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Updated West Virginia Class of 2017 Rankings Released

December 7, 2016

By Greg Williams
West Virginia Director of Scouting

As we move into December and the end of the calendar year draws near, it is time for our final update to our statewide player rankings for 2016. During the course of this month we will look at updates to the rankings in the Class of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Today we concentrate on the Class of 2017.

The top ten prospects in this class include seven that already signed National Letters of Intent in November. Marshall University leads the way garnering a pair of recruits from the list while three players have opted to attend schools outside of West Virginia.

The biggest change in this update is at the top where former No. 1 RHP Philip Hoffman (Wahama) and former No. 2 RHP Aaron Perry (Hurricane) swap spots at the top of the rankings.

Perry made a name for himself this summer at several stops on a national scale while playing with the Kentucky Baseball Club. The Kentucky recruit caused some buzz in October in Jupiter, Florida when he came out pumping 93-94 before settling into the 88-91 range. He also mixed in a sharp slider in the low to mid 80s. The 5-foot-10, 165-pounder logged three innings and allowed three hits and a walk while striking out three.

Perry jumped to No. 60 in the most recent update to the PBR overall rankings for this class which includes players from all 34 states in the PBR coverage area.

The righty will represent West Virginia in Chicago, IL on February 5th in the prestigious PBR Super 60 Pro Showcase. Previous West Virginia prospects to have participated in this annual event include Logan Goodnight (Penn State - 2016), Matt Harrison (Marshall - 2016), Zach Minnick (Campbell - 2015), Michael Grove (West Virginia - 2015) and Shane Ennis (West Virginia - 2014).

What's next:                                

  • December 14 - Updated Class of 2018 rankings
  • December 21 - Updated Class of 2019 rankings

2017 WV Rankings (Top 10)


 Name State School Class Pos Commitment
1 Aaron Perry WV Hurricane 2017 RHP Kentucky
2 Philip Hoffman WV Wahama 2017 RHP Marshall
3 Kirk Jennings WV Cabell Midland 2017 3B Marshall
4 Drew Hefner WV Bridgeport 2017 C
5 James (Austin) Bulman WV Jefferson 2017 3B Shippensburg
6 Ben Arthur WV George Washington 2017 OF
7 Austin Cross WV Jefferson 2017 LHP Radford
8 Anthony Jarvis WV Ripley 2017 C Glenville State
9 Garrett Gress WV Hurricane 2017 RHP
10 Josh Petit WV George Washington 2017 SS West Virginia Wesleyan

+ CLICK HERE to see the current list of all ranked players in the class.

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