Baseball’s recruiting class ranked No. 8 by Baseball America

AUSTIN, Texas – For the third-consecutive season, Texas Baseball's recruiting class has received a top-10 ranking by Baseball America, checking in at No. 8 nationally. Last season's Longhorn class was ranked No. 10 by Baseball America.

The 13-man recruiting class consists of two graduate transfers, a junior college transfer and 10 freshmen. Outfielder Mike Antico (St. Johns/Colts Neck, N.J.) and right-handed pitcher Palmer Wenzel (UTSA/San Antonio, Texas) are graduate transfers and infielder Ivan Melendez (Odessa College/El Paso, Texas) is a junior college transfer.

In the freshmen class there are two infielders, five right-handed pitchers and three left-handed pitchers. The infielders…