Four Gatesville graduates earn Texas baseball coaches honors
Four Gatesville seniors were named by Texas baseball coaches after a 24-win season that sent the Hornets to the regional semifinals for the first time in school history.
Four recent Gatesville High School graduates earned statewide recognition after helping push the Hornets to one of the best seasons in program history. Jastin Muegge, Miles Tull and Bradey James were named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State Team, and Gehrig Keeton also received a THSBCA honor.
The awards capped a breakout spring for Gatesville, which finished 24-15, tied the school’s all-time wins record and advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time in school history. The Hornets reached the third round of the Class 4A playoffs for the third time in four seasons, a run that put the program among the most consistent in Coryell County and across Central Texas.
Gatesville closed the regular season at 20-11 overall and 5-5 in District 23-4A, then caught fire when the games mattered most. The Hornets won their final four district games by a combined 44-0 before the playoffs, a surge that set the tone for series wins over Marble Falls and Belleville before Huffman ended the run.
The senior class carried much of that load. In Gatesville’s final two district wins against Waco Connally and Belton, Tull, Muegge and James delivered multiple extra-base hits and RBIs, while Keeton struck out 10 in 4.2 innings in one of the victories. That stretch helped lock in the postseason push and showed why the Hornets finished with nine players on the District 23-4A all-league team.
The district honors underscored the depth behind the senior quartet. James, Muegge, Tull, Collyn Coleman, Kaleb Howie and Keeton made the first team, while Seth Finley, Brady Gist and Colt Heath earned honorable mention. Muegge’s season stood out even further, as he became Gatesville’s first THSBCA All-Star Game representative in 15 years, since 2010.
The three college commitments in the group point to what comes next for the program’s top players. Muegge plans to continue at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain, Keeton signed with Western Texas College and Tull committed to McCook Community College. For Gatesville, the honors validate a senior class that helped turn a strong season into a benchmark year, and they set a higher standard for the Hornets as they try to carry that momentum into next spring.
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