Top 10 Stories of 2017: No. 8 Top 2019s Hail From Webster HS

Our PBR Player Ranking lists are a collaboration of the top prospects in a state’s respective graduating class. In most cases you see a wide variety of schools and areas from around the state represented, from north to south, east to west, and Division 1 to Division 4, there is representation across the board. But rarely do we see a heavy representation at the top of the rankings from one particular school, and more specifically  

Occasionally we will see some talented years from some big schools with multiple players in the top ten. Take Arrowhead’s 2016 class with Nathan Brown, Dominic Clementi and Ryan Schmitt all spending time in the top ten. West Bend West turned a powerful 2017 class with top ten prospects Nate Burns and Anthony Schlass into a state title. The 2018 class has a pair of Janesville Craig Cougars in Jacob Campbell and Noah Berghammer who at one time were both in the top ten. But not since the 2015 class have we seen two prospects from the same high school sitting in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the same class, as we do with Webster RHP’s Jack Washburn and Hunter Rosenbaum.

In the spring of their sophomore year, 2015 Appleton North grads LHP Connor Wollersheim and SS Alex Henwood held on to the top two spots in the state rankings. In our recent update of the 2019 Rankings, Webster’s 1-2 punch on the mound of Washburn and Rosenbaum accomplished the same feat. The biggest difference, and why this is more of a story, Webster is a D4 program with an enrollment less than 200 students, and located in the far northwest corner of the state. Not where you would imagine the most fruitful area of the state for baseball talent. Whether it’s the impact of former MLB pitcher Jarrod Washburn at the helm of the Tigers, or just something in the water up there, Webster has clearly put themselves on the baseball map in Wisconsin.

Here’s a look at our 2019 Rankings update story: