Prep Baseball Report

2014 Team Preview: Evansville North High School





By Phil Wade

Director, PBR Indiana

As we prepare for our 2014 high school preseason coverage, we are going to take a quick glance at teams from across the state.

Team: Evansville North
Class:  
4A
League: SIAC
Head Coach: Jeremy Jones
2013 Overall Record: 19-10
2013 Conference Record: 8-5
Returning Starters: 1
Returning Pitchers: 0

TOP PLAYERS

Ryan Gulledge, RHP/OF, 2014
Zach Pate, INF/OF, 2015
Chase Whitler, INF, 2015
Beau Ayers, INF, 2016
Austin Curtis, INF/RHP, 2016
Andrew Spalding, INF, 2015

OUTLOOK:

Jeremy Jones enters his first year as Head Coach of the Evansville North Huskies.  Jones takes over for the late Dan Sparrow who led the Huskies baseball program since 1989.  Sparrow was named  2013 District P Coach of The Year after guiding the Huskies to a sectional championship, his third sectional crown at North.  The 2014 Huskies will be in rebuilding mode after losing 15 seniors from last year's sectional championship team.  Returning this spring is RHP and University of Southern Indiana signee Ryan Gulledge.  MIF Chase Whitler is the lone returning starter in 2014.  Whitler is ranked No. 65 in Indiana's class of 2015 rankings. The 3-sport star possesses good speed, running a 6.87 60 at a PBR event in 2012.  Other players expected to contribute in 2014 for the Huskies include; 2015 Zach Pate (INF/OF), 2016 Beau Ayers (INF), 2016 Austin Curtis (INF/RHP), and 2015 Andrew Spalding (INF).  

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