Highlanders ranked fifth in Collegiate Baseball preseason poll

The McLennan Highlanders will open the 2020 baseball season ranked fifth in Collegiate Baseball's NJCAA Division I Preseason Poll.
 
Central Arizona is No. 1, followed by Iowa Western in second, Walters State (Tennessee) in third and Chipola (Florida) in fourth.
 
Navarro (ninth) and Grayson (17th) are the only other Texas teams in the poll. New Mexico, a regional competitor of McLennan and Grayson, is ranked 14th.
 
Last season, the Highlanders finished second in North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Championship and Region V Tournament play, finishing with an overall record of 42-17. McLennan opens the season Friday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m., hosting Midland at Bosque River Ballpark.