.
Texas Tech opens the 2025 season with a three-game series at No. 6 North Carolina on Feb. 14-16.
Texas Tech's utility Damian Bravo (31) pitch-hits against BYU in game one of the Big 12 baseball series, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at Rip Griffin Park.
2025 Big 12 Baseball Poll (First Place Votes):
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Oklahoma State (9) 163
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Arizona (4) 152
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TCU (1) 149
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West Virginia 115
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Texas Tech 111
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Arizona State 96
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UCF 93
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Kansas State 88
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Kansas 85
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Cincinnati 73
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Houston 45
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Utah 44
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Baylor 39
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BYU 21
2025 Big 12 Preseason TeamC Logan Sauve West VirginiaIF Mason White ArizonaIF Kerrington Cross CincinnatiIF Colin Brueggemann Oklahoma StateIF Aidan Meola Oklahoma StateIF Anthony Silva TCUOF Brendan Summerhill ArizonaOF Kien Vu Arizona StateOF Nolan Schubart* Oklahoma State OF Damian Bravo Texas TechDH Wesley Jordan BaylorUTL Christian Mitchelle CincinnatiSP Ben Jacobs Arizona StateSP Dom Stagliano UCFSP Nathan Taylor CincinnatiSP Dominic Voegele* KansasSP Gabe Davis Oklahoma StateRP Stone Cushing BYURP Dominic Castellano UCFRP Ben Abeldt* TCU*- Unanimous Selection 2025 Big 12 Preseason Yearly AwardsPlayer of the Year:Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State Pitcher of the Year:Dominic Voegele, Kansas Newcomer of the Year:Cade Climie, Houston Freshman of the Year:Noah Franco, TCU
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This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech baseball's Damian Bravo honored by Big 12 Conference coaches
