2016 Spring Team Preview: Detroit Country Day
February 2, 2016
By Dylan Hefflinger, Aaron Wilson and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief/Scout / Assistant Director of Scouting
With the 2016 spring season right around the corner, PBR Michigan is eagerly anticipating bringing the great state of Michigan the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.
Starting February 1st, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.
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2016 Spring Team Preview: Detroit Country Day
Team Name: Detroit Country Day Yellowjackets
Head Coach: Steve Lepkowski, 17-13 (2nd season)
Assistant Coaches: Matt Bonkowski, Rob Heumann, & Jason Quaine
Division: 2
2015 Record: 17-13
Conference Record: Independent
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 7/9
Historical Accomplishments
- State Championship (’95)
- State Runner-Up (’93)
- Regional Championships (’88, ’93, ’95, ’09)
- District Championships (’88, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’00, ’01, ’06, ’08, ’09, ’12, ’15)
2016 Team Strengths: We have a very good core group of players returning who have a high level of competitiveness and leadership abilities. Many players are multi-sport athletes so we look forward to them bringing their experience from other athletic teams within our school to our team this season.
2016 Team Weaknesses: We will have some movement from a position perspective with returning players as well as having to bring along new members of the team. We will have to be able to gel together as the season moves along in order to accomplish our program goals this season.
Coach Outlook: “We are looking forward to the upcoming season and the boys have been working hard improving their speed, agility, strength, and baseball specific skills. We have a highly competitive group of players that will compete with each other for playing time and push each other to reach the standard they have set for our program.”
Top Returning Players
- Mike MacLean (pictured right), 1B/3B/C/RHP, 2016, 6'1, 215, R/R, 3-year starter, Captain, 2015 All-Region, .441 BA, 11 2B, 4 3B, 36 RBIs, 26 R, 29 BB, 5 SB, 96 QAB
- Jeremiah Tyler, RHP/OF, 2016, 6'2, 215, R/R, 3-year starter, Captain, Princeton commit (Football), .450 BA, 6 2B, 1 3B, 13 RBIs, 9 R, 8 BB, 5 SB, 34 QAB
- Will Krushena, 3B/1B/RHP, 2016, 6'4, 220, R/R, 2-year starter, Denison University commit, 2015 All-Region, .385 BA, 6 2B, 41 RBIs, 16 R, 12 BB, 75 QAB
- Devin Beach, SS/RHP, 2016, 6', 180, R/R, 2-year starter, 2015 All-District, .355 BA, 2 2B, 1 3B, 21 RBIs, 24 R, 16 BB, 21 SB, 77 QAB
- Aaron Benson, 2B/OF/RHP, 2016, 6'1, 185, R/R, 2-year starter, .324 BA, 6 2B, 9 RBIs, 22 R, 10 BB, 6 SB, 44 QAB
- Tommy Young, RHP/OF, 2016, 5’11”, 175, R/R, 2-year starter, .245 BA, 3 2B, 7 RBIs, 22 R, 16 BB, 12 SB, 42 QAB
Top Underclassmen:
- Steve Mann (pictured right), CF/RHP, 2017, 6’, 190, R/R, 3-year starter, Captain, Duke University commit, 2015 All-Region, .385 BA, 7 2B, 8 3B, 2 HR, 20 RBIs, 34 R, 28 BB, 17 SB, 92 QAB
- Nick Neibauer, C/SS, 2017, 6’2”, 185, R/L, 3-year starter, Bowling Green State University commit, 2015 All-District, .370 BA, 4 2B, 29 RBIs, 38 R, 23 BB, 12 SB, 73 QAB
- John Malcom, 1B/LHP, 2018, 6’3”, 215, L/L, Vanderbilt University commit
A Look Back At 2015 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2015 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason State Rankings, click below.