Prep Baseball Report

Class of 2015 Commitments Continue to Roll In



By Greg Williams
PA Director of Scouting

The updated Pennsylvania Class of 2015 rankings were released on November 8. In three short weeks the number of prospects ranked in the top 50 that have made college commitments has grown from 21 to 25 (exactly one half).

The PA Class of 2015 is the strongest class of prospects to come through Pennsylvania in some time. Those that have committed since the release of the updated rankings follows:

Recent commitments

Rank Name State School Class Pos Commitment
11 Zach Wielgus PA William Penn Charter 2015 LHP East Carolina
18 Zach Guth PA Franklin 2015 LHP Indiana
22 Jimmy Herron PA La Salle 2015 OF Duke
41 Jon Fisher PA Plymouth-Whitemarsh 2015 RHP James Madison


Zach Wielgus Zach Guth Jimmy Herron Jon Fisher
             Wielgus                            Guth                              Herron                            Fisher

The PBR combined rankings for the class, including prospects from all 10 states in the PBR coverage area, are being updated and will be released in the very near future. Below is a look at players ranked in the top 10 spots in Pennsylvania and where they fall in the current combined rankings.

CLASS of 2015:  Top 10

Rank Name State School Class Pos Commitment
1 John Aiello PA Germantown Academy 2015 SS Wake Forest
2 Kyle Datres PA Loyalsock Township 2015 SS North Carolina
3 Jimmy Webb PA Loyalsock Township 2015 OF Wake Forest
4 Travis Blankenhorn PA Pottsville Area 2015 SS Kentucky
5 Jake McCarthy PA Scranton 2015 OF Virginia
6 Eli Nabholz PA Pottsville Area 2015 RHP Penn State
7 Willie Burger PA Lancaster Catholic 2015 C  
8 Mike Nikorak PA Stroudsburg 2015 RHP Alabama
9 Connor Higgins PA Parkland 2015 LHP  
10 Culver Hughes PA West Chester East 2015 RHP Virginia Tech

            + Complete Class of 2015 rankings // + Current PBR Combined Class of 2015 rankings


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