Brian Feekin
Nebraska Scouting Director

Starting with the launch of PBR Nebraska in February, we followed the high school season throughout the Spring and Legion Summer. We held the Top Prospect Showcase in May, Border Battle & Central Nebraska Prospect ID in August and Fall Review in October.  Our boots-on-the-ground scouting staff has seen a dizzying amount of baseball players, which allows us to accumulate information and be the #1 resource for high school baseball in the state of Nebraska.

With the New Year approaching, we decided to take a look back through the college commitments made by prospects across the state. 

The 2017 class currently has 47 commits. Eight of these commitments are to Division-1 programs, seven are committed to Division-2, 16 are committed to Junior Colleges and 17 are committed to NAIA or Division-3 programs. At this point, we would not be surprised if we saw 60+ committed as there are still very strong prospects available in Thomas Webster, Ben Crnkovich, Dakota Smith and Cameron Wynne etc. Of those committed in the 2017 class, 57% attended a PBR event in the last two years.

2017 Commitments

NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS.	COMMITMENT
Kenny Allred	NE	Bellevue West	2017	OF	Allen County CC
Brandon Anderson	NE	Omaha Skutt	2017	RHP	Neosho County CC
Jake Baasch	NE	Bellevue West	2017	OF	Hill JC
Jackson Berney	NE	Holdrege	2017	SS	Creighton
Darek Bornemeier	NE	Elmwood Murdock	2017	SS	Augustana College (SD)
Jake Cera	NE	Millard North	2017	RHP	Morningside College
Adrian Cotton	NE	Gretna	2017	C	Concordia (NE)
Joshua Culliver	NE	Creighton Prep	2017	RHP	Minnesota
Aaron Gerdes	NE	Millard North	2017	SS	Hawaii
Caleb Goetz	NE	Bellevue West	2017	3B	Iowa Western CC
Skye Harnly	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2017	OF	Missouri S&T
Nick Henrichs	NE	Westside	2017	RHP	Buena Vista University
CJ Hlavac	NE	Bellevue West	2017	RHP	Hill JC
Daniel Hundley	NE	Lincoln Southeast	2017	RHP	Southwestern CC
Tristan Junker	NE	Holdrege	2017	C	Morningside College
Garrett Kocis	NE	Millard West	2017	SS	Wichita State
Ryan Koski	NE	Kearney	2017	OF	Northwest Missouri State
Collin Lefeber	NE	Omaha Central	2017	2B	Central College
Max McGuire	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2017	C	Missouri State
Trent McMullen	NE	Omaha Montessori	2017	1B	Hastings College
Brett Miller	NE	Omaha Skutt	2017	C	Garden City CC
Nick Moeser	NE	Bellevue East	2017	OF	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ryan Moritz	NE	Skutt	2017	SS	Hutchinson CC
Duncan O'Boyle	NE	Bellevue West	2017	C	Lincoln Memorial
Will Olson	NE	Millard West	2017	C	Nebraska-Kearney
Aaron Palensky	NE	Papillion LaVista South	2017	OF	Southeast CC
Christopher Palomo	NE	Gering	2017	3B	Nebraska-Kearney
Camden Parks	NE	Millard North	2017	SS	Morningside College
Isaiah Peterson	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2017	OF	Iowa Western CC
Zach Philbin	NE	Creighton Prep	2017	LHP	Hutchinson CC
Tyler Push	NE	Fremont	2017	C	Newman
Jacob Randazzo	NE	Elkhorn	2017	RHP	North Central Missouri JC
Aaron Ras	NE	Thurston-Cuming	2017	LHP	Wayne State College (NE)
Jared Remar	NE	Ralston	2017	LHP	Buena Vista University
Brandel Riekenberg	NE	Beatrice	2017	SS	Southeast CC
Joe Roecker	NE	Elkhorn	2017	RHP	Iowa Western CC
Ryan Samuelson	NE	Gretna	2017	RHP	Concordia (NE)
Garrett Skillett	NE	Crete	2017	2B	Doane College
Tommy Steier	NE	Creighton Prep	2017	RHP	Nebraska-Omaha
Cam Taylor	NE	Bellevue West	2017	LHP	Johnson County CC
Thomas Tewes	NE	Lincoln Lutheran	2017	RHP	Drury University
Mark Timmins	NE	Omaha Central	2017	RHP	Southeast CC
Bryce Walker	NE	Bellevue West	2017	C	Allen County CC
Brett Winkelmann	NE	Millard West	2017	LHP	Emporia State University
Josh Wonder	NE	Omaha North	2017	1B	Northwestern College (IA)
Jamie Young	NE	Norris	2017	LHP	Nebraska
Antonio Zach	NE	Elkhorn South	2017	OF	Johnson County CC

The 2018 class is one of the most talented classes in the last five years in Nebraska. There are currently eight players committed to Division-1 programs with multiple other players knocking on the door of Division-1 opportunities. The 2018 class has an elite level pro prospect with Colby Gomes.  Along with Gomes, Shay Schanaman, Kyle Perry and Drew Gilin provide the Huskers a strong pipeline of in state talent. Outside the Omaha area, Zach Argo, Austin Schultz, Garrett Olson and Casey Burnham have pledged their commitment to bordering state schools. When the 2018 class is finished, we would not be surprised if 12-15 players  are committed to Division-1 programs.

2018 Commitments  

NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS.	COMMITMENT
Zach Argo	NE	Norris	2018	RHP	Air Force
Casey Burnham	NE	Grand Island	2018	OF	Kansas
Drew Gilin	NE	Millard South	2018	SS	Nebraska
Colby Gomes	NE	Millard West	2018	RHP	Nebraska
Garrett Olson	NE	Lincoln Southeast	2018	SS	Northern Colorado
Kyle Perry	NE	Millard South	2018	LHP	Nebraska
Shay Schanaman	NE	Grand Island	2018	SS	Nebraska
Austin Schultz	NE	Norris	2018	SS	Wichita State

As baseball in Nebraska continues to grow, we are excited to create awareness of talent for players throughout the state. Please continue to email in your commitments to [email protected] so we can continue to be your source for all news related to high school in Nebraska.