02/19/2026
FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 19, 2026) – The 10th Annual Drew Medford Memorial Tournament (DMMT) will feature a record-tying 29 prep baseball teams playing a total of 66 games from Thursday, March 5, through Saturday, March 7, at seven area high schools. In continuing the tournament’s mission, one player from each team will receive a $1,000 college scholarship grant.
Through the generosity of its sponsors and community supporters, the Drew Medford Memorial Tournament has awarded $218,000 to local baseball players over its first nine years, with a total of 172 players receiving grants to attend colleges. This is the seventh consecutive year that the tournament is awarding at least 20 scholarships.
Scholarship recipients are chosen by each participating team, and the player must embody the characteristics of the tournament’s namesake: drive to succeed, humility and empathy for others, and a leader on his baseball team.
All scholarship recipients will be honored prior to the final game of the tournament between Fort Worth rivals Paschal and Arlington Heights. This year’s game between the Panthers and Yellow Jackets will take place at Paschal at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7. The scholarship ceremony will be held on the field at 6:30 p.m.
Paschal, Arlington Heights, Aledo, Birdville, Boswell, Fort Worth Country Day and South Grand Prairie are this year’s seven host schools. The 29 teams playing in the 2026 tournament are Aledo, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Arlington Lamar, Arlington Martin, Azle, Benbrook, Birdville, Boswell, Burleson Centennial, Country Day, Fossil Ridge, Greenbrier (Ark.), Joshua, Keller Central, Lake Belton, L.D. Bell, Mandeville (La.), Mansfield, Mansfield Lake Ridge, Mansfield Legacy, Midland Legacy, Nolan Catholic, Paschal, Prestonwood, Richland, South Grand Prairie, Trinity Valley and Weatherford.
Drew Medford was a district MVP, all-state and honorable mention All-America baseball player for Paschal High School as a pitcher and catcher. He signed to play baseball at TCU but was killed in an automobile accident in August of 2016. His family and lifelong friends created the baseball tournament to honor his memory and create a legacy for other high school players. In 2017, the inaugural Drew Medford Memorial Tournament, which featured a six-team field, was played.
The DMMT will officially kick off Wednesday, March 4, with a 6 p.m. welcome dinner at Paschal High School. For more information, to donate to the scholarship fund or to buy tournament merchandise, visit drewmedford.org.
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