Prep Baseball Report

Freshman and Rising Stars Showcase: Superlatives


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On Sunday, January 30, over 50 players from Virginia kicked off our 2022 season with the Freshman Showcase and Rising Stars Junior Future Trials at Ironbridge Academy in Chesterfield. Today we highlight a few who stood out during their workouts:

 

Best Fastball

Evan Nix LHP/1B Hanover 2025
Josiah "Sy" Crider 3B/RHP Broadway 2025
Brooks Graham SS/RHP Highland 2025
Seth Harrison RHP/C Matoaca 2025
Henry Knighton SS/RHP St. Christopher's 2025

 

Most Projectable Arms

Evan Nix LHP/1B Hanover 2025
Brooks Graham SS/RHP Highland 2025
Davis Golden RHP Mills Godwin 2025
Lawson McLeod RHP/3B TBA 2026
Connor Musick SS/RHP Honaker 2026
R. Matthew Gentry OF/RHP New Kent 2025

 

Best Mix

Davis Golden RHP/1B Mills Godwin 2025
Evan Nix LHP/1B Hanover 2025
Henry Knighton SS/RHP St. Christopher's 2025
R. Matthew Gentry OF/RHP New Kent 2025
Caleb Wood OF/RHP JR Tucker 2025
Seth Harrison RHP/C Matoaca 2025
Brooks Graham SS/RHP Highland 2025

 

Speedsters

Bryce Neely SS St. Christopher's 2025
Lucas Edwards OF Matoaca 2025
Jett Bristow C Collegiate 2025
Henry Knighton SS/RHP St. Christopher's 2025
Finn Whipple OF Douglas Freeman 2025
Jalen German RHP/1B Trinity Episcopal 2026

 

Raw Power Potential

Luke Craddock 1B/OF Highland 2025
Braeden Loving 1B/LHP Varina 2025
Jett Bristow C Collegiate 2025
Jordan Brown 3B Matoaca 2025
Jackson Bell C Goochland 2026

 

Most Projectable Hitters

Luke Craddock 1B/OF Highland 2025
Josiah "Sy" Crider 3B/RHP Broadway 2025
Evan Nix LHP/1B Hanover 2025
Bryce Neely SS St. Christopher's 2025
Seth Harrison RHP/C Matoaca 2025
Jordan Brown 3B Matoaca 2025
Brooks Graham SS/RHP Highland 2025
Henry Knighton SS/RHP St. Christopher's 2025
Noah Namkoong 2B Mills Godwin 2025
Finn Whipple OF Douglas Freeman 2025
Jack Lee C Atlee 2026
Lorenzo Cafferillo C Charlottesville 2026

 

Best Hit Tool

Luke Craddock 1B/OF Highland 2025
R. Matthew Gentry OF/RHP New Kent 2025
Lucas Edwards OF Matoaca 2025
Mekhi Bullock SS Varina 2026
Sam Marable 2B Dinwiddie 2025
Jamarey Hardin 2B Jamestown 2025
Will Johns C Goochland 2026
Truman Leckey C Bishop O'Connell 2025
Kelson Sowden C Smithfield 2025
Finn Whipple OF Douglas Freeman 2025
Caleb Wood OF/RHP JR Tucker 2025
Matthew McCauley 1B Mountain View 2026

 

Most Projectable Athletes

Bryce Neely SS St. Christopher's 2025
Jett Bristow C Collegiate 2025
Brooks Graham SS/RHP Highland 2025
Evan Nix LHP/1B Hanover 2025
Ayden Albright OF Mountain View 2025
Gabriel Jenkins 3B Hanover 2025
Henry Knighton SS/RHP St. Christopher's 2025
Evan Miller SS Midlothian 2025
Zachary Rankin RHP/OF Waynesboro 2025
Logan Timberg 2B Warhill 2025
Caleb Wood OF/RHP JR Tucker 2025
Colby Fesler SS Broadway 2027
Jacob Lawler OF Cosby 2026

 

Best Defenders

Camden Blank SS Spotswood 2026
Jalen German RHP/1B Trinity Episcopal 2026
Mekhi Bullock SS Varina 2026
Josiah "Sy" Crider 3B/RHP Broadway 2025
Jett Bristow C Collegiate 2025
Harrison Baxter SS Collegiate 2025
Mason Coleman 2B Brookville 2026
Daniel Guntherberg Jr. C Warhill 2025
Evan Miller SS Midlothian 2025
Cooper Smith RHP/OF Turner Ashby 2027