Posted: May 22, 2026

Blazers Take Home 16 All-DAC Honors

DALLAS – Dallas College North Lake received four First Team All-Dallas Athletic Conference honors, while four others collected Second Team awards.

Jesse Orozco received three honorable mention recognitions, Brayden McCallum picked up two, while three others were voted to the same award for their respective positions by the Dallas Athletic Conference baseball coaches.

Cyler Moore, Salvador De La Garza, Grayson Brown and Jayden Honey were First Team All-DAC selections.

Ivan Rodriguez, Matthew Wendorf, Carson Shumate and Skyler Raley received Second Team honors.

Issac Garcia, Branden Kirtley and Makoy Stone joined Orozco and McCallum as honorable mention recipients.

A first baseman, outfielder and pitcher, Moore belted a school-record 14 home runs, including a single-game record three against Dallas College Cedar Valley, while hitting .335 with 59 runs batted in, 14 doubles and a triple. He was voted the DAC Hitter of the Week and National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Player of the Week, following his three-homer barrage. As a pitcher, he went 0-1 with a save, and struck out 19 batters in 14 innings.

De La Garza, a designated hitter who shared the First Team honor with Cedar Valley's Julio Cuotto, batted .341 with 13 doubles, three triples, three homers, 43 RBI and 27 stolen bases.

A two-time DAC Pitcher of the Week, Brown went 4-6 with one save, a 5.87 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 53.2 innings and 20 appearances. He was named the National Pitcher of the Week after a perfect performance when he tossed 5.1 innings without allowing a base runner over two games.

Honey went 3-2 with a 4.68 ERA and 40 strikeouts in eight starts and 15 appearances, while logging 42.1 innings on the mound. He was the final recipient of the league's Pitcher of the Week award.

A third baseman, Rodriguez hit .301 with five doubles, four triples, a homer, 30 RBI and 17 stolen bases.

Wendorf went 3-3 with 41 strikeouts and a 4.88 ERA in 11 starts and 15 appearances, covering 59 innings. It is the second straight year he's been voted a Second Team All-DAC performer.

Shumate was 1-2 with one save, a 5.63 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 32 innings over 22 appearances, including 21 as a reliever.

Raley had a 3-4 record with one save and a 5.25 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 18 appearances, all but two that were in relief, covering 36 innings. He was named the National Pitcher of the Week in mid-March.

Orozco collected honorable mention honors as a second baseman, shortstop and utility player after hitting .344 with 15 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 34 RBI and five stolen bases. He was the DAC Hitter of the Week to begin the season.

McCallum received his two honorable mention awards as a third baseman and outfielder. He batted .306 with five doubles, three homers, 28 RBI and two stolen bases.

An outfielder, Garcia hit .321 with 10 doubles, a triple, a home run, 26 RBI and 11 stolen bases.

Kirtley, a right-handed pitcher, went 2-2 with a 5.30 ERA and 39 strikeouts in eight starts and 10 appearances over 35.2 innings before being shut down for the season in early April. He was the DAC Pitcher of the Week in mid-March.

A left-handed pitcher, Stone was 2-0 with a save in 17 relief appearances. He had a 6.39 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 25.1 innings. He was named the DAC Pitcher of the Week the same week Raley collected the National Player of the Week.

ALL-DALLAS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Most Valuable Player – Sebastian Palma, So, 3B, Dallas College Eastfield

Pitcher of the Year – Benjamin Sheppard, So, LHP, Dallas College Eastfield

Coach of the Year – Michael Martin, Dallas College Eastfield

FIRST TEAM ALL-DAC

1B – Cooper Scott, So, Dallas College Mountain View

2B – Angel Gutierrez, So, Dallas College Eastfield

SS – Sergio Gastelum, So, Dallas College Eastfield

3B – Bradley Boedeker, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

C – Caleb Solis, So, Dallas College Richland

DH – Julio Cuotto, So, Dallas College Cedar Valley

DH – Salvador De La Garza, So, Dallas College North Lake

UT – Cyler Moore, So, Dallas College North Lake

OF – Brandon Bell, Fr, Dallas College Richland

OF – Luke Sasser, So, Dallas College Eastfield

OF – Kai Kirchheiner, Fr, Dallas College Cedar Valley

OF – Erik Aguirre, So, Dallas College Eastfield

OF – Diego Washington, So, Dallas College Mountain View

SP – Grayson Brown, So, Dallas College North Lake

SP – Traelyn James, So, Dallas College Eastfield

SP – Matthew Reynozo, Fr, Dallas College Mountain View

SP – Jayden Honey, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

RP – JT Posten, Fr, Dallas College Richland

RP – Cooper Sexton, So, Dallas College Eastfield

RP – Santiago Aravena, So, Dallas College Mountain View

SECOND TEAM ALL-DAC

1B – Brett Petillo, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

2B – Brady Breedlove, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

SS – Easton Bettcher, So, Dallas College Cedar Valley

3B – Ivan Rodriguez, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

C – Micah Gregory, So, Dallas College Mountain View

UT – Cooper Reaves, Fr, Dallas College Richland

OF – Noah Castillo, Fr, Dallas College Mountain View

OF – Adrien Varela, So, Dallas College Mountain View

OF – Keydren Majors, Fr, Dallas College Eastfield

SP – Clayten Mixon, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

SP – Christian Alcala, So, Dallas College Cedar Valley

SP – Matthew Wendorf, So, Dallas College North Lake

SP – Grady Silva, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

RP – Carson Shumate, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

RP – Skyler Raley, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

RP – Blake Brown, So, Dallas College Cedar Valley

RP – Dillon Precht, So, Dallas College Richland

HONORABLE MENTION

1B – Sebastian Vasquez, Fr, Dallas College Eastfield

2B – Jesse Orozco, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

SS – Jesse Orozco, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

3B – Brayden McCallum, So, Dallas College North Lake

C – Jake Pickering, Fr, Dallas College Eastfield

C – Brance Farrell, Fr, Dallas College Cedar Valley

UT – Jesse Orozco, Fr, Dallas College North Lake

OF – Issac Garcia, So, Dallas College North Lake

OF – Payton Stephenson, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

OF – Brayden McCallum, So, Dallas College North Lake

SP – Branden Kirtley, So, Dallas College North Lake

SP – Aidan Baker, So, Dallas College Brookhaven

SP – Ian Roberts, So, Dallas College Eastfield

RP – Turner Corey, Fr, Dallas College Eastfield

RP – Makoy Stone, So, Dallas College North Lake

ALL-REGION V

3B – Sebastian Palma, So, Dallas College Eastfield

SP – Benjamin Sheppard, So, Dallas College Eastfield