The Year in Review: No. 10 2016 College Commitments
December 20, 2016
By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director
The year of 2016 was a busy year for Prep Baseball Report Arkansas. We hosted 12 showcase events, scouted 3 tournaments during high schools season and 8 during the summer. Our staff saw over 100 games during the high school season. Over the next 10 days I want to review the top ten stories from 2016.
Today we review the 2016 graduate that committed to play college baseball. 25 players in this class committed to NCAA Division I colleges. The total number of commitments reached 87 players. It was a solid class lead by LHP/OF Evan Lee who committed to Arkansas and was named PBR Arkansas Player of the year as he helped lead Bryant High School to the 7A State Championship, as a dual threat player, even hitting a decisive home run in the state championship game.
Below is a complete list of college commitments from the 2016 class.
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | COMMITMENT |
| Erick Aguirre | Lakeside | C | Arkansas Baptist JC |
| Austin Allen | Searcy | RHP | Harding University |
| Ben Bailey | North Little Rock | C | Arkansas |
| Luke Bandy | Providence | SS | Dallas Baptist |
| Bryce Bartlett | Searcy | RHP | Central Arkansas |
| Brayden Bebee | Arkadelphia | RHP | Henderson State |
| Quentin Bowling | Morrilton | RHP | Arkansas Tech |
| Cole Boyd | Horatio | C | Southern ArkansaS |
| Hunter Brantley | Junction City | LHP | Southern ArkansaS |
| Carter Brown | Bentonville | RHP | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| Thomas Broyles | Fayetteville | OF | Dallas Baptist |
| Ron Burchell | Crossett | SS | Henderson State |
| Darien Burns | Hamburgh | OF | Garden City CC |
| Gipson Burrow | Lake Hamilton | 3B | Henderson State |
| Collin Cahill | Conway | LHP | Arkansas State |
| Cade Cambell | McCrory | RHP | Harding University |
| Cade Canada | White Hall | RHP | Union University |
| Caleb Carr | White Hall | OF | Central Arkansas |
| Austin Cross | Ashdown | LHP | Henderson State |
| Ryan Czanstkowski | Mountain Home | RHP | Connors State JC |
| Blake Daniels | Marked Tree | C | Crowder JC |
| Angus Denton | Beebe | RHP | Arkansas |
| Drew Dyer | Benton | LHP | Central Arkansas |
| Ryan Fielder | Arkansas Baptist | OF | Ouachita Baptist |
| Patrick Flanagan | Texarkana | RHP | Crowder JC |
| Kasey Ford | Bentonville | RHP | Kansas State |
| DJ Franklin | Fairview | SS | Henderson State |
| J. Paul Fullerton | Harding Academy | C | Harding University |
| Tyler Gilbert | Murfreesboro | LHP | Henderson State |
| Ty Gordon | Greene County Tech | RHP | Three Rivers CC |
| Christian Goshen | North Little Rock | RHP | Missouri Southern |
| Brandon Hall | Lakeside | 1B | Arkansas Baptist JC |
| Joe Hampton | Little Rock Christian | OF | Arkansas |
| Lance Harville-Thomas | Catholic | OF | Crowder JC |
| Dylan Hays | Little Rock Christian Academy | RHP | Arkansas |
| Harrison Heffley | Rogers | LHP | Arkansas |
| Gavin Heltemes | Prairie Grove | RHP | Coffeyville CC |
| Jakob Henry | Conway Christian | LHP | Central Arkansas |
| Garry Hill | Star City | RHP | Arkansas State |
| Noah Holt | Harding Academy | OF | Harding University |
| Logan Huneycutt | Ouachita High | SS | Ouachita Baptist |
| Dylan Hurt | Bryant | C | Arkansas-Fort Smith |
| Zach Jackson | Bryant | RHP | Arkansas |
| Cutter Jester | Arkadelphia | SS | Ouachita Baptist |
| Austin Jones | Arkadelphia | OF | Henderson State |
| Michael King | Har-Ber | RHP | Northeastern |
| Cooper King | Harrison | 2B | Crowder JC |
| Ty Koster | Arkadelphia | 3B | Central Arkansas |
| Chase Kyzer | Cabot | RHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
| Zach Langston | Batesville | OF | Central Arkansas |
| Hunter Lansdell | Horatio | RHP | Arkansas Tech |
| Evan Lee | Bryant | LHP | Arkansas |
| Hunter Lewis | Gurdon | LHP | Southern ArkansaS |
| Brandon Matros | Arkadelphia | LHP | Ouachita Baptist |
| Cole Muckleroy | Star City | OF | Arkansas-Monticello |
| Joe Myers | Catholic | SS | Henderson State |
| Brody Ninemire | Viola | C | Harding University |
| Colten Nix | Benton | OF | Arkansas State |
| Chase Nix | Benton | LHP | Arkansas State |
| Greyson Pinkett | Conway | C | Independence CC |
| Austin Powell | Star City | C | Arkansas State |
| Luke Price | Dover | OF | Crowder JC |
| Grant Prichard | Pocahontas High School | RHP | Harding University |
| Keiandre Purifoy | Smackover | C | Southern ArkansaS |
| Caleb Reagan | Farmington | C | Connors State JC |
| Jordan Reed | North Little Rock | OF | Henderson State |
| Matt Robbins | Mountain Home Career Academies | C | Three Rivers CC |
| Ross Rogers | Fordyce | RHP | Central Arkansas |
| Adam Scoggins | Har-Ber | LHP | Crowder JC |
| EJ Scott | Central | LHP | Crowder JC |
| Mackenzie Seats | Sylvan | SS | Arkansas Baptist JC |
| Alex Shurtleff | Bryant | RHP | Harding University |
| Jake Slunder | Cabot | OF | Murray State |
| Gunnar Smith | Benton | RHP | Southern ArkansaS |
| Brent Southerland | Bigelow | RHP | Eastern Oklahoma State JC |
| Danny Joe Spradlin | Arkadelphia | C | Henderson State |
| Dakotah Stafford | Central | C | Crowder JC |
| Brandon Still | Har-Ber | 1B | Kansas City Kansas CC |
| Drake Streeter | Hamburg | LHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
| Justin Swecker | Genoa Central | RHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
| Dylan Thompson | Catholic | LHP | Arkansas |
| Luke Van Dover | Little Rock Christian | 2B | Harding University |
| Tanner Vaught | Horatio | RHP | Southern ArkansaS |
| Jordan Volner | Nettleton | 1B | Northwest Mississippi CC |
| Sage White | Rogers | RHP | Harding University |
| Brinson Williams | Benton | C | Central Arkansas |
| Blake Wynn | Star City | SS | Arkansas State |
| Drew Young | Bentonville | RHP | Central Arkansas |
| Jon Youngblood | Lakeside | RHP | Henderson State |
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