Prep Baseball Report

2015 Division I Ohio Preseason All-State Teams



Graphic by Taylor Wilhelm with photos by Dylan Hefflinger

By Dylan Hefflinger and JD Heilmann
Ohio Editor in Chief/Scout and Ohio Scouting Director

2015 Preseason Players of the Year

  NAME CLASS HIGH SCHOOL
Position Player of the Year:  CHRIS MACHAMER 2016 MASSILLON WASHINGTON
Pitcher of the Year: CHANDLER DAY 2015 WATKINS MEMORIAL


The classes in Ohio for Division I are loaded with talent from top to bottom. When thinking of the 2015 Preseason Position Player of the Year, there were plenty of different choices to consider. In the 2015 class there are the likes of Cam Comer (Virginia), TJ Lake (West Virginia), Andrew Weber (Virginia) and Jonathon Deifel (Kent State) among others. In the 2016 class Ty Duvall (Vanderbilt) put his name into the hat of potential choices for the 2015 Preseason Position Player of the Year.

With all that being said, the choice was clear and Christopher Machamer (Vanderbilt, pictured right) has been named the 2015 Preseason Position Player of the Year. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound two-way prospect will be high on Ohio's Super 60 list for next season. The Vanderbilt commit is currently ranked first in Ohio???s 2016 class and 25th overall. At SS, he has good range and plenty enough arm strength to play the left side of the infield. A right-handed hitter with gap-to-gap power, Machamer has a top exit velocity of 91 mph. On the mound, the righty???s fastball has been up to 92 mph with a feel of two other pitches. Machamer had to sit out the first 14 games of the season last year after transferring from state power Walsh Jesuit to play with his summer coach, Neall French at Massillon Washington. In 2015, Machamer will likely get off to a quick start and show the state and the nation why he is the number one rated player for PBR Ohio in the 2016 class.

After selecting Machamer for the 2015 Preseason Position Player of the Year, it was time to choose the 2015 Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Even with Machamer out of the running for this, there was still a plethora of talent to choose from and it came down to Chandler Day (Vanderbilt), Ryan Feltner (Ohio State), Rodney Hutchison Jr. (North Carolina), Grant Macciocchi (Missouri), Austin Hovekost (Kent State) and Jackson Tedder (Virginia) from a long list of standouts.

Looking at everything as a whole, we at PBR choose Watkins Memorial's Chandler Day (pictured right) as the 2015 Preseason Pitcher of the Year. The 6-foot-3 projectable Vanderbilt commit keeps getting better every year. Being young for his class, the right-hander should be a solid draft prospect this year. Chandler's fastball has been up to 93 mph with above average secondary stuff. It should be fun to see the top-ranked player in the 2015 class this spring and the attention he will be receiving from Major League teams.

2015 FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL-STATE

POSITION NAME CLASS HIGH SCHOOL
C TY DUVALL 2016 LEBANON
1B COLE MURPHY 2015 WALNUT HILLS
MIF JONATHON DEIFEL 2015 OAK HILLS
MIF ANDREW WEBER 2015 AURORA
3B JAY WILSON 2016 CINCINNATI LOVELAND
OF TJ LAKE 2015 TOLEDO ST. JOHN'S
OF LOGAN GIDDINGS 2015 PICKERINGTON NORTH
OF JOHN MALOTT 2015 MILFORD
P RYAN FELTNER 2015 WALSH JESUIT
P RODNEY HUTCHISON JR. 2015 MASON
P GRANT MACCIOCCHI 2015 CINCINNATI MOELLER
P AUSTIN HOVEKOST 2015 MEDINA
P JACKSON TEDDER
2016
BEAVERCREEK
UTIL CAM COMER 2015 OLENTANGY LIBERTY
UTIL BLAKE JENKINS 2015 WALSH JESUIT

 

2015 SECOND TEAM PRESEASON ALL-STATE

POSITION NAME CLASS HIGH SCHOOL
C HAYDEN SENGER 2015 LAKOTA EAST
1B MARQUES INMAN 2015 ELYRIA
MIF TYLER DRABICK 2015 NORTH CANTON HOOVER
MIF NOAH WEST 2016 WESTERVILLE CENTRAL
3B NICHOLAS BINNIE 2017 NORTH CANTON HOOVER
OF JD ORR 2015 MOUNT VERNON
OF PEYTON BURDICK 2015 CINCINNATI GLEN ESTE
OF DALLAS HALL 2015 LAKOTA WEST
P NICK BENNETT 2016 CINCINNATI MOELLER
P TYLER JOHNSON 2015 OLENTANGY ORANGE
P JOE VRANESIC 2015 CINCINNATI MOELLER
P CONNOR CURLIS 2015 FINDLAY
P NATHAN ALSTADT 2016 SOLON
UTIL CONNOR REGAN 2015 WALSH JESUIT
UTIL NOAH WEST 2016 WESTERVILLE CENTRAL

 

2015 THIRD TEAM PRESEASON ALL-STATE

POSITION NAME CLASS HIGH SCHOOL
C BROCK MATHIS 2017 FAIRFIELD
1B CHRISTIAN STEELE 2015 LEBANON
MIF JOSH HOLLANDER 2015 CINCINNATI MOELLER
MIF LUKE WADDELL 2017 CINCINNATI LOVELAND
3B RILEY MINORIK 2015 WALSH JESUIT
OF BRYANT SHELLENBARGER 2016 MOUNT VERNON
OF BRANDON HENSON 2016 PICKERINGTON CENTRAL
OF GARY CLIFT 2015 BRUNSWICK
P AUSTIN ALLINGER 2015 LAKOTA WEST
P NICK ERNST 2015 CINCINNATI La SALLE
P TY SHOAFF 2015 WALSH JESUIT
P CLAYTON SURRELL 2016 PICKERINGTON CENTRAL
P MASON GROVES 2016 OLENTANGY LIBERTY
UTIL GAVIN LYON 2016 WESTERVILLE CENTRAL
UTIL DOMINIC CANZONE 2016 WALSH JESUIT