Prep Baseball Report

2025 Signing Day: By the Numbers


Cooper Trinkle
Indiana Scouting Director

The early signing period is quickly approaching and our commitment totals for the 2025 class have been updated. Our database totals are listed below :

Total Commits : 210

NCAA Division I : 55

NCAA Division II : 15

NCAA Division III : 54

NJCAA : 40

NAIA : 46

*Commitment totals are reflective of the Prep Baseball Database*

Find an in-depth breakdown of our Division I recruits, HERE.

Find the full list of 2025s currently committed to play in college, HERE.

Read along to learn more about the top ranked recruits headed to Non-DI programs, programs that are establishing a pipeline of Indiana talent, and a breakdown of commits by position, by level. 


NCAA Division II

  • # of Indiana Recruits : 15
  • # of Recruits Ranked in the Top 150 (Indiana) : 11
  • DII Program with the most Indiana recruits : Purdue University-Northwest (7)
  • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : C Max Reaume (Wingate)
  • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Dillon Stewart (Quincy)
  • Top 5 Ranked DII Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
Max Reaume 74 Valparaiso C Wingate
Reed Hayes 77 Fort Wayne Canterbury OF Indianapolis
Dillon Stewart 82 Tri-Township RHP Quincy
Billy Chidsey 88 Crown Point INF Purdue Northwest
Braden Perry 91 Evansville North RHP Lewis

    NJCAA

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 40
    • # of Recruits Ranked in the Top 150 (Indiana) : 15
    • NJCAA Program with the most Indiana recruits : Danville Area CC (4)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : OF Peyton Dickens (Parkland)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Ethan Dorsey (John A. Logan)
    • Top 5 Ranked NJCAA Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Peyton Dickens 36 Whiteland OF Parkland
    Ethan Dorsey 58 Cathedral RHP John A. Logan
    Brody Zielinski 89 South Bend Saint Joseph RHP Wabash Valley JC
    Colin McNeer 93 Brownsburg 3B Wabash Valley
    PJ Fry 94 Brownsburg OF St. Charles CC

    NAIA

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 46
    • # of Recruits ranked in the Top 150 (Indiana) : 17
    • NAIA Program with the most Indiana recruits : Huntington University (11)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : INF Luke MacDonald (Taylor)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : LHP Kai Newman (Huntington)
    • Top 5 Ranked NAIA Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Kai Newman 42 Lapel LHP Huntington
    Zane Cline 54 Delta RHP Taylor
    Luke MacDonald 62 Leo INF Taylor
    Aidan Micinski 72 South Bend Adams RHP Huntington 
    Trevor Corbett 73 Noblesville INF Saint Xavier

    NCAA Division III

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 54
    • # of Recruits ranked in the Top 150 (Indiana) : 7
    • DIII Program with the most Indiana recruits : Olivet Nazarene (8)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : OF Zander Carnahan (Amherst)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : LHP Braden Shaw (Depauw)
    • Top 5 Ranked DIII Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Zander Carnahan 69 Cathedral OF Amherst
    Braden Shaw 79 Zionsville LHP Depauw
    Tyler Rinehart 92 Boonville OF Ohio Northern
    Kade Buecher 113 North Posey OF Wabash
    Garrity Ullom 119 North Central INF Depauw


    Position Breakdown

    Position D1 JC D2 NAIA D3 Total
    RHP 23 12 4 9 11 59
    LHP 7 4 0 4 5 20
    MIF 9 4 3 13 7 36
    C 3 5 1 8 8 25
    OF 9 10 5 7 16 46
    3B 1 4 1 4 3 13
    1B 3 1 1 1 4 10

    Notable Senior Classes

    + According to our database, Brownsburg High School had the most seniors of any program in the state that inked their letter of intent, boasting 8 overall commits. Pitchers Drew Jennings (Bellarmine) and Luke Albrecht (Valparaiso) signed to the Division I level, while OF PJ Fry and 3B Colin McNeer signed as two of the top junior college recruits from the state. 

    + Homestead boasts the most Division I recruits, totaling four in : RHP Ryne Michaeloff (Purdue-Fort Wayne), C Johnnie Ankenbruck (Purdue-Fort Wayne), RHP/SS Luke Neiswonger (Central Michigan), and RHP Luke Riha (Toledo). Two region-area programs are worth noting as well - Andrean and Boone Grove, each totaling three Division I recruits. Andrean features two power four recruits in SS Mason Barth (Notre Dame) and Ivan Mastalski (Indiana) and Boone Grove matches them with RHP/SS Xavier Carrera (Indiana) and 1B Davian Carrera (Indiana).