The early signing period concluded earlier this month for the 2018 class, a class in which we have seen most of these players since the start of their freshman year. The 2018 class currently has 62 Division I commits. As of right now there are 12 Division II commits.

Today we will breakdown Division I and Division II commits from the state of Indiana. 

The high-end talent in this class is clear by the level of commitments, 8 of Indiana’s top prospects have committed to top 25 programs in the country (according to D1Baseball.com's 2017 final rankings).

No. 5 Louisville (5) - OF Nicholas Schnell (Roncalli HS), RHP Jack Perkins (Kokomo HS), INF Jared Poland (Cathedral HS), INF Timmy Borden (Providence HS), LHP Carter Lohman (Hamilton Southeastern HS). 

No. 14 Mississippi State (1) - C Hayden Jones (Carroll HS)

No. 21 Houston (1) - INF Craig Yoho (Fishers HS)

No. 22 Virginia (1) - RHP Zach Messinger (Castle HS)

Power 5 conferences: (29 Total)

Big 10 - 21

SEC -  1

Big 12 - 0

ACC - 7

Pac 12 - 0

Other Division I conferences: (33 Total)

MAC - 9

Missouri Valley - 3

Ohio Valley - 4

Summit - 5

Big East - 4

American - 1

Horizon - 4

Patriot - 1

Atlantic Sun - 1

Southern - 1

D1 IN STATE: 30

D1 OUT OF STATE: 32

When breaking down the commitments by state, Indiana schools lead the way by a large margin with 30, but 10 other states went into Indiana for players.  Here is a look at the geographic breakdown of early D1 commits. 

Indiana - 30

Ohio - 9

Kentucky - 7

Michigan - 6

Illinois - 3

Tennessee - 2

Maryland - 1

Mississippi - 1

North Carolina - 1

Texas - 1

Virginia - 1

Division i

NAME	SCHOOL	POS	COMMITMENT	CONFERNCE
Alec Brunson	Dekalb	C	IPFW	SUMMIT
Alex Franklin	Bloomington South	RHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Alex Voss	SB St. Joseph	RHP	Butler	BIG EAST
Austin Peterson	Chesterton	RHP	Purdue	BIG 10
Bayden Root	Kokomo	RHP	Ohio State	BIG 10
Benji Downs	Terre Haute South	RHP	Butler	BIG EAST
Bobby Dearing	Lafayette Harrison	1B	Western Michigan	MAC
Bradley Brehmer	Decatur Central	RHP	Wright State	HORIZON
Braydon Tucker	Northview	RHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Caleb Meeks	Evansville Reitz Memorial	OF	Evansville	MISSOURI VALLEY
Carter Lohman	Hamilton Southeastern	LHP	Louisville	ACC
Chandler Banic	LaPorte	LHP	Ball State	MAC
Chase Rudy	New Albany	RHP	Purdue	BIG 10
Clay Thompson	Andrean	OF	Oakland	HORIZON
Colten Panaranto	Roncalli	RHP	Michigan State	BIG 10
Conner Tomasic	Lake Central	SS	Purdue	BIG 10
Craig Yoho	Fishers	SS	Houston	AMERICAN
Damon Lux	Shelbyville	OF	Duke	ACC
Drew Hasson	Columbus East	RHP	Northern Illinois	MAC
Drew Pyle	Hagerstown	RHP	IPFW	SUMMIT
Gabe Bierman	Jeffersonville	RHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Garrett Burhenn	Lawrence North	RHP	Ohio State	BIG 10
Garrett Hill	University	RHP	IPFW	SUMMIT
Garron Moffett	Castle	OF	Lipscomb	ATLANTIC SUN
Grant Brunt	Chesterton	RHP	Purdue	BIG 10
Grant Johnston	Hamilton Southeastern	RHP	IPFW	SUMMIT
Grant Richardson	Bishop Dwenger	LHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Hayden Jones	Carroll	C	Mississippi State	SEC
Jack Perkins	Kokomo	RHP	Louisville	ACC
Jack Van Remortel	Carmel	3B	Michigan	BIG 10
Jackson Smeltz	McCutcheon	LHP	Purdue	BIG 10
Jacob Gilcrest	Center Grove	LHP	Wright State	HORIZON
Jake Armentrout	Wheeler	OF	Xavier	BIG EAST
Jared Poland	Cathedral	2B	Louisville	ACC
Jeremy Drudge	Plymouth	OF	Valparaiso	MISSOURI VALLEY
Jesse Wainscott	Perry Meridian	RHP	Eastern Illinois	OHIO VALLEY
Justin Miller	Homestead	LHP	IPFW	SUMMIT
Kyle Richardson	Zionsville	C	East Tennessee State	SOUTHERN
Kyle Wade	Kokomo	RHP	Purdue	BIG 10
Landon Weins	Frankton	RHP	Morehead State	OHIO VALLEY
Langston Ginder	Carroll	SS	Ball State	MAC
Luke Albright	Fishers	RHP	Kent State	MAC
Luke Houin	South Bend St. Joseph	C	Purdue	BIG 10
Malik Wirges	Homestead	OF	Butler	BIG EAST
Matthew Wolff	Fishers	3B	Navy	PATRIOT
Michael Brewer	Snider	OF	Eastern Kentucky	OHIO VALLEY
Michael Dunkelberger	SB St. Joe	LHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Nicholas Schnell	Roncalli	OF	Louisville	ACC
Nick Fushi	Andrean	OF	Ball State	MAC
Pat Mills	Western	1B	Purdue	BIG 10
Riley Bertram	Zionsville	SS	Michigan	BIG 10
Riley Perlich	Carroll	RHP	Wright State	HORIZON
Sam Bachman	Hamilton Southeastern	RHP	Miami (OH)	MAC
Sammy Barnett	Silver Creek	LHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Samuel Steimel	Sullivan	RHP	Evansville	MISSOURI VALLEY
Stephen Karis	Zionsville	C	Eastern Michigan	MAC
Tanner Haston	Mooresville	SS	Purdue	BIG 10
Tarron Lawson	Danville	C	Eastern Illinois	OHIO VALLEY
Timmy Borden	Providence	SS	Louisville	ACC
Ty Bothwell	Boone Grove	LHP	Indiana	BIG 10
Zach Messinger	Castle	RHP	Virginia	ACC
Zyon Avery	Ben Davis	C	Ohio	MAC

 

A few Division II programs from outside states made their way into Indiana. Five of the 12 D2 commits are leaving the state.  

D2 IN STATE: 7

D2 OUT OF STATE: 5

Michigan – 2

Florida– 1

Kentucky - 1

Missouri - 1

Division II

NAME	SCHOOL	POS	COMMITMENT	CONFERNCE
Adam Wildeman	Mater Dei	1B	Southern Indiana	GLVC
Bryson McNay	Silver Creek	SS	Southern Indiana	GLVC
Cade Carlson	University	RHP	Northwood	GLIAC
Conner Hoffman	Lake Central	1B	Purdue-Northwest	GLIAC
Isaac Bair	Homestead	C	Indianapolis	GLVC
Jacob Anderson	Munster	RHP	Rockhurst	GLVC
Justin Graves	Lake Central	3B	Purdue-Northwest	GLIAC
Kendal Riley	Terre Haute North	RHP	Southern Indiana	GLVC
Lucas McNew	Borden	OF	Southern Indiana	GLVC
Michael Wyman	Center Grove	1B	Saint Leo	SUNSHINE STATE
Reece Davis	Providence	RHP	Bellarmine University	GLVC
Tyler Owens	Noblesville	RHP	Northwood	GLIAC

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