The early signing period wrapped up yesterday (Nov 8- Nov 15) and all NCAA Division I and Division II scholarship athletes were able to put pen to paper and sign their National Letter of Intent.

This year’s signing class is big in Wisconsin with 60 total early NCAA commits, 39 at the Division I level and 21 at the Division II level.

Three of Wisconsin’s top 2018 prospects have committed to top 25 Division I programs according to D1Baseball’s final 2017 rankings. No. 5 Louisville nabbed both Jarred Kelenic and Alex Binelas in the 2018 class while No. 11 North Carolina will be adding RHP Max Alba to next year’s roster.

This year was a big year for out of state commitments, only two early commits have decided to stay in state and attend Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The rest of the committing class is moving out of state. Here’s a breakdown by state D1 commitments.

Illinois - 13
Indiana - 4
Missouri - 4
Ohio - 3
North Carolina - 2
Kentucky - 2
Wisconsin - 2
Minnesota - 1
Connecticut - 1
North Dakota - 1
Tennessee - 1
Washington - 1
Michigan - 1
Nebraska - 1
Kansas - 1
New York - 1

Illinois cleaned up in the Badger State as six different schools from our neighbors to the south picked up Wisconsin commits.

11 of the 39 Division I commits went to a Power Five conference with no surprise the Big Ten leading the way with five of those. Outside of the Power Five conferences, the Missouri Valley scooped up nine Wisconsin commits leading the way in terms of conferences.

Missouri Valley - 9
*Big Ten - 5
Atlantic 10 - 4
*ACC - 3
Summit - 3
MAC - 3
*SEC - 2
Ivy - 2
Horizon - 2
American - 2
*Big 12 - 1
Big East - 1
Ohio Valley - 1
WCC - 1

*Denotes Power Five Conference

Division I Early Commits

Division II Early Commits

Baseball continues to grow in the Badger State and it’s plain to see that high level talent continues to pour out of Wisconsin. From the MLB Draft to college prospects, baseball is alive and well in Wisconsin.

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