Year In Review: College Commitments
January 2, 2018
Year two in the books for Prep Baseball Report in Nebraska. We followed the high school season throughout the Spring and Legion Summer. We held the Top Prospect Showcase in May, Border Battles in August and Fall Review in November. We've 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 2018 class currently has 79 commits, comparatively the 2017 class had 47 commit at this time last year. Twelve of these commitments are to Division-1 programs, 13 are committed to Division-2, 36 are committed to Junior Colleges and 18 are committed to NAIA or Division-3 programs. There are still very strong prospects available including Matt Koeningsman, Brian Leiferman, Braiden Ruffin, Trey Asher, and Logan Mueller.
2018 Commitments
The 2019 class started picking up some traction this fall with some of the top prospects in the class making their commitments to Divisions 1. Four prospects decided to stay instate at Creighton & Nebraska while James Valdiva committed to Arizona State and hard throwing RHP Sam Wibbels committed to Kentucky. At this point, this class doesn't have as much talent as the 2018 class but should see some prospects make big jumps this spring as they continue to develop physically.
2019 Commitments
Hunter Cerveny | NE | Wilber- Clatonia | 2019 | LHP | Nebraska |
Patrick Collins | NE | Mount Michael | 2019 | 3B | Creighton |
Sayer Diederich | NE | Elkhorn South | 2019 | LHP | Nebraska |
Cole Evans | NE | Grand Island | 2019 | OF | Creighton |
James Valdivia | NE | Elkhorn South | 2019 | SS | Arizona State |
Sam Wibbels | NE | Hastings | 2019 | RHP | Kentucky |
The 2020 class has shown the early potential to produce 10-12 D-1 prospects if they continue to develop. Kaleb Carpenter (LHP, Lexington) is the lone commitment in the class this far but as the spring and summer progress in 2018 it wouldn't be surprising if multiple prospects in the 2020 rankings are committed this time next year.
2020 TOP 15 RANKINGS
RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | COMMITMENT |
1 | Tyler Palmer | NE | Columbus | 2020 | RHP | |
2 | Trey Frahm | NE | Elkhorn | 2020 | SS | |
3 | Kaleb Carpenter | NE | Lexington | 2020 | LHP | Creighton |
4 | Max Anderson | NE | Millard West | 2020 | SS | |
5 | Tyler Ruhl | NE | Norris | 2020 | C | |
6 | Ryan Mendez | NE | Millard North | 2020 | RHP | |
7 | Tristan Gomes | NE | MIllard West | 2020 | 3B | |
8 | Mike Boeve | NE | Hastings | 2020 | 3B | |
9 | Noah Greise | NE | Millard South | 2020 | C | |
10 | Drew Wessel | NE | Millard South | 2020 | C | |
11 | Trevor Barajas | NE | Omaha Westside | 2020 | OF | |
12 | Tyson Gordon | NE | Omaha Skutt Catholic | 2020 | OF | |
13 | Michael Finan | NE | Westside High School | 2020 | RHP | |
14 | Cole Whitehill | NE | Papillion LaVista | 2020 | 1B | |
15 | Jackson Kraus | NE | Lincoln Southeast | 2020 | RHP |
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