Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Baseball Moves Into National Top 25
February 28, 2005 | Baseball
Feb. 28, 2005
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech baseball team's 11-1 start to the 2005 season has earned the program its first Top 25 rankings of the year as the Red Raiders are ranked as high as No. 22 in two different collegiate polls.
Texas Tech is ranked No. 22 in both Baseball America and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls while the NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) puts the Red Raiders in at No. 25. The Red Raiders moved up one spot to No. 27 in the Collegiate Baseball Magazine poll after entering those rankings last week at No. 28.
The Tech baseball program, under the guidance of Hall of Fame Head Coach Larry Hays, has been ranked nationally in each of the last 12 seasons.
Of note: Under the leadership of Athletics Director Gerald Myers, all four major sports at Texas Tech (Football, Men's and Women's Basketball and Baseball) have earned national Top 25 rankings this season for the second straight year. Texas Tech joins Oklahoma and Texas as the only schools in the Big 12 to accomplish this feat.
