3 Longhorns Competing On USA Baseball Collegiate National Team

The top collegiate baseball players from around the country are spending this 250th Fourth of July by competing for USA Baseball in Cary, North Carolina with hopes of representing the United States at the World College Baseball Championship beginning next week.

Three Texas Longhorns players are in attendance and putting up solid performances in intersquad scrimmages.

Outfielder Anthony Pack Jr., third baseman Casey Borba and left-handed pitcher Luke Harrison are all vying for a spot on the national team this week before the United States heads to Taiwan to begin the tournament.

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Pack got off to a strong start in the national team's exhibition series at the end of June. He hit leadoff in the opener and went 3-for-3 at the plate with four runs batted in. Harrison allowed one hit and no runs in two innings of work, striking out four.

The Lakewood, Calif., native has gone 2-for-8 with a run scored and a walk through three Stars vs. Stripes games. Borba is a quiet 0-1 thus far, and Harrison has not yet appeared in head-to-head games.

The team will have two more intersquad games in North Carolina, on July 3 and 4, before the WCBC begins on July 11.

The national team will face Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Japan before the semifinals take place on July 14 and the finals a day later.

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Pack was one of college baseball's best freshmen, slugging a .355 batting average and driving in 56 runs in his debut season for the Longhorns in 2026.

Borba was a strong bat, as well, with 18 home runs on the year, the third-most on the team.

These two are expected to return for the Longhorns in 2027, where they hope to return to Omaha, Neb. and compete in another College World Series for head coach Jim Schlossnagle.

On the mound, the senior Harrison made 16 starts and recorded a 6-4 record with a 4.10 ERA. He struck out 100 batters (one of three Longhorns to do so) in 83.1 innings pitched. His final collegiate outing was a gem in the CWS, where he struck out 11 and allowed just two hits in 5.2 innings of work.