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Bulldogs Trio Named ABCA All-Region

SEGUIN, Texas -- The honors continue to roll in for Texas Lutheran Baseball as the trio of Adam Peavy (Houston/Memorial), Caleb Small (Round Rock/Gateway College Preparatory), and Brayden Sprencel (Robstown/Calallen) added more postseason honors with the trio earning spots on the 2026 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-West Region (Region 10) Teams, the publication announced on Tuesday. The honors are firsts for both Small and Sprencel while its the second career honor for Peavy. Peavy and Small also earned D3baseball.com All-Region honors earlier on Tuesday. The Bulldogs all earned spots on different teams with Peavy being named to the First Team, Small being named to the Second Team, and Sprencel finding a spot on the Third Team as a designated hitter.

Peavy became the fifth player in program history to be named SCAC Player of the Year, finishing his senior season with a .439/.587/.719 slash line - leading the SCAC in all three categories (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage). Peavy's .587 on-base percentage finished third nationally across all of Division-III. Peavy was the only player to be named SCAC Hitter of the Week twice this season, finishing in the top ten in the SCAC in numerous offensive categories. On the year, he turned in 20 multi-hit efforts along with 11 games with multiple runs driven in. Peavy graduates with the second highest batting average in program history for a four-year player (.376).

In his first full season as a starter, Small led TLU with 51 runs scored six triples, and 16 stolen bases while finishing second on the team with six home runs. Four of Small's six home runs came in conference play.

Small started all 42 games, as the Bulldogs right fielder's slash line finished at .385/.471/.678 along with 41 runs batted in, ranking second on the team. His .678 slugging percentage ranked second in the conference only to Peavy. A native of Round Rock, Small registered 17 multi-hit games along with 11 games with multiple RBI. His six triples tied for 11th nationally in Division-III.

Sprencel finished fourth in the SCAC with a team-high 46 RBI while also leading the team in hits (63). Sprencel recorded a team-high 22 multi-hit games and held a 20-game hitting streak entering the SCAC Tournament, one of the longest in program history. Sprencel also had a team-high 13 multi-RBI games and reached base a team-high 21 games straight during the 2026 season.

All three Bulldogs were previously named All-SCAC First Team on May 1.

Texas Lutheran has had at least one player earn ABCA All-Region honors the last eight seasons.

The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.

For more information on Texas Lutheran baseball and all TLU athletics, you can find updates on tlubulldogs.com and all official TLU social media channels (@tluathletics and @TLU_Baseball on Twitter, @tlubulldogs on Facebook, and @tlu_athletics on Instagram and TikTok).

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Players Mentioned

Adam Peavy

#24 Adam Peavy

1B
6' 4"
Senior
Caleb Small

#10 Caleb Small

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore
Brayden Sprencel

#30 Brayden Sprencel

UT
5' 11"
Senior
Business

Players Mentioned

Adam Peavy

#24 Adam Peavy

6' 4"
Senior
1B
Caleb Small

#10 Caleb Small

6' 0"
Sophomore
OF
Brayden Sprencel

#30 Brayden Sprencel

5' 11"
Senior
Business
UT