Prep Baseball Report

Colorado Year In Review: No. 1 Most Viewed Profile in 2015



By John Cackowski 
State Director

We're looking back at the Top 15 most viewed profiles on our website from the year of 2015. Our 3rd most viewed profile in 2015 was 2015 Graduate SS Nick Shumpert of Highlands Ranch High School with 3551 total views. In 2015 Shumpert was drafted in the 7th round by the Chicago White Sox. Shumpert is now playing for San Jacinto Junior College  Below is a past look at Shumpert's profile.

3-16-15
Currently is ranked No. 1 in the 2015 class and No. 9 overall. Committed to Kentucky. A 6 foot 180 pounds. Shumpert had a good day at the plate. He came up with the bases loaded and 2 outs and easily turned on an inside fastball for a double that broke the game wide open. In first at-bat drove a ball to very deep center field that was run down in the spacious Coors Field outfield.

10/25 (Jupiter)

Colorado’s No. 1-ranked prospect, SS Nick Shumpert (Highlands Ranch HS, CO), had a strong showing Friday playing for the Tri-State Arsenal. The highly athletic 6-foot Kentucky recruit crushed a home run that just hooked foul in his first at-bat. Although he grounded out later in the at-bat, Shumpert ripped a double down the left-field line in his third and final at-bat in the Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Cangelosi Baseball.

A 6 foot 180 pound Junior at Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, CO.  A top prospect in 2015, Nick has the skills and the tools to play all three infield positions and has had an excellent start to his high school career.  Nick is most at home at shortstop where he makes the difficult play look easy.  Nick has great range and an above average arm with velo of 90 across the diamond, and recently ran a 6.44 60 time. At the plate, Nick swings a very aggressive bat from the right side.  Primarily being used as a lead off hitter, he is explosive at the plate to all fields and has the speed to turn singles into doubles.  Nick is currently verbally committed to Kentucky and is projected to be a MLB draft pick.