Prep Baseball Report

Updated Pennsylvania Class of 2016 Rankings: By the Numbers



By Greg Williams
PA Director of Scouting

The Early Signing Period recently came to a close with seniors across the state making verbal commitments official by signing their National Letters of Intent. Coupled with the recent update to our Pennsylvania Class of 2016 rankings we take a look at where these players are headed. For the sake of this exercise we will be looking solely at the top 100 on the list of 230 currently in the rankings.

Top Ten

Rank Name State School Class Pos Commitment
1 Nolan Jones PA Holy Ghost Prep 2016 SS/RHP Virginia
2 Alex Kirilloff PA Plum 2016 OF/LHP Liberty
3 Brandon McIlwain PA Council Rock North 2016 OF South Carolina (football)
4 Max Kranick PA Valley View 2016 RHP Virginia
5 Isaiah Kearns PA Mifflin County 2016 3B/RHP West Virginia
6 Jake Jessell PA Woodland Hills 2016 C/RHP Pittsburgh
7 Jon Dignazio PA North Allegheny 2016 LHP Maryland
8 Dante Biasi PA Hazleton Area 2016 LHP/OF Penn State
9 Kenny Bergmann PA William Penn Charter 2016 C/OF Connecticut
10 Carter Cross PA Cathedral Prep 2016 RHP/OF Nebraska

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Commitments By Level
Division I:
72 (72%)
Division II: 9 (9%)
Junior College: 5 (5%)
Undecided: 14 (14%)

By Location
In State:
28
Out Of State: 58

By Conference
ACC:
8
American East: 3
American: 2
Atlantic 10: 14
Big 12: 2
Big East: 4
Big South: 3
Big Ten: 9
CAA: 4
Conference USA: 3
JUCO: 5
Ivy: 3
MAC: 3
Metro Atlantic: 4
Mountain West: 1
Northeast: 3
Ohio Valley: 1
Patriot: 4
PSAC (D2): 6
SEC: 1 (football recruit)
South Atlantic (D2): 3

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