Boerne High graduate Camden Johnson just helped the University of Oklahoma wrap up the 2026 national championship in baseball after the Sooners beat the University of North Carolina in a best-of-three series this week in Omaha.
Johnson joins a distinguished list of Boerne ISD players – six from Boerne High and two from Boerne Champion – who have made it to the College World Series since 2002, and two of the eight who have played there have won national championships.
Here’s a look at the Great 8.
Boerne High Camden Johnson (Oklahoma) After graduating from Boerne High in 2023, Johnson played two years at Wichita State before transferring to Oklahoma, and it was the right move because the Sooners won it all this year.
Johnson is quite an athlete and played football for the Greyhounds as a wide receiver and was able to show his athletic ability on several key plays for OU’s defense at third base during the NCAA playoffs. He batted in the No. 2 spot for the Sooners.
He is eligible to return next year to the Sooners for his senior season, but his return may depend on this year’s MLB Draft.
Seth Johnston (Texas)
Johnston made more trips to the College World Series of the eight BISD players who have made it to Omaha. He graduated from Boerne High in 2001 and then helped the University of Texas play in the College World Series for four straight seasons.
Johnston, who also played football at BHS, helped the Longhorns win two national titles. Texas won championships in 2002 and again in 2005 during his senior season when he was named a first-team All-American shortstop.
Johnston played for three national titles, winning two, and was named to two CWS All-Tournament teams. He played for the San Diego Padres organization for five years, including a stint with the San Antonio Missions.
Russell Moldenhauer (Texas) Moldenhauer guided Boerne High to the 2004 4A state baseball title and was named the Championship Game MVP as a sophomore. He was a catcher and pitcher for the Hounds and was the winning pitcher in their championship game against Denton Ryan, which featured two future MLB players.
Moldenhauer was also a standout football player as a wide receiver and punter for the Greyhounds. He was drafted after high school in 2006 in the third round by the Los Angeles Angels but instead went to play at Texas. It was during his junior year in 2009 that UT played at the CWS where they lost the championship series to LSU in three games.
Moldenhauer had quite a World Series in ’09 and hit four home runs from the DH spot while in Omaha to tie a CWS record. Two of the homers came against LSU in Game 1 of their championship series, and Moldenhauer was named to the All-Tournament Team for his efforts.
After graduating from UT in 2010, he was drafted by the Washington Nationals and spent several years playing minor league baseball.
Douglas Hodo (Texas)
Hodo graduated from Boerne High in 2019 and played at the University of Texas for three seasons and helped guide the Longhorns to College World Series appearances in 2021 and 2022.
It made sense that Douglas went to UT because his father Doug Hodo also played at Texas and won a national championship in 1983 alongside Roger Clemens, playing for the legendary Cliff Gustafson.
In 2021, the Horns were one win away from playing in the championship series and in 2022, they went out in two games.
After the 2022 CWS, Hodo was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round with the 167th pick as an outfielder. Another former BHS player, 100-mile per hour pitcher Cole Phillips, was also selected in that draft by the Atlanta Braves in the second round with the 57th pick.
Hodo is now playing AA ball with the Orioles organization and still chasing the dream of reaching the majors.
Hodo was another standout football player for the Greyhounds, and while in high school, he became Boerne’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns.
Connor Queen (Texas Tech) Upon graduation from BHS in 2016, Queen attended Odessa Community College for a year and then played at Texas Tech for the remainder of his college career where he helped the Red Raiders reach the College World Series in 2018 and 2019.
Queen was Boerne’s ace pitcher but moved to the Bullpen while at Texas Tech. In the 2018 CWS, Queen threw against No. 1 ranked Florida, and in 2019, Queen pitched two innings of scoreless ball against Michigan.
He finished the ’19 season with a team-best 1.06 ERA and was 4-0 in 11 appearances out of the pen.
It was Tech’s fourth CWS appearance in six seasons and their third Big 12 title in four years in 2019.
Queen sported long hair and had a bushy beard and donated his hair to charity to honor a family member who has passed away with cancer. He was also a football player for the Greyhounds before focusing on baseball.
Zane Badmaev (A&M) Badmaev stood out on the mound because of his 6-foot-8 frame.
He graduated from BHS in 2018 and started his college career at Tarleton State University. Badmaev suffered an injury in his first year at Tarleton and only played one game, earning him a redshirt that season.
After playing with the Texans from 2019-23, he ended up at Texas A&M for his senior redshirt season and helped the Aggies reach the 2024 College World Series.
The Aggies advanced to the championship series against Tennessee and lost Game 3 to the Volunteers, 6-5.
Badmaev started Game 2 against Tennessee and threw one full inning and gave up two hits, no walks, struck out two and didn’t yield a run.
He is now listed as the Director of Pitching Development on the Tarleton State website.
Boerne Champion
Luke Boyers (TCU)
Boyers excelled in three different sports while at Boerne Champion and was a football, baseball and track standout before graduating in 2020.
He was an outfielder and played with Texas Christian University at the 2023 College World Series. TCU went 2-2 at the CWS that year and fell in the semifinals to Florida, who lost in the finals to LSU.
Besides playing all four years on the varsity baseball team at Champion, Boyers competed at the 2018 UIL state track meet in the long jump and was a two-time district champ in the event.
Boyers had blazing speed and was the starting quarterback on the 13-2 Charger football team that played in the state semifinals and set school records for the most wins and deepest playoff run in the fall of 2019.
Jordan Thompson (A&M) Thompson only played one year at Champion after he transferred in from a San Antonio school for his senior season and was an all-state performer for the Chargers that year.
After graduating from Champion in 2018, Thompson played at Greyson College in Denison and spent another season at the University of the Incarnate Word where he played alongside his brother Jeremy Thompson before transferring to Texas A&M.
Thompson and the Aggies played at the 2022 College World Series and he blasted a 3-run homer in their opener against Oklahoma. Despite the Thompson homer, A&M lost and played Texas in the next game and eliminated the Longhorns.
While in college, Thompson played for the San Antonio Flying Chanclas of the Texas Collegiate League in 2020 at Wolff Stadium as part of the San Antonio Missions organization.
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