Pioneer Baseball

Trey Porras was named head baseball coach at Wharton County Junior College on August 23, 2019, after spending the previous season as the assistant coach. 

In his time as a Pioneer, Porras has helped guide the program to new heights. Under his leadership the Pioneers are the only Region XIV team to make the post season every year since 2019, have set the school single season win record, and he has helped over 90 student athletes continue their athletic careers at the next level.

During his tenure the Pioneers have appeared in the Regional Championship Game three times (2022,2023,2025).

Before joining WCJC, Coach Porras served as an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico, where he oversaw the hitters and outfielders. Prior to his time in Albuquerque, he served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Porras is a WCJC Baseball alum. As a Pioneer student athlete, he earned first-team all-conference honors. Additionally, he was named the 2010 Johnnie Frankie Award recipient for most outstanding student-athlete. After WCJC, Porras continued his academic and athletic career at the University of New Mexico, where he was the First Baseman on the 2011 and 2012 Mountain West Conference Championship teams, receiving all-conference honors in 2012. Porras helped the Lobos compete in the 2011 Arizona State and 2012 UCLA regionals.

Porras is married to his wife, Jessi, and together they have two daughters, Norah and Caroline.

Mason Ornelas is entering his first year as a pitching coach for the Pioneers.  He spent the last two season at Cisco College.

During his first two seasons as the pitching coach, the Wranglers earned spots in the 2024 and 2025 Region 5 Baseball Tournament.  Coach Ornelas' development helped the pitching staff post the lowest team ERA (5.12) since 2018.

Prior to Cisco, Coach Ornelas was a standout pitcher at the University of Nebraska.  At Nebraska (2022-2023, he compiled a 2-0 record with a 4.96 ERA, striking out 35 batters in 45 innings pitched.  He also received Academic All-Big Ten (2023), Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021 & 2022, Spring 2022 & 2023), and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023).  Prior to Nebraska, Ornelas pitched at Texas A&M University (2020-2021).  As an Aggie, Ornelas posted a 4-2 record with a 4.37 ERA, striking out 55 batters in 46 innings pitched.  He also received Freshman All-American honors (2020), SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019-2021), and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019-2020)

Coach Molina has been the assistant coach at WCJC for four seasons. Previously, he was a scout for the Washington Nationals Organization. He also played collegiate baseball at both Otero Junior College and Sam Houston State University.