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2015 Team Preview: Bellevue

February 13, 2015

By Dylan Hefflinger 
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Ohio will bring you in-depth team previews throughout the entire state. If your coach has not filled out the survey please have him do so through this link.

Along with the team previews, the 2015 Team Rankings will be releasing sometime late February and we hope to bring a Q&A session to discuss the rankings. To view the final regular season rankings of 2014 please click here. To view the preseason rankings from 2014 please click here.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All-State Teams sometime in early March. To view the 2014 preseason All-State Teams please click here.

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2015 Team Preview: Bellevue

School Name: Bellevue
Coaches Name/Record: Andy Dennings, 152-74 (103-52 at Bellevue)
2014 Record: 16-9
Conference: Northern Ohio League
Conference Record/Finish: 8-4
Division Level: II

Postseason Accomplishments:

  • School Record for Wins - 23 (2012)
  • DII State Champions - 1985

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

  • Adam Manner (Heidelberg - current)
  • Alex Manner (Heidelberg - current)
  • Jeff Roth (Bluffton - current)
  • Trent Stamm (Tiffin - current)
  • Nick Raifsnider (Tiffin - current)
  • Cody Dearth (YSU)
  • Ben Snyder (Ball State)
  • Brad Snyder (Ball State - some MLB stints)
  • Brain Schubert (Kent State)

Key Players Lost From 2014:

  • Tyler Rospert - OF
  • Josh McNeely - OF (Marines)
  • Ryan Vogel - DH

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/5

Strengths of Team:

  • Pitching
  • Defense
  • Experience

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Need to continue to develop offensively

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Jake Strayer, C/1B, 6' 250, R/R
  • Dylan DeWitt, SS, 5'10" 180, R/R
  • Colton Slaven, P, 5'10" 175, R/R
  • Thomas Pressler, P, 6'3" 180, R/R
  • Shane Miller, 1B, 6'2" 185, R/R

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

Top Prospects in Class of 2017:

  • Anthony Kizziah, P/OF, 5'9" 170, L/L

Top Prospects in Class of 2018:

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