By Steve Nielsen
Scouting Supervisor – Wisconsin/Illinois

For the final time the 2017 rankings are updated. The season is over, champions have been crowned, the MLB draft has passed and seniors are now looking ahead to their college careers.

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RHP Ryan Hoerter (Indian Trail) finishes with the top spot in the 2017 rankings. Hoerter had a phenominal year on his way to Wisconsin’s PBR Player of the Year and a late round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hoerter finished the year with a 0.36 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 57.2 innings pitched and giving up just 23 hits on the year.

LHP Ben Dragani (Catholic Memorial) moved up to the No. 4 spot after putting together a huge senior campaign as well. Locking up the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year award, Dragani posted a 0.69 ERA, striking out 98 in 60.2 innings.

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS	COMMITMENT
1	Ryan Hoerter	WI	Indian Trail	2017	RHP	Auburn
2	Nathan Burns	WI	West Bend West	2017	RHP	Oregon State
3	Zach Clayton	WI	Oconomowoc	2017	3B	Oregon State
4	Ben Dragani	WI	Catholic Memorial	2017	LHP	Michigan
5	Augie Mihlbauer	WI	Mukwonago	2017	LHP	Texas Christian
6	Jacob Lindemann	WI	Burlington	2017	RHP	Wichita State
7	Jack Blomgren	WI	Janesville Craig	2017	SS	Michigan
8	Ben Hauser	WI	Sun Prairie	2017	OF	Air Force
9	Griffin Doersching	WI	Greendale	2017	1B	Northern Kentucky
10	Trevor Olson	WI	Chippewa Falls	2017	LHP	Xavier

Several other seniors stepped up in their final high school season. Nathan Aide (Franklin), a Madison JC cmmit, showed extremely well with the bat all spring and jumped into the top 40. LHP Austin Wagner went 8-2 with a 1.35 ERA and showed improved velocity making him a top 50 prospect. Tremper’s Garrett LaBreche is a Mesa CC commit and made a hug jump of over 50 spots as well as being selected to the WBCA First-Team All-State.

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