Thu January 23, 2020
Throughout the offseason, our JUCO staff keeps a watchful eye on the NCAA Transfer Portal to see which prospects are making the move to the NJCAA. In the chart below we've listed the more than 25 prospects who are trading uniforms ahead of the 2020 spring season.
The most notable transfer might just be RHP Jack Neely (Churchill, TX, 2018), who's moving for one JUCO to another. He's swapping San Jacinto JC, TX for Iowa Western CC after initially transferring from Texas following his freshman season. Neely was a top-100-ranked prep in 2018 class. He attended to the prestigious Super 60 and was one of the top arms in attendance at the event. Entering the JUCO ranks for his sophomore campaign, he's among the highest ranked junior college arms heading into this June's MLB Draft. Neely is a 6-foot-9 athlete with long levers and a big fastball who's looking to harness his enormous potential this spring for the Reivers. He has committed to Ohio State for his junior season.
Formerly one of Illinois' top prospects, OF/1B Jason Hodges (Marist, 2019) didn't spend much time on campus in Faytetteville, AR before announcing his decision to make the move to the JUCO ranks back in his home state at John A. Logan JC. He stirred some draft interest during his senior year last spring, harboring some of the best raw power in the prep class. The key for him is to unlock that power at at the plate.
One of Wisconsin's top prospects in its 2018 class, LHP Tanner Kohlhepp (Eau Claire Memorial) spent his freshman year at Tennessee before transferring to Iowa Western CC, where's he'll join the aforementioned Neely. Kohlhepp pitched four innings in Knoxville, Tenn., and is among the most notable transfers on the list below. He has committed to Notre Dame for his junior season.
NOTABLE MID-YEAR TRANSFERS
| Player | Position | Previous School(s) | 2020 Spring JC |
| Adisyn Coffey | RHP/IF | Arizona St/San Jacinto JC | Wabash Valley JC, IL |
| Austin Plante | OF | TCU | College of Southern Nevada |
| Brandon Schrepf | OF | South Florida | Pensacola State College |
| Caleb Balgaard | IF | Iowa Western CC | McLennan JC, TX |
| Chance Stone | RHP | Louisiana-Lafayette | LSU-Eunice |
| Chase Hanson | OF | UNLV | Orange Coast College |
| David DuCote | IF/OF | Auburn | Polk CC, FL |
| Dylan Delucia | RHP | College of Charleston | NW Florida State College |
| Dylan Eskew | RHP | Miami (FL) | Chipola JC, FL |
| Hayden Jones | C | Mississippi State | Illinois State |
| Hylan Hall | OF | Miami (FL) | Wabash Valley JC, IL |
| Jack Duffy | 1B/OF | Central Florida | Polk CC, FL |
| Jack Neely | RHP | U Texas/San Jacinto JC | IA Western JC |
| Jackson Pothast | LHP | Indiana State | Heartland CC, IL |
| Jared Holaday | 1B | Fresno State | Fresno City College, CA |
| Jason Hodges | 1B | Arkansas | John A Logan JC, IL |
| JD Ortiz | OF | UC Santa Barbara | Fresno City College, CA |
| Jonah Beamon | INF | South Carolina | Louisburg, NC |
| Jonathan Machamer | LHP | Missouri | Sinclair CC, OH |
| Josiah Miller | IF/OF | Florida State | Gulf Coast CC, FL |
| Justin Goldstein | LHP | Oregon | Orange Coast College |
| Lillo Paxia | OF | Florida State | Howard JC, TX |
| Luke Bell | RHP | Grand Canyon | Chandler-Gilbert CC, AZ |
| Mason Herbert | RHP | UNC Charlotte | Catawba Valley CC, NC |
| Mike Guzzardo | OF | Campbell | Rowan-Gloucester CC |
| Nasir Fredrick | OF | Coastal Carolina | NW Florida State College |
| Nate Stevens | RHP | Arkansas | Johnson County, KS |
| Noah Love | OF | UNC Asheville | Catawba Valley CC, NC |
| Peyton Lejeune | INF | Louisiana-Lafayette | LSU-Eunice |
| Shane Murphy | LHP | Grand Canyon | Chandler-Gilbert CC, AZ |
| Tanner Kohlhepp | RHP | Tennessee | IA Western JC |
| Tomas Sanchez | OF | VCU | NW Florida State College |
| Trace Willhoite | 3B | Louisville | NW Florida State College |
| Trey Valka | RHP | Arkansas | Wharton CC, TX |
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