Prep Baseball Report

Inside the Numbers: Indiana's 2019 Early Signing Period


Phil Wade
Indiana Executive Director

The early signing period has concluded for the 2019 class, a class in which we have seen most of these players since the start of their freshman year. The 2019 class currently has 57 Division I commits. As of right now there are 20 Division II commits.

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

Power 5 Conferences: (17 Total)

Big 10 - 12

SEC - 2

Big 12 - 0

ACC - 2

Pac 12 - 1

Other Division I Conferences: (40 Total)

Big East - 11 

MAC - 8

Ohio Valley - 7

Missouri Valley - 6

Horizon - 2 

American – 1

Atlantic 10 - 1

Atlantic Sun - 1

Big South – 1

Patriot – 1

Southwestern - 1

D1 IN STATE: 27

D1 OUT OF STATE: 30

When breaking down the commitments by state, Indiana schools led the way by a large margin with 27, but 10 other states went into Indiana for players.  Here is a look at the geographic breakdown of early D1 commits. 

Indiana - 27

Ohio - 9

Kentucky - 7

Tennessee - 4

Illinois - 3

South Carolina - 2

Arizona - 1

Louisiana - 1

Maryland - 1

Michigan - 1

Missouri - 1

DIVISION I

NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POSITION COMMITMENT CONFERENCE
Avery Short IN Southport 2019 LHP Louisville ACC
Blake Sarjent IN McCutcheon 2019 RHP Butler Big East
Brandon Tyler IN Hammond 2019 RHP Grambling State South Western
Brodey Heaton IN Castle 2019 1B Belmont Ohio Valley
Cade Fitzpatrick IN Franklin Central 2019 C Ball State MAC
Cameron Dennie IN Plymouth 2019 RHP Arizona State PAC 12
Carson Husmann IN South Central 2019 OF Bradley Missouri Valley
Clay Holzworth IN Noblesville 2019 RHP Butler Big East
Cooper Williams IN Heritage Christian 2019 RHP Xavier Big East
Cory Bosecker IN Evansville Central 2019 LHP Butler Big East
Damon Gladney IN Illiana Christian 2019 SS Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley
Drew Buhr IN Austin 2019 SS St. Louis Atlantic 10
Dustin Sprong IN Indian Creek 2019 RHP Xavier Big East
Dylan Steele IN Bloomington North 2019 RHP Indiana BIG 10
Ethan Vecrumba IN Edgewood 2019 OF Indiana BIG 10
Garrett Manous IN Munster 2019 OF Indiana BIG 10
Hayden Berg IN Penn 2019 RHP Western Michigan MAC
Jack Firestone IN Zionsville 2019 OF Purdue BIG 10
Jack Walker IN New Palestine 2019 LHP Indiana BIG 10
Jackson Adams IN Carmel 2019 1B Butler Big East
Jake Lautenschlager IN West Vigo 2019 RHP Purdue BIG 10
Jakob Meyer IN Columbus North 2019 RHP Evansville Missouri Valley
Jalen Cardinal IN Vincennes Lincoln 2019 LHP Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley
Jared Greene IN Carmel 2019 OF Butler Big East
JJ Woolwine IN Fishers 2019 OF Miami (OH) MAC
Jo Wilkinson IN Providence 2019 RHP Indiana BIG 10
Joe Rotkis IN SB St. Joseph 2019 RHP Morehead State Ohio Valley
Jon Vore IN Fishers 2019 RHP Butler Big East
Jonah Wichman IN Columbus East 2019 SS USC-Upstate Atlantic Sun
Julian Greenwell IN Columbus East 2019 OF Wright State Horizon
Kiel Brenczewski IN Fishers 2019 C Navy Patriot
Kyle Pepiot IN Westfield 2019 OF Butler Big East
Kyle Schmack IN South Central (Union Mills) 2019 3B Valparaiso Missouri Valley
Luke Helton IN Whiteland 2019 RHP Morehead State Ohio Valley
Maguire Ayres IN Scecina Memorial 2019 RHP Ball State MAC
Marek Bauner IN Crown Point 2019 RHP Tennessee-Martin Ohio Valley
Mason Diaz IN Wheeler 2019 C Northern Kentucky Horizon
Mason McLeod IN Greensburg 2019 C Xavier Big East
Michael Dillon IN Hamilton Southeastern 2019 RHP Xavier Big East
Michael Doolin IN Andrean 2019 RHP Vanderbilt SEC
Michael Lindauer IN Evansville Memorial 2019 SS Southern Illinois Missouri Valley
Nolan Tucker IN Hanover Central 2019 SS Valparaiso Missouri Valley
Owen Walbaum IN West Lafayette 2019 C Purdue BIG 10
Parker Maddox IN Columbus North 2019 RHP Ohio MAC
Peyton Schofield IN Cathedral 2019 LHP Charleston Southern Big South
Reece Rodabaugh IN Lewis Cass 2019 RHP Purdue BIG 10
Reese Sharp IN Noblesville 2019 RHP Indiana BIG 10
Ryan Fender IN Crown Point 2019 RHP Murray State Ohio Valley
Sam Fulton IN Hamilton Heights 2019 RHP Tennessee SEC
Seth Wilson IN Monroe Central 2019 SS Ball State MAC
Shane Harris IN North Posey 2019 RHP Louisville ACC
Trevor Ankney IN Indian Creek 2019 RHP Purdue BIG 10
Tyler Schweitzer IN Hamilton Southeastern 2019 LHP Ball State MAC
Wyatt Geesaman IN Jay County 2019 RHP Cincinnati American
Xavier Haendiges IN Salem 2019 SS Ohio MAC
Zach Daugherty IN Huntington North 2019 SS Purdue BIG 10
Zach Lane IN Lawrence Central 2019 SS Indiana State Missouri Valley


A few Division II programs from outside states made their way into Indiana.  Eight of the 20 DII commits are leaving the state.

DII IN STATE: 12

DII OUT OF STATE: 8

Kentucky - 2

Tennessee - 2

West Virginia - 2

Florida - 1

Illinois - 1

DIVISION II

NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POSITION COMMITMENT CONFERENCE
Adam Spalding IN Floyd Central 2019 RHP Bellarmine University GLVC
Alex Archuleta IN Evansville North 2019 SS Southern Indiana GLVC
Blake Ciuffetelli IN Castle 2019 LHP Southern Indiana GLVC
Brock Boynton IN Penn 2019 OF Quincy University GLVC
Cade Nelis IN Noblesville 2019 3B Eckerd College SUNSHINE STATE
Cameron Ginter IN Cascade 2019 RHP Indianapolis GLVC
Christian Graf IN Providence 2019 RHP Lincoln Memorial SOUTH ATLANTIC
Connor Ayers IN McCutcheon 2019 LHP Charleston (WV) MOUNTAIN EAST
Denton Shepler IN Union County 2019 C Indianapolis GLVC
Drew Taylor IN Jeffersonville 2019 OF Southern Indiana GLVC
Isaac Housman IN Reitz Memorial 2019 RHP Southern Indiana GLVC
Jeffrey Bryant IN Speedway 2019 LHP Indianapolis GLVC
Joel Holtcamp IN Andrean 2019 RHP Lee University GULF SOUTH
Payton Hall IN Benton Central 2019 OF Southern Indiana GLVC
Peyton Young IN Western Boone 2019 LHP Southern Indiana GLVC
Sean Swenson IN Brebeuf Jesuit 2019 3B Charleston (WV) MONTAIN EAST
Steven Molinet IN Tecumseh 2019 OF Southern Indiana GLVC
Steven Thom IN New Albany 2019 LHP Bellarmine University GLVC
Tyler Kapust IN Silver Creek 2019 C Southern Indiana GLVC
Tyler Wheeler IN Silver Creek 2019 3B Southern Indiana GLVC


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