2024 Prep Baseball Iowa High School Preview: Ankeny Centennial Jaguars
May 18, 2024
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As we prepare for the upcoming 2024 High School season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.
ANKENY CENTENNIAL JAGUARS PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Team: Ankeny Centennial High School
Nickname: Jaguars
X: @CentJagBaseball
Class: 4A
Conference: CIML
Head Coach: Mark Hey
Years as Head Coach at School (Overall Record): 10 seasons at Centennial (540-278 overall; 223-159 at Centennial)
2023 Overall Record: 30-8
2023 Post-Season Finish: lost to Ames in substate final
# of Returning Starters: 5
# of Pitchers With 15+ Innings Returning: 4
# of Starters Lost: 5
# of Pitchers with 15+ Innings Lost: 5
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Joey Oakie, OF/RHP, 2024 (Iowa commit)
Lucas Bruhl, SS, 2024 (NIACC commit)
Emerson Alberhasky, 3B/RHP, 2024 (Wartburg commit)
Sean Stewart, OF/RHP, 2024 (Iowa Central commit)
Isaac Bruhl, 2B, 2025
Will Morris, 3B/1B/RHP, 2026
Johnathan Carrasco, SS/RHP, 2026
Leyton Kolln, C, 2024 (Northeast CC commit)
Preston Glatt, 1B/RHP, 2024 (Garden City CC commit)
Pratim Amin, OF, 2024 (College of Lake County CC commit)
Carter Smalley, OF/RHP, 2024 (Southwestern CC commit)
Tripp Rawlings, 1B/RHP, 2024 (Ellsworth CC commit)
Eli Rice, OF/RHP, 2025
Kohen Bollwinkel, OF, 2025
Colton Arndt, OF/RHP, 2026
Eli Start, MIF/RHP, 2026
Brayden Adams, 2B, 2024
Cole Pieper, OF, 2024
Trae Houser, SS/RHP, 2026
ALUMNI IN COLLEGE
Ross Crawford (2023) - William Jewell
Cole Grider (2023) - Wartburg College
Kyle Miller (2023) - Illinois Central CC
Easton Pratt (2023) - Minnesota State-Mankato
Ian McGhiey (2022) - Illinois Central CC
Trey Hansen (2021) - Morningside
Gabe Monosmith (2021) - Ellsworth CC
Jackson Powell (2021) - Illinois Central CC
Keaton Gray (2020) - Wartburg College
Trey Morris (2020) - NW Missouri State
Ryan Vermeer (2020) - Colorado School of Mines
Stafan Stockwell (2018) - Culver-Stockton (MO)
2024 OUTLOOK
”We have some very talented senior athletes returning that we hope will gel together with the juniors and sophomores to form a competitive team. The leadership shown by our seniors has been tremendous this off-season. We return several starters from last season and have some very talented newcomers as well. I think this team has excellent depth in both pitching and with the position players. Players will need to understand their roles and be ready to compete every night. We play in the extremely tough CIML, where every conference game you will face state tournament type pitching and hitting. Consistency each night will be the key to the team that finishes first in the CIML this season.” - MARK HEY, Head Coach