Concordia University Texas Men's Baseball

Awards: • 2012 American Southwest Conference West Division Coaching Staff of the Year • 2018 American Southwest Conference Coaching Staff of the Year • 2024 American Southwest Conference Tournament Champions Clint Mokry was named the head coach of the Concordia University Texas baseball team on Decemeber 2nd, 2022. He spent the previous 12 years on staff where he was primarily responsible for overseeing the training and development of the Tornados pitching staff and also plays a role in other day-to-day activities such as recruiting, organizing fundraisers and summer camps. In just his second season as the lead skipper for the Tornados, Mokry led the Tornados to the 2024 NCAA Regionals as they earned an automatic bid by winning American Southwest Conference Tournament title. A team loaded with talent, the Tornados featured 10 members on the All-Conference Team with four players recognized individually. Colby Christian was named the ASC Newcomer of the Year, Efren Sanchez Jr. was named the ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year, Chris Morrow was named to the 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DIvision III All-Region Team, and Zach Seigrist was named to the ABCA NCAA Region 10 All-Defensive Team. In year three (spring 2025), Mokry and the Tornados won a program-best 24 conference games in to earn the two-seed in their first year as members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Tornados would go on to make the SCAC Championship Series and their second straight NCAA Regional Appearance with an at-large bid. 12 Tornados made the All-SCAC team, and seven were deemed to All-Region Teams (Colby Christian, Otto Franz, Dakota Palmer, Aaron Gomez, Ralph Wallace III, Kalen Clark, Zach Seigrist). Pitcher Otto Franz was named the SCAC Pitcher of the Year and Region X Pitcher of the Year on his way to being named an Unanimous All-American (D3Baseball.com & ABCA/Rawlings); Mokry was a member of the 2018 ASC Coaching Staff of the Year and helped the Tornados win the 2018 ASC regular season crown. The season was highlighted by D3Baseball.com honorable mention all-American Justin Traxler. He tied the single-season record for saves with eight and posted a 6-1 record with a 3.00 ERA on the year. The Torandos made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Regionals in 2017 and 2018. It is the first time since the 2011 and 2012 seasons CTX has made a regional appearance in back-to-back years. In his eight seasons, the Tornados have won two ASC Tournament titles (2011, 2012) and three regular season championships (2014, 2016 and 2018). Mokry was also a member of the 2012 ASC West Division Coaching Staff of the Year, as the Tornados were also ranked as high as fourth nationally during the season and finished with a school-record 37 victories in the program’s NCAA Division III era. Headlined by Ryan Ullmann, he oversaw the deepest and most talented and productive pitching staff in the league that helped  the Tornados capture their second straight ASC Tournament crown and make their NCAA West Regional appearance. The CTX pitching staff set NCAA Division III school records for earned run average (2.71) fewest runs allowed (150), saves (15) and shutouts (7). Ullmann was among three Tornado hurlers to garner D3Baseball.com All-West Region recognition and was joined by Tyler Grygar, Scott Hays and Jacob Spelbring on the All-ASC West Division First Team. Austin Rupert, the winning pitcher in the ASC title game against McMurry, was honorably mentioned for all-conference laurels. Headlined by ASC West Division Pitcher of the Year Colin Butschek, Mokry mentored four hurlers who garnered American Southwest Conference postseason honors while helping the Tornados record one of their biggest turnaround seasons in program history in 2011. The performances of the team’s pitching staff allowed Concordia to record 32 victories, which more than doubled the previous season’s total, win a share of the West Division title, capture the ASC championship and record a pair of wins at the NCAA West Regional. Mokry has also been working with Austin Slam Baseball since 2005. In this role with the non-profit organization, which trains and develops players to attain their next level of the sport, he coaches the Slam Senators in the summer while also assisting with daily operations in the front office. Prior to coaching, Mokry was a four-year letter winner as a pitcher at TCU from 2001-04. He was also a standout hurler on the scholastic level, leading Taylor High School to the Texas UIL Class 3A Regional Finals while garnering all-state laurels in 1999 and 2000. Mokry, who was initially drafted by the Kansas City Royals in June of 2000 after earning his high school diploma, graduated from TCU with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in criminal justice. He resides in Taylor, Texas with his wife, Haley and his two kids. Mokry's Year-by-Year Record at Concordia Year School Record Conference 2023 Concordia Texas 25-17 17-10 (2nd/ASC) 2024 Concordia Texas 28-18 12-12 (4th/ASC) 2025 Concordia Texas 35-13 24-6 (2nd/SCAC) Totals 3 seasons 88-48 (.647) 53-28 (.654)

Awards: • 2012 American Southwest Conference West Division Coaching Staff of the Year • 2018 American Southwest Conference Coaching Staff of the Year Carlos Perez begins his 16th season as an assistant coach on the Concordia University Texas baseball staff. He coaches the outfielders and assists with all aspects of the program. In his 15 seasons, Perez has helped the Tornados make seven regional appearances and claim four ASC Tournament titles. Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Perez was an assistant coach at Connally High School in Pflugerville from 1999 through 2006. Perez, who currently works at Carpenter Elementary School and is a certified personal trainer, is a native of Killeen, Texas. He resides in Round Rock with his wife, Karen. When not on a field or in a classroom, he enjoys running and spending time with his daughter Ailee, son in law Ben, and grandson Theo/Tank.  

Caleb Rodriguez was officially named an assistant coach for Concordia University Texas on December 13, 2022.  Rodriguez is a native from Round Rock, Texas who played first and third base for the Tornados.  In his playing career, he racked up 79 hits, 68 runs, 55 RBIs, 68 walks and four home runs with a .252 batting average and an OBP of .401. He also made two appearances in the NCAA Regionals in 2017 and 2018. He was acknowledged for his impressive performance on and off the field with an ASC Gold Bracket All-Tournament Team selection in 2018 and 3-time ASC Academic All-Conference nominations as a student-athlete. Upon graduation, Rodriguez remained with CTX as a graduate assistant where the Tornados won the ASC Tournament title in 2019. In that same season, Concordia Texas reached the NCAA regionals for the third consecutive year and also made history when they reached the first ever Division III Super Regionals in 2019.  In just his second year with the Tornados as an assistant coach, Rodriguez and Concordia received an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Regionals as they won the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament. Reflecting on his position, Rodriguez said, "I would like to thank Coach Mokry for this opportunity to be the next assistant coach of the Concordia Texas Baseball Program. I have been truly fortunate to be part of the Program for the last eight years—four as a player and the last four as part of the coaching staff. I have learned many lessons and experienced situations that have molded me into who I am today. I would also like to thank Coach (Tommy) Boggs for laying the foundation and never letting us forget who laid that same foundation for him. Coach Boggs has impacted a countless number of lives on and off the baseball field and I was fortunate enough to be one of those both as a player and a coach. We look forward to showing up every day and giving everything we have to this game, this community, and our players." Rodriguez added, "I would like to thank our Director of Athletics, Ronda Seagraves for being a great leader and supporter of not only the baseball program, but all of our sports here on campus. We cannot wait to get out there with our players and compete for a championship."