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NJCAA DI BASEBALL 2014 SEASON PREVIEW

2014 NJCAA DI Baseball Season Preview

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An inside look at the 2014 NJCAA Division I Baseball season.

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NJCAA

DI BASEBALL 2014 SEASON PREVIEW

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEDIA GUIDE PRODUCER MICHAEL TEAGUE

Assistant Director of Media Relations

MEDIA GUIDE EDITOR MARK KRUG

Assistant Executive Director; Media Relations

2014 DI BASEBALL SEASON PREVIEW

Top 20 Poll Procedures ..................................... 3

2014 DI World Series ........................................ 4

Preseason Top 20 Rankings.............................. 5

District Predictions ........................................... 6

Top Returning Position Players ................. 8-16

Top Returning Pitchers ............................. 18-25

DI Baseball Programs ............................... 28-30

2013 DI BASEBALL SEASON RECAP

District Championship Results ...............Online

World Series Results .................................Online

Rawlings Players of the Year ...................Online

Rawlings Big Stick Awards ......................Online

Rawlings Gold Glove Awards .................Online

All-Americans ...........................................Online

Statistical Champions...............................Online

NJCAA DI BASEBALL HISTORY

Record Book ..............................................Online

2013 Hall of Fame Inductees ...................Online

DISTRICT REGION(S)

Central .....................................................6

East Central ...................................... 7, 17

Eastern ...................................... 10, 15, 20

Gulf ...........................................................8

Northern ..................................... 4, 11, 24

South Central ............................. 2, 16, 23

Southeastern ..........................................22

Southern ................................................14

Southwest .................................................5

Western ..........................................1, 9, 18

2014 DI BASEBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT

Thank you to all the college administrators and coaches that provided information for this

publication.

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DIVISION I BASEBALL POLL VOTERS

CENTRAL DISTRICT Region 6 Randy Stange Hutchinson (Kan.)

EASTERN DISTRICT Regions 10, 15, 20Lind Hartsell Craven (N.C.)

NORTHERN DISTRICT Regions 4, 11, 24Thom McDonald ICCAC Commissioner

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Region 22Dean Myrick ACCC Commissioner

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT Region 5Forrest Allen Midland (Texas)

EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT Regions 7, 17 David Elder

GCAA Commissioner

GULF DISTRICT Region 8

Bob Zelinksi Central Florida

SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT Regions 2, 16, 23

Doug Stotler Jefferson (Mo.)

SOUTHERN DISTRICT Region 14

Roark Montgomery Navarro (Texas)

WESTERN DISTRICT Regions 1, 9, 18

Greg Silcox Paradise Valley (Ariz.)

TOP 20 POLL PROCEDURESIndividual colleges or region representatives will submit the online NJCAA Poll Nomination Form the Monday before each poll by 2 p.m. (ET). All team and individual stats must be entered into the PrestoSports NJCAA Stat System in order for a team to be eligible for ranking. The NJCAA National Office will compile the poll nomination information into one report that will be delivered to poll voters Monday afternoon. The District Directors will then rank their Top 20 which will be compiled by the National Office.

February 25 March 11 March 25

April 8 April 15

POLL RELEASE DATESApril 22 April 29 May 6

May 13 May 20

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2014 NJCAA DI WORLD SERIES

May 24-31 ◆ Sam Suplizio Field ◆ Grand Junction, Colo.

On October 28, 1958, the bid for Grand Junction to host the NJCAA Baseball World Series was accepted. For the last 54 years, the city of Grand Junction and Sam Suplizio Field have been a hallmark of the NJCAA and two-year college baseball. Some of the greatest names in the history of the game have played in the NJCAA World Series, including NL Rookie of the Year Bryce Harper, Cy Young award winners Cliff Lee and Eric Gagne, World Series MVP Curt Schilling and Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett.

H ISTORY

Jamie Hamilton Tournament Director

Opened: 1949 Capacity: 10,000 Surface: Grass

Dimensions Left Foul Line: 302’ Left Field: 365’ Left Center: 410’ Center: 400’ Right Center: 365’ Right Foul Line: 330’

SAM SU PL I Z IO F I E LD

Click here for Tournament Bracket/Schedule

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CENTRAL ALABAMA TROJANS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (12 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 43-14

CONNORS STATE (OKLA.) COWBOYS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (14 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 53-11

GRAYSON (TEXAS) VIKINGS 6 RETURNING STARTERS (9 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 40-18

PALM BEACH STATE (FLA.) PANTHERS 3 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 42-21

NAVARRO (TEXAS) BULLDOGS 3 RETURNING STARTERS (7 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 40-16

CENTRAL ARIZONA VAQUEROS 6 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 43-15

CHIPOLA (FLA.) INDIANS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 40-20

IOWA WESTERN REIVERS 4 RETURNING STARTERS (11 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 45-15

HOWARD (TEXAS) HAWKS 2 RETURNING STARTERS (7 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 37-23

COCHISE (ARIZ.) APACHES 2 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 52-1910

#11 Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) Return: 3 (5) 2013: 48-15

#12 Walters State (Tenn.) Return: 6 (12) 2013: 38-18

#13 Cowley County (Kan.) Return: 3 (9) 2013: 45-11

#14 Western Nevada Return: 4 (12) 2013: 44-20

#15 Neosho County (Kan.) Return: 8 (12) 2013: 36-27

#16 Delgado (La.) Return: 5 (17) 2013: 47-11

#17 State College of Florida Return: 1 (7) 2013: 45-13

#18 Georgia Perimeter Return: 3 (7) 2013: 36-21

#19 Alvin (Texas) Return: 6 (10) 2013: 38-22

#20 Crowder (Mo.) Return: 5 (20) 2013: 47-13

Kaskaskia (Ill.) Return: 7 (13) 2013: 39-12

Faulkner State (Ala.) Return: 1 (17) 2013: 41-11

Miami Dade (Fla.) Return: 4 (7) 2013: 38-10

San Jacinto-North (Texas) Return: 6 (10) 2013: 35-21

Potomac State of WVU Return: 5 (18) 2013: 40-16

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2014 DISTRICT PREDICTIONS

EAST CENTRAL DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Walters State 38-18 6 (12)2. Georgia Perimeter 36-21 3 (7)3. Columbia State 36-21 6 (18)

Regions 7, 17

GULF DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Palm Beach State 42-21 3 (6)2. Chipola 40-20 5 (8)3. State Florida 45-13 1 (7)

Region 8

SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Connors State 53-11 5 (14)2. Delgado 47-11 5 (17)3. Crowder 47-13 5 (20)

Regions 2, 16, 23

SOUTHERN DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Navarro 40-16 3 (7)2. Alvin 38-22 6 (10)3. San Jacinto-North 35-21 6 (10)

Region 14

WESTERN DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Central Arizona 43-15 6 (8)2. Cochise 52-19 2 (6)3. Western Nevada 44-20 4 (12)

Regions 1, 9, 18

CENTRAL DISTRICT College 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Cowley County 45-11 3 (9)2. Neosho County 36-27 8 (12)3. Seward County 34-29 6 (15)

Region 6

EASTERN DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Spartanburg Methodist 48-15 3 (15)2. Potomac State of WVU 40-16 5 (18)3. ASA 35-10 13 (16)

Regions 10, 15, 20

NORTHERN DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Iowa Western 45-15 4 (11)2. Kaskaskia 39-12 7 (13)3. Wabash Valley 46-16 5 (11)

Regions 4, 11, 24

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Central Alabama 43-14 5 (12)2. Faulkner State 41-11 1 (17)3. Southern Union State 43-17 6 (10)

Region 22

SOUTHWEST DISTRICTCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Grayson 40-18 6 (9)2. Howard 37-23 2 (7)3. New Mexico JC 45-15 6 (11)

Region 5

Projections based off poll provided to all district members

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2014 DI BASEBALL TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

*All information and statistics provided by member colleges.

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CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGION 6)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SABarton Scott Tyler OF L/L .292 4 4 3 17 7 2-3Butler Michael Cerullo C L/R .267 7 2 2 11 16 2-2Butler Evan Koehler 1B R/R .269 5 0 2 21 9 3-5Butler Trever Ezell 3B L/R .301 4 0 1 12 4 1-4Butler Dalton Wheat OF L/R .349 10 1 3 25 15 27-29Butler Jordan Knox OF R/R .336 6 1 0 15 4 8-11Cloud County Jesse Rall 1B R/R .304 15 1 2 28 25 0-3Cloud County Austin White 2B L/R .310 9 4 0 23 31 9-10Coffeyville Tyler Moore C R/R .290 7 1 2 23 22 6-7Coffeyville Chase Rader 3B R/R .302 11 4 5 35 16 42-45Coffeyville Jacop Spring OF R/R .272 11 2 5 35 29 9-13Cowley County Ryan McBroom SS L/R .264 0 0 0 14 11 2-4Cowley County AJ Shaw OF L/L .309 3 2 0 27 35 27-29Dodge City Jerry Lacayo C R/R .302 3 0 2 19 16 2-2Dodge City Haden Houska SS R/R .286 10 3 2 26 14 8-11Dodge City Parker Jones OF R/R .282 8 4 5 24 12 2-4Dodge City Connor Koepp UTL L/R .305 10 3 1 28 15 4-4Fort Scott Alex Copeland C R/R .349 8 1 3 29 16 6-6Fort Scott Lance Barkley OF R/R .307 8 2 4 35 7 13-14Fort Scott Sam Gilbert OF L/R .350 6 1 0 15 13 13-17Garden City Jaxon Mohr C R/R .291 5 0 1 21 13 0-0Garden City Nolan Barrientos 1B R/R .312 3 0 2 29 29 10-10Garden City Zach Barton 2B L/R .285 6 0 0 27 30 4-8Garden City Kaleb Zimmer OF R/R .326 15 3 4 38 10 10-13Garden City Rocky DeSantis DH L/L .344 15 4 5 39 17 4-5Highland (KS) Royce Behar 2B R/R .321 5 0 1 16 10 0-0Highland (KS) Justin Paul OF R/R .352 11 1 8 51 16 16-16Highland (KS) Tyler Lane OF R/R .400 6 0 0 13 13 10-10Hutchinson Dakota Shadoan C R/R .193 9 0 8 25 16 2-3Hutchinson Matt Sutliffe 1B L/L .344 8 0 1 26 10 0-0Hutchinson Quintin Crandall 3B R/R .304 8 1 1 29 19 7-9Hutchinson Jake Ek SS R/R .252 6 0 2 24 15 6-8Hutchinson Josh Kunzmann OF R/R .339 4 1 0 10 2 6-10Independence Brenton Washausen 3B R/R .370 13 0 6 44 18 6-7Johnson County Hayden Steele 2B R/R .270 4 0 0 14 10 7-8Johnson County Aaron Schnurbusch OF L/L .306 5 4 1 19 19 13-14

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CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGION 6)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAJohnson County Zach Isham OF R/R .248 1 2 2 12 8 8-13Kansas City Kansas Garrett McKinzie C R/R .331 10 1 3 34 15 0-0Neosho County Connor Goedert 3B R/R .326 22 1 11 51 16 7-9Neosho County Justin Warne SS R/R .296 7 2 1 26 25 8-9Neosho County Colton Crocker OF R/R .297 6 1 1 26 17 17-18Garden City Rocky DeSantis DH L/L .344 15 4 5 39 17 1-1Pratt Justin Crouch 3B R/R .315 11 1 10 36 8 10-11Pratt Trey Trahan SS R/R .240 4 1 0 19 7 5-7Pratt B.J. Dean OF R/R .238 8 1 2 24 19 11-11Pratt Gaige Webster OF S/L .285 7 1 1 26 19 15-15Seward County Mason Marshall C R/R .287 5 1 0 29 29 3-3Seward County Jake Fuller SS R/R .308 7 0 1 32 23 4-4Seward County Bryson Allen OF R/R .391 15 10 5 40 23 10-14Seward County Reed Thompson OF L/R .259 6 1 0 17 9 2-2Seward County Bret Lewis UTL R/R .278 9 5 1 29 7 4-5

EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 7, 17)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAAndrew Cole Murphy SS R/R .218 1 1 0 16 21 4-4Andrew Brandon Bostick OF R/R .269 3 0 0 11 6 13-15Cleveland State Jared Davis C L/R .274 6 0 1 17 12 0-0Cleveland State Evan Speicher 2B R/R .352 13 0 0 17 13 5-7Cleveland State Keith Buckhault 3B R/R .311 9 1 1 26 14 3-3Columbia State Desi Ammons C R/R .291 8 1 4 25 14 3-3Columbia State Josh Wilson OF L/L .306 7 1 1 18 8 11-14Columbia State Ronnie Jebavy OF R/R .323 3 3 2 26 18 20-22Columbia State Wes Neiderland OF L/L .361 7 3 0 27 12 26-33Darton State Ventavis Jerger SS R/R .327 3 2 0 11 7 27-31Darton State Brandon Sharpe OF L/R .358 10 6 2 42 18 16-17Darton State Riliani Familia OF R/R .325 7 1 3 23 7 28-30Georgia Perimeter Pierce Ressmeyer C R/R .303 12 3 2 40 12 0-0Jackson State Zach Tompkins C R/R .316 11 0 4 25 17 1-1Jackson State Taylor Walker 1B R/R .288 9 1 10 49 20 5-6Middle Georgia State Andrew Kelley C L/R .301 14 0 3 26 18 2-4Middle Georgia State Cole Thompson C R/R .277 4 0 1 22 13 5-7Middle Georgia State Drew Taylor 1B R/R .253 4 0 0 6 8 2-3

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EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 7, 17)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAMiddle Georgia State Will Jones 2B R/R .280 8 2 0 22 11 5-8Middle Georgia State Kent Rollins SS R/R .243 9 1 0 9 14 15-16Motlow State Clayton Palicki 1B R/L .309 11 0 1 31 11 5-5Motlow State Ben Holland 3B R/R .321 15 0 3 40 25 3-5Motlow State Chris Adams OF L/L .333 7 1 1 14 19 2-4Motlow State JC Daily OF R/R .302 2 0 1 7 8 17-17Roane State Logan Jenkins OF L/R .342 5 0 0 10 12 6-8Southwest Tennessee Sam Seaton 1B R/R .305 14 0 0 16 27 10-11Southwest Tennessee Seth McLemore 3B R/R .256 7 0 0 16 17 0-1Walters State Jake Farr 2B L/R .297 14 2 0 26 18 4-5Walters State Elijah Sutherland SS R/R .383 24 3 3 30 34 10-12Walters State Michael Smith OF R/R .425 11 0 1 15 18 12-13West Georgia Tech Garrett Hayes 1B L/R .213 2 0 1 7 8 1-1West Georgia Tech Blake Butcher 3B R/R .315 15 3 2 26 22 15-15West Georgia Tech Blane Swift SS R/R .328 5 2 1 16 9 4-4West Georgia Tech Mason Hamilton UTL R/R .281 5 0 1 12 11 3-4

EASTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 10, 15, 20)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAASA Eduin Valdez 3B R/R .427 11 1 2 29 9 6-8ASA Gilberto Mendoza SS R/R .385 6 3 2 30 22 13-17ASA Alex Echevarria OF R/R .384 14 3 1 39 21 18-19ASA Kevin Victoriano OF R/R .391 12 1 5 48 21 24-29ASA Junior Maldonado DH L/L .357 8 1 2 36 26 11-12Guilford Tech Brandon Burkes 1B R/R .363 8 1 2 18 10 8-9Guilford Tech Tiger Miller 2B R/R .333 3 0 0 5 9 9-11Hagerstown Tyler Walter 1B R/R .352 11 2 0 46 29 15-18Harford Rob Koski C R/R .257 9 0 3 30 16 4-4Louisburg Cedric Mullins OF S/L .376 13 3 2 26 10 28-32Monroe College Guillaume Gingras 3B L/R .366 7 0 3 35 13 6-7Potomac State of WVU Alex Levitan C R/R .403 7 1 2 21 6 4-4Potomac State of WVU Connar Bastaich 1B R/R .337 10 0 0 23 13 2-2Potomac State of WVU Tre Porter SS R/R .309 14 7 3 37 35 11-14Potomac State of WVU Elliott McCummings OF R/R .394 13 6 2 57 26 2-7Potomac State of WVU Jamison Jones OF R/R .434 6 4 3 31 14 12-14South Carolina-Lancaster Wade Arduini 1B R/L .275 5 0 3 27 11 0-0

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EASTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 10, 15, 20)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SASouth Carolina-Salkehatchie Douglas Ard C R/R .246 4 1 1 10 2 3-3South Carolina-Salkehatchie Donovan Campbell 2B S/R .274 7 0 0 6 7 3-3South Carolina-Salkehatchie Cooper Mullet 3B L/R .245 3 0 0 11 4 3-3South Carolina-Salkehatchie Hunter Dilworth SS R/R .218 10 0 1 11 19 8-9South Carolina-Salkehatchie Chris Hall OF R/R .260 3 1 1 17 9 6-10South Carolina-Sumter Andrew Reardon 1B L/L .341 10 0 3 24 16 1-2Spartanburg Methodist Collin Steagall 1B L/R .313 5 1 1 32 19 1-1Spartanburg Methodist Matt White 2B R/R .333 4 4 0 33 25 9-10Spartanburg Methodist Wesley Rogers OF R/R .333 10 1 0 30 35 30-32

GULF DISTRICT (REGION 8)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SABroward Chucky Vazquez C R/R .318 4 1 2 27 11 4-4Broward Lorenzo Papa 1B R/R .263 4 2 2 19 6 1-1Central Florida Enderson Velasquez SS R/R .351 10 1 0 33 18 9-18Daytona State Jimmy Faul OF L/R .280 14 0 3 30 16 2-2Daytona State Nathan Bond OF S/R .319 9 2 0 29 16 1-1Daytona State Zeke Sanchez OF R/R .307 7 3 1 15 12 8-15Eastern Florida State Austin Leeney C R/R .231 3 0 0 11 14 3-3Gulf Coast State Tevin Johnson OF R/R .251 6 2 6 33 24 4-6Gulf Coast State Dalton Kelley UTL S/R .298 5 1 0 15 13 9-12Miami Dade Jose Gomez OF R/R .397 7 2 1 31 19 26-0Northwest Florida State Steven Jernigan 1B L/L .250 8 0 1 36 26 0-0Palm Beach State Dan Hudzina 3B R/R .325 6 1 2 35 28 5-6Polk State Cody Denoyelles SS R/R .276 7 2 0 28 14 2-3Polk State Daniel Sweet OF S/L .307 7 5 1 29 28 30-37Santa Fe Casey Scoggins OF L/L .390 5 1 0 21 28 16-23Seminole State Florida James Jean C R/R .281 7 0 6 33 19 0-4State College of Florida Sean Trent OF R/R .287 7 1 4 29 0 0-0

NORTHERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 4, 11, 24)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAIndian Hills Junior Santos 2B R/R .366 15 4 3 35 12 15-18Indian Hills Dario Polanco SS L/R .352 10 1 4 38 14 10-16Indian Hills Caleb Ratzman OF L/R .372 3 2 1 21 33 28-31

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NORTHERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 4, 11, 24)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAIndian Hills Edgar Lebron OF R/R .314 5 1 2 20 22 17-18Indian Hills Joel Booker OF R/R .365 8 1 3 31 10 14-15Iowa Western David Parrett C R/R .405 10 3 5 35 3 3-3Iowa Western Kaden Moore C R/R .318 3 1 3 26 5 2-2Iowa Western Jordan Schlehuber 3B R/R .337 5 1 0 17 8 3-4Iowa Western Jacob Sheldon Collins SS S/R .371 8 1 1 34 11 10-15John A. Logan Joba Ferrell OF R/R .305 9 1 2 23 11 6-6John A. Logan Tanner Scott DH R/R .388 10 0 3 31 23 1-1Kaskaskia Chris Stevens 1B R/R .337 14 1 3 46 20 0-0Kaskaskia Daniel Valdez 3B R/R .387 11 0 0 24 8 0-0Kaskaskia Chase Fieldhouse OF R/R .347 8 1 7 33 9 0-0Kishwaukee Trenton Sopko C S/R .248 5 0 1 17 8 3-4Kishwaukee Joe Drago OF L/L .379 1 0 0 5 5 4-5Kishwaukee Nick Brandt OF R/R .264 5 1 0 10 13 6-10Kishwaukee Elon Chaimberlain DH L/R .245 5 0 0 14 5 1-1Marshalltown Daryl Blaskovich SS R/R .329 10 2 3 39 11 4-4Rend Lake Zack Jones OF L/R .271 3 0 0 10 5 3-2South Suburban Dominic Albanese OF L/L .346 10 2 0 32 33 10-13South Suburban Stephen Letz OF R/R .421 16 2 11 65 24 12-14Southeastern Illinois Jaylen Quarles OF L/L .348 11 5 1 25 9 7-8Southwestern Illinois Mark Hencken C R/R .302 5 0 0 12 14 3-6Southwestern Illinois Adam Kunkel 2B R/R .358 4 0 0 20 30 20-21Southwestern Illinois John Goodrich SS R/R .196 4 2 0 10 8 4-4Triton Keil Conway 1B R/R .394 15 1 9 43 22 3-6Triton Tyler Curtis SS R/R .348 10 3 3 32 14 9-12Wabash Valley Rey Perez SS R/R .324 8 0 1 23 20 23-23Wabash Valley Manuel DeJesus OF L/L .332 14 1 1 30 29 28-31

SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 2, 16, 23)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAArkansas Baptist Corky Welch 1B R/R .312 11 0 2 37 7 9-12Arkansas Baptist Chase Sealy 2B R/R .327 4 0 0 9 5 10-10Arkansas Baptist MIchael Maddox OF R/R .311 4 1 2 15 9 17-1Connors State Yariel Gonzalez 3B S/R .420 17 2 12 75 10 8-10Connors State Christian Perez SS R/R .313 15 0 9 51 25 6-7Crowder Ryan Lazo 2B R/R .331 8 0 0 24 21 17-21

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SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 2, 16, 23)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SACrowder Chris Scroggins OF R/R .369 10 0 3 41 20 13-16Crowder Ty White OF L/R .373 17 5 1 44 19 8-13Crowder Jordan Dey UTL R/R .305 3 0 4 23 1 0-0Delgado Chris Eades C R/R .269 8 0 1 16 8 3-4Delgado Cody Farrell 2B R/R .241 7 1 2 14 42 3-5Delgado Jordan Caillouet 3B R/R .237 11 0 3 33 11 3-4Delgado Austin Barrois OF L/L .333 8 4 4 39 22 1-2Eastern Oklahoma State Nick Walker C L/R .276 7 0 1 13 16 2-4Eastern Oklahoma State Kaleb Matthews 1B L/R .351 3 0 8 37 12 6-7Eastern Oklahoma State Daniel Young 3B L/R .283 4 4 5 26 13 2-2Eastern Oklahoma State Stijn Van der Meer SS L/R .335 11 1 2 34 16 14-17Eastern Oklahoma State Landon Coon OF S/R .315 13 1 1 16 20 6-7Meridian Ben Gann 2B R/R .206 2 0 5 21 7 1-3Meridian Mac Seibert 3B R/R .284 7 0 3 21 19 1-4Meridian Kevin Hall OF R/R .279 4 0 4 21 11 3-3Meridian Paul Angel OF L/R .354 15 3 3 24 16 6-9Mineral Area Hunter Leeper SS R/R .314 12 0 6 33 31 2-4NE Oklahoma A&M Jordan Goode C R/R .313 3 0 4 21 7 1-1NE Oklahoma A&M Alex Wise SS R/R .398 6 3 3 24 17 31-35NE Oklahoma A&M Ramon Laureano OF R/R .364 16 3 8 44 26 17-18Seminole State Brandon Cuddy 1B L/L .305 5 0 3 20 26 5-7Seminole State Alex Polston SS R/R .347 8 1 3 25 26 14-16Three Rivers Zach McKenney 1B R/R .395 10 0 0 5 6 6-7Three Rivers Jared Pruett 2B L/R .299 8 0 1 22 16 13-14Three Rivers Dylan Witthoft OF L/L .285 7 0 3 18 14 8-10

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT (REGION 22)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAAlabama Southern Jean Figueroa OF R/R .356 11 8 5 30 13 10-11Alabama Southern Andrew Ferrell UTL L/R .331 4 1 0 16 16 12-15Central Alabama Alex Lee 1B L/R .365 15 2 4 40 17 4-6Central Alabama Ryan Raspino SS R/R .273 9 0 0 19 11 0-1Central Alabama Ryan Smith OF R/R .324 3 0 0 3 11 8-8Chattahoochee Valley Jared Martin C R/R .337 16 2 3 45 26 6-7Chattahoochee Valley Jeff Ronpirin OF R/R .366 2 0 1 20 12 3-5Chattahoochee Valley Sam Knight OF L/R .304 4 0 0 19 8 2-2

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SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT (REGION 22)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAFaulkner State Marshall Rolin 2B R/R .400 1 0 0 6 2 6-6Faulkner State JT Peddrick OF R/R .422 4 1 0 20 10 6-8Jefferson Davis Alex Jones C R/R .307 7 0 4 25 13 1-3Jefferson Davis Matthew Holmes 1B L/R .333 2 0 0 16 20 0-0Jefferson Davis Hunter Myrick OF R/R .330 7 0 1 9 8 10-10Jefferson Davis Logan Hill OF R/R .377 10 2 2 33 17 15-18John C. Calhoun Robert Harris UTL L/R .338 4 1 2 32 11 1-1Southern Union State Chris Daniel 1B L/R .315 8 0 1 34 19 6-6Southern Union State Randy Loew 3B R/R .344 12 1 1 39 18 8-8Southern Union State Cameron Sanders OF L/R .362 6 4 0 21 10 13-13Wallace-Dothan John Hutto 1B S/R .228 7 0 6 47 27 0-0Wallace-Dothan Jake Brown 2B L/R .292 5 3 1 30 10 8-13Wallace-Dothan Aaron Green SS R/R .270 4 1 1 16 22 10-10Wallace-Dothan Alex Gay OF L/L .278 11 3 4 27 18 5-5Wallace-Dothan Tanner Emmons UTL R/R .331 6 0 1 21 20 7-9

SOUTHERN DISTRICT (REGION 14)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAAlvin Jack Kaiser 1B L/L .440 16 1 8 46 15 1-1Blinn Cullen Gassaway 1B R/R .303 6 0 0 17 0 0-0Blinn Nolan Brown OF L/L .297 11 2 3 26 12 12-14Bossier Parish Matt Martin OF L/L .390 13 5 1 30 24 10-11Galveston Austin Baron OF L/R .268 8 0 0 21 21 15-22Galveston Cutter McDowell OF R/R .293 6 0 1 22 23 9-10Galveston Nate Turner OF R/R .263 2 1 0 21 15 19-23Panola Matt Spruill SS R/R .275 5 2 0 20 23 12-13Panola Greg Martens OF R/R .297 6 1 1 18 19 16-19Panola Clint Cage DH R/R .257 10 0 7 23 20 0-0San Jacinto-North Kelvin Ramos 2B R/R .288 2 0 0 11 26 29-38San Jacinto-North Geonte Jackson 3B R/R .328 10 0 2 34 9 8-12San Jacinto-North Brandon Sonnenberg OF L/R .327 14 1 0 25 22 5-5Wharton County J.D. Arrowood 1B L/L .330 10 1 0 23 13 2-3

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SOUTHWEST DISTRICT (REGION 5)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SACisco Alex Montero 3B R/R .389 14 2 1 47 17 5-6Cisco Dustin Beasley OF R/R .344 6 3 3 34 12 3-3Clarendon Richard Ramirez 1B R/R .346 13 0 5 52 16 5-6Clarendon Isnell Olivencia OF S/R .288 5 2 2 33 20 20-21El Paso Eudor Garcia 3B L/R .410 19 2 9 49 19 3-3Grayson Chris Gittens 1B R/R .400 9 0 3 43 19 0-0Grayson Austin Krajnak OF R/R .308 5 0 4 19 15 0-0Grayson Matt McLean OF L/R .376 4 0 0 15 20 4-6Grayson Zack Reding OF L/L .409 10 4 3 30 28 11-13Luna Erick Santiago SS R/R .367 7 1 0 20 20 2-3McLennan Zac Valenzuela 2B R/R .260 14 0 1 27 22 5-7McLennan Trevor Podsednik SS R/R .206 1 1 0 8 5 2-2McLennan Evan Williams OF L/R .311 7 3 0 26 25 5-6Midland Chris Shaw C R/R .380 22 3 11 64 0 4-6New Mexico JC Preston Marsh 1B R/R .457 14 1 1 18 9 3-4New Mexico JC Dalton Bowers SS R/R .333 7 2 1 16 24 10-12New Mexico JC AJ Perez OF L/R .316 2 4 3 22 18 11-12New Mexico JC Alexis Torres OF R/R .267 2 1 1 6 3 2-3New Mexico JC Jarred Gaspard OF L/L .354 5 2 3 31 13 11-11New Mexico Military Caleb Mitchell C R/R .408 15 2 2 24 9 11-18New Mexico Military Correy Davis 1B R/L .267 6 3 1 31 5 9-13New Mexico Military Austin Grier OF R/R .286 11 5 2 15 19 13-13New Mexico Military Zach Habarka OF R/R .248 6 4 1 25 18 4-6New Mexico Military Zach Henderson OF R/R .284 2 2 3 15 7 1-4North Central Texas Landon Darwin 3B L/R .365 3 2 2 18 8 2-3North Central Texas Tyler Straub SS R/R .294 7 0 0 18 17 6-7North Central Texas Kevin Markham OF L/R .327 6 2 1 18 14 5-8Odessa Eduardo Castro C R/R .366 11 1 4 31 11 2-2Odessa Simon Clarke 1B R/R .384 10 2 6 42 18 2-2Temple Blake Kopetsky OF L/L .310 4 3 1 20 20 9-11Vernon Jake Nash 3B R/R .331 12 0 2 18 8 2-2Weatherford Trooper Reynolds 3B R/R .296 9 2 4 47 25 8-10Weatherford Paxton Delagarza SS R/R .276 14 0 4 36 13 10-12Western Texas Ross Barker 1B R/R .301 11 1 5 44 12 0-1Western Texas Colin Porter OF L/L .309 11 1 4 23 28 3-4

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WESTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 1, 9, 18)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAArizona Western Beau Cebulski C R/R .200 1 0 0 15 20 0-0Central Arizona Spencer O’Neil 1B L/R .316 9 4 4 29 6 0-1Central Arizona Aaron Smith 2B L/R .306 5 1 0 15 31 5-6Central Arizona David Petrino 3B R/R .321 10 1 1 34 11 5-10Central Arizona Andris Rizquez OF L/L .260 4 1 0 7 7 8-10Central Arizona Cody Farrell OF R/R .428 18 1 4 37 18 10-14Cochise Austin Nelson SS R/R .288 14 1 0 40 29 8-11Eastern Arizona Danny Rowley C R/R .304 0 0 0 10 0 0-0Lamar Connor Crane 1B R/R .369 13 1 6 41 11 0-1Lamar Josh Day OF R/R .352 17 6 3 60 24 13-17McCook Manny Menocal 2B R/R .352 9 3 1 16 11 3-4McCook Casey Philpot 3B R/R .257 8 2 3 27 14 5-5Northeastern JJ Bissell 1B L/R .287 8 0 15 55 21 0-1Northeastern Kyle Killen SS R/R .281 3 1 2 11 4 2-2Northeastern Brandon Baeckel OF R/R .333 11 0 6 34 23 6-8Otero Alex Flores 2B R/R .292 4 0 0 12 19 4-8Otero Marcus Steward 3B R/R .277 6 0 2 23 14 3-3Otero Kevin Barnes OF R/R .285 3 5 1 22 7 2-3Otero Landon Merka OF R/R .333 8 5 1 29 22 10-12Otero Marcus Gilmore DH R/R .263 3 0 2 6 7 0-0South Mountain Garrett Gandolfo 3B L/R .270 8 0 1 34 20 1-1South Mountain Justin Behnke OF L/R .353 4 3 0 15 22 22-24South Mountain Eddie Villa UTL R/R .290 3 2 0 21 35 14-19Southern Idaho RJ Bush 1B L/R .287 7 0 4 21 17 5-7Southern Idaho Bobby Wright SS R/R .229 4 2 0 20 5 3-4Southern Idaho AJ Van Meetren OF L/R .300 4 1 3 12 14 2-2Southern Idaho Jordan Godman OF L/R .254 3 2 1 16 24 10-14Southern Idaho Nathan Ackerman UTL R/R .295 12 2 5 29 23 3-3Trinidad State Michael Barrientos OF R/R .330 7 0 1 9 15 8-8Western Nevada Connor Harber OF R/R .411 14 11 4 42 11 16-20Yavapai Alexis Olmeda C R/R .326 7 1 1 22 5 0-1Yavapai Austin Orth C R/R .327 4 0 0 9 6 0-0Yavapai Stephen Carabajal OF L/L .391 5 4 2 20 9 3-4

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CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGION 6)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SButler Kyle Vogt RHP 4.04 19 35.2 41 22 15 2-2 1Butler Trever Ezell RHP 4.29 17 21.0 22 16 6 1-2 9Butler Brennan Walker RHP 6.95 15 33.2 40 14 8 3-0 1Butler Jackson Rolfs RHP 6.00 12 42.0 56 30 14 3-1 0Butler Greg Houser LHP 5.90 11 39.2 58 23 6 4-4 0Coffeyville Tyler Buss LHP 2.90 20 49.7 41 39 31 4-2 3Coffeyville Carlos Aldana LHP 4.37 20 22.7 23 20 14 3-1 6Coffeyville Carlos D'Armas RHP 5.34 14 57.3 74 45 23 3-4 1Cowley County Seth Holman RHP 0.74 21 36.2 19 32 5 1-1 8Cowley County Levi Skinner RHP 1.86 14 63.0 46 68 32 7-2 0Dodge City Giles Fox LHP 5.33 16 27.0 35 16 7 3-2 1Dodge City Clayton Brewster LHP 2.78 14 58.1 39 49 25 5-2 1Dodge City Jagger Harjo RHP 2.74 11 65.2 61 43 15 4-4 0Dodge City Sam Brunner RHP 0.73 9 12.1 6 20 7 2-0 3Fort Scott Aaron Mason LHP 1.64 16 82.1 79 75 19 11-0 1Fort Scott John Lynch RHP 2.85 16 60.0 60 31 21 4-2 1Garden City Garrett Bryant RHP 3.32 30 21.2 19 17 4 0-0 1Garden City Bradley Spires RHP 5.13 18 80.2 90 68 34 8-3 0Garden City Jake Eikleberry LHP 4.28 16 69.1 79 35 20 8-4 0Garden City TJ Clapper RHP 6.38 15 66.1 94 37 21 6-4 0Highland (KS) Taylor Hendrick RHP 3.95 13 41.0 35 23 15 4-4 1Highland (KS) Justin Paul RHP 5.01 9 46.2 53 39 16 4-3 0Hutchinson Austin Harms LHP 5.50 12 36.0 39 18 21 2-2 0Hutchinson Cameron Solko LHP 6.49 10 34.2 62 18 12 0-3 0Hutchinson Kyle Simonds RHP 5.29 9 34.0 34 20 18 2-4 0Johnson County Derek Beier RHP 1.91 17 47.0 38 48 13 4-2 2Johnson County Aaron Schnurbusch LHP 2.72 12 59.2 52 60 22 4-2 0Neosho County Jake Johnson RHP 3.68 13 58.2 49 51 25 4-7 1Pratt Tyler Huffstickler LHP 5.54 9 39.0 36 29 27 0-2 2Seward County Adam Guay RHP 4.93 18 45.2 42 25 27 4-1 0Seward County Keenan Hall RHP 5.18 16 57.1 53 50 25 2-3 0Seward County Austin King LHP 6.11 15 66.1 92 55 11 4-4 0

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EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 7, 17)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SAndrew Jordon Dukes RHP 4.67 14 69.1 79 44 28 5-4 0Chattanooga State Tyler Troutt LHP 3.99 14 76.2 78 66 37 7-3 0Cleveland State Bobby Towne RHP 1.37 21 26.1 21 13 6 2-0 5Cleveland State Jordan Whitmire RHP 10.13 5 5.1 11 3 3 0-0 0Columbia State Kierce Kimbel RHP 3.03 17 29.2 23 17 14 4-0 0Columbia State Austin Rice RHP 4.22 15 42.2 48 31 9 1-2 0Columbia State Tyler Stewart LHP 4.50 11 44.0 42 36 28 3-4 0Columbia State Kevin Salewsky RHP 3.37 8 10.2 12 12 8 0-0 0Columbia State David Horne RHP 3.23 6 30.2 33 22 7 3-2 0Darton State Davis Adkins RHP 0.39 20 46.1 38 35 5 3-2 6Darton State John Harman LHP 2.97 18 75.2 77 52 31 7-3 0Darton State Brandon Goldsmith RHP 2.43 14 55.2 47 25 14 6-0 1Georgia Perimeter Dustin Beggs RHP 2.31 12 46.2 37 50 14 6-1 0Jackson State Colton Harris LHP 3.35 17 86.0 91 60 17 8-4 1Middle Georgia State Justin Flores RHP 2.11 19 42.2 21 52 9 4-0 3Middle Georgia State Tyler Graham RHP 2.67 14 70.2 66 65 26 4-3 0Middle Georgia State Joseph Boatright RHP 2.38 10 53.0 41 55 19 7-1 0Middle Georgia State Brock Turner RHP 1.66 10 38.0 33 32 14 5-1 0Middle Georgia State Caleb Weaver LHP 4.50 5 10.0 12 1 7 1-0 0Motlow State Elliott Bush LHP 3.48 13 20.2 11 26 12 1-1 0Motlow State Josh Hopkins RHP 3.07 12 67.1 62 60 28 4-5 0Motlow State Zack Westberry RHP 2.45 9 11.0 14 6 3 0-0 1Motlow State Clayton Palicki LHP 1.42 4 6.1 8 5 1 1-0 0Southwest Tennessee Justin Kemp RHP 3.94 16 16.0 18 20 9 0-2 4Southwest Tennessee Zac Buzzard RHP 4.83 14 76.1 96 27 20 5-6 0Southwest Tennessee Justin Skinner RHP 3.11 13 81.0 78 43 25 2-7 0Walters State Grant Painter LHP 2.25 12 12.0 10 17 4 2-0 1Walters State Corey Greeson RHP 2.08 8 17.1 13 18 6 1-0 1West Georgia Tech Kyle Peals RHP 5.67 15 79.1 93 61 31 6-7 0West Georgia Tech Tyler Gunnin RHP 3.42 15 26.1 23 22 15 1-3 5West Georgia Tech Chris Irwin RHP 3.65 13 81.1 77 71 11 4-6 0

EASTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 10, 15, 20)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SASA Placido Torres LHP 1.57 11 69.0 45 74 20 7-3 0ASA Carlos Tejeda RHP 2.56 9 45.2 43 40 15 7-1 0

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EASTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 10, 15, 20)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SChesapeake Jack Wood LHP 4.14 11 54.1 50 32 24 6-2 0Florence-Darlington Tech Evan Raynor RHP 0.00 12 23.0 9 20 7 1-0 1Hagerstown Tanner Partlow RHP 3.12 18 92.1 95 56 36 7-4 0Harford Carlos Henri Ferre' LHP 3.24 12 41.2 43 22 15 4-2 0Harford Cody Brittain RHP 4.25 12 36.0 35 24 23 3-3 0Monroe College Chris Estrada RHP 1.13 14 32.0 16 23 18 2-1 0Monroe College Anthony Martinez LHP 2.77 12 61.2 53 56 31 7-1 0Potomac State of WVU Jamie Miller LHP 5.16 18 52.1 54 57 24 5-2 3Potomac State of WVU Sam Vincenzo LHP 2.86 15 66.0 52 52 17 8-1 0Potomac State of WVU Brandon Cordell RHP 4.32 13 41.2 44 31 14 4-1 0South Carolina-Lancaster Christopher Stewart RHP 3.86 11 53.2 49 30 20 4-3 0South Carolina-Salkehatchie Wayne Parker RHP 2.56 11 63.1 39 44 22 6-5 0South Carolina-Salkehatchie Mark Blankenship RHP 2.66 11 20.1 21 10 10 4-1 0South Carolina-Salkehatchie Shuler Ward RHP 2.70 9 16.2 16 11 4 2-2 1South Carolina-Salkehatchie Bryon Munsterman RHP 3.81 6 26.0 26 13 9 2-2 0South Carolina-Salkehatchie Bryce King LHP 4.76 5 11.1 11 5 6 2-1 0Spartanburg Methodist Josh Escoffier RHP 4.12 18 39.1 47 28 7 2-1 4Spartanburg Methodist Dylan Rogers RHP 3.82 10 37.2 43 31 9 6-1 0

GULF DISTRICT (REGION 8)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SBroward Jimmy Wright LHP 3.11 14 37.2 43 28 16 3-3 0Broward Chris Walkerow RHP 5.33 12 50.2 42 37 35 4-4 0Daytona State Brad Emery LHP 4.17 13 69.0 81 43 29 4-6 0Eastern Florida State Jonathan Piriz RHP 2.60 18 34.2 28 20 13 2-0 3Eastern Florida State Chayce Hubbard RHP 2.65 17 34.0 29 33 9 1-1 0Eastern Florida State Kenton Hering RHP 2.10 14 64.1 52 71 21 3-3 0Eastern Florida State Jordan Lindsey RHP 3.38 9 13.1 9 8 12 0-0 1Florida State-Jacksonville Kellan Bailey LHP 5.07 13 60.1 71 30 18 2-4 0Gulf Coast State Brendan Leach RHP 0.39 14 73.2 67 55 30 7-3 1Miami Dade Kyle Carter LHP 0.00 4 8.1 4 7 6 1-0 1Northwest Florida State Brandon Nagem LHP 5.01 19 46.2 59 34 12 2-2 0Northwest Florida State Michael Royal RHP 3.23 18 61.1 66 53 21 1-2 1Northwest Florida State Lucas Brown RHP 3.90 6 30.0 35 17 5 1-1 0Palm Beach State Bryan Coughlin RHP 2.44 12 59.0 42 57 16 5-1 0Pensacola State Will Gerdes RHP 4.02 31 62.2 78 19 18 4-1 1

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GULF DISTRICT (REGION 8)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SPensacola State Matt Muench RHP 5.18 15 40.0 33 34 27 4-5 1Polk State Jose Serrano RHP 0.96 19 29.0 26 26 15 2-1 0Polk State Matt Pearce RHP 0.18 13 81.2 67 56 16 6-1 0Santa Fe Kevin Martin LHP 1.99 12 63.1 35 68 30 6-0 0St. Petersburg Robbie Coursel RHP 3.16 14 77.0 64 56 35 5-4 0State College of Florida Devon Carr LHP 3.28 19 24.2 27 13 3 4-0 1State College of Florida Reggie McClain RHP 2.83 17 76.1 73 64 22 9-2 1Tallahassee Victor Cole LHP 1.40 21 38.2 26 44 18 5-0 8

NORTHERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 4, 11, 24)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SIndian Hills Derek Kawlewski RHP 4.40 11 30.2 30 25 10 2-2 1Indian Hills Christian Torres LHP 2.38 8 41.2 27 33 22 4-2 0Iowa Western Nick Thayer RHP 1.95 18 32.1 22 20 10 3-0 0Iowa Western Drake Robison RHP 2.23 17 36.1 26 46 12 2-2 1Iowa Western Craig Larkin LHP 2.73 13 52.2 53 56 12 6-0 0Iowa Western Sean Johnson RHP 2.21 10 40.2 31 42 16 5-2 0Kaskaskia Joey Coonrod RHP 1.80 14 75.0 62 74 27 9-2 0Kaskaskia Steven Reynolds RHP 3.27 13 77.0 80 45 17 8-1 1Kishwaukee Kyle Lawson RHP 3.81 12 26.0 24 17 14 0-2 1Kishwaukee Aaron Paschal RHP 4.50 9 32.0 45 17 16 2-3 0Lincoln Trail Tyler Miller RHP 3.98 8 31.2 28 18 18 1-2 0Marshalltown John Bloom RHP 8.64 11 16.2 31 12 7 1-1 0Marshalltown Corey Ceponis LHP 4.26 9 50.2 35 64 24 7-0 0Rend Lake Logan Tabor RHP 1.59 13 17.0 8 15 9 2-1 2Rend Lake Trey Garrett RHP 5.45 10 36.1 38 44 13 2-2 1Southwestern Illinois Kyle Wilson RHP 5.71 13 41.0 50 22 14 2-1 1Southwestern Illinois Ian Zimmermann RHP 5.29 12 17.0 17 26 10 0-3 2Southwestern Illinois Derek Dillenberger LHP 2.38 12 11.1 12 4 6 2-1 4Southwestern Illinois Dusting Dalton RHP 3.79 11 57.0 50 36 25 3-4 0Wabash Valley Matt Pletzke RHP 3.24 6 16.2 14 22 8 2-1 1

SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 2, 16, 23)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SArkansas Baptist Dylan Boone RHP 6.99 14 46.1 73 33 11 5-2 0Arkansas Baptist Jace Powers RHP 3.09 11 46.2 42 39 23 5-2 0

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SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT (REGIONS 2, 16, 23)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SArkansas Baptist Tyler Nelson RHP 6.04 7 22.1 21 19 9 1-0 0Connors State Justin Ferrell RHP 1.64 24 38.1 17 43 10 4-1 11Connors State Josh Hammill LHP 4.23 14 72.1 65 84 24 8-1 2Crowder Cody Jones LHP 3.05 18 62.0 65 60 13 8-0 0Crowder Jake Barnes RHP 6.57 10 12.1 14 14 12 0-0 0Crowder Marcus Cross RHP 6.59 5 13.2 20 11 9 2-1 0Delgado Chase Hymel LHP 2.13 11 55.0 52 50 23 7-2 0Delgado Jacob Neil LHP 1.98 11 36.1 25 18 10 5-1 1Eastern Oklahoma State Dylan Linke RHP 7.38 19 39.0 45 40 24 3-3 0Eastern Oklahoma State Jacob Lawrence RHP 7.55 16 31.0 34 37 14 2-1 2Eastern Oklahoma State Jacob Jones RHP 8.66 13 53.0 65 32 17 0-6 0Eastern Oklahoma State Koda Glover RHP 3.20 11 45.0 36 47 26 5-2 0Eastern Oklahoma State Evan Sanders LHP 9.00 7 11.0 16 13 8 0-0 0Meridian Andrew Crook RHP 2.83 19 63.2 56 58 25 4-2 0NE Oklahoma A&M Michael Fusselman RHP 3.51 15 59.0 53 37 16 5-2 0Seminole State Jordan Watson LHP 2.77 12 48.2 34 56 20 5-0 0St. Louis Austin Simokaitis RHP 4.67 14 27.0 29 23 7 1-0 0St. Louis Jay Heller RHP 1.31 13 20.2 17 12 5 3-2 3St. Louis Kurt McGuire LHP 3.19 11 59.1 57 42 20 4-3 0St. Louis Ryan Roth LHP 4.37 11 35.0 43 29 8 1-2 1St. Louis Matthew Hassenbeck RHP 4.26 9 38.0 32 35 4 1-3 0

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT (REGION 22)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SCentral Alabama Matthew Norton RHP 3.15 18 71.1 68 43 21 4-3 1Central Alabama Ethan Hunt RHP 4.45 18 58.2 53 46 29 3-1 1Central Alabama John Michael Knighton RHP 3.36 17 107.0 103 87 29 10-1 0Central Alabama Gabe Dees RHP 4.21 12 25.2 13 33 30 1-2 0Central Alabama Zach Mayhew RHP 1.32 10 13.2 5 10 4 1-1 0Chattahoochee Valley Dalton Rentz RHP 2.44 14 81.0 67 67 22 10-1 0Chattahoochee Valley Hunter Mitchell RHP 3.31 14 68.0 74 55 19 5-5 0Chattahoochee Valley Colt Ramsey RHP 2.08 14 21.2 16 26 5 3-0 1Chattahoochee Valley Kevin Moore RHP 1.50 12 24.0 14 38 18 3-1 0Chattahoochee Valley Chris Brown RHP 0.66 11 13.2 8 16 3 2-0 3Faulkner State Heith Brown LHP 0.46 23 19.2 12 12 7 2-0 1Faulkner State Garrett Waters RHP 2.63 18 54.2 50 32 9 8-2 1

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SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT (REGION 22)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SFaulkner State David Cromer RHP 0.92 17 19.2 11 14 5 0-0 0Faulkner State Austin Crook LHP 1.71 14 63.1 55 46 11 9-1 0Faulkner State Garrett Kirkland RHP 1.10 14 16.1 5 16 6 2-0 0Southern Union State Matt Kelley LHP 3.32 18 86.2 75 95 34 8-2 0Southern Union State Charles Taylor RHP 3.32 16 57.0 54 41 28 7-3 1Wallace-Dothan Sawyer Betts RHP 3.27 22 55.0 55 39 15 3-4 6Wallace-Dothan Jordan Martin RHP 3.86 19 72.1 77 69 31 8-4 1Wallace-Dothan Wes Carter LHP 5.07 17 71.0 76 65 28 4-5 0

SOUTHERN DISTRICT (REGION 14)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SAlvin Brian Belote LHP 3.68 15 78.1 75 65 28 9-3 0Blinn Robbie Dickey RHP 3.70 14 73.0 55 66 28 7-6 0Galveston Kyle Leggett RHP 3.31 25 35.1 28 20 12 1-3 2Galveston Brian Baker RHP 4.82 17 46.2 60 31 10 4-2 0Galveston Guillaume Blanchette LHP 2.45 16 77.0 82 31 25 5-5 0Galveston Ethan Stremmel RHP 3.92 16 20.2 24 16 12 1-2 1Galveston Jose Rendon RHP 2.54 14 60.1 49 30 9 5-3 0Panola Robbie Petty RHP 3.41 25 58.0 62 38 18 4-3 6Panola Adam Atkins RHP 2.97 18 30.1 26 22 8 1-1 2Panola Preston Guillory RHP 4.41 13 67.1 65 42 27 2-5 0Paris Brewer Money RHP 2.14 20 33.2 33 21 12 4-0 2Paris Heston Van Fleet RHP 4.83 14 54.0 70 33 16 6-1 0Paris Callaway Kirkpatrick LHP 2.17 11 45.2 46 19 10 2-2 0San Jacinto-North Dustin Cook RHP 2.08 16 26.0 26 25 6 5-1 7San Jacinto-North Clayton Isherwood LHP 2.24 12 56.3 56 45 8 4-3 1Wharton County Lance Elling RHP 3.97 14 22.2 22 23 11 0-2 0Wharton County Austin Eichman RHP 3.78 13 47.2 38 34 23 3-4 0

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT (REGION 5)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SCisco Michael Mertz RHP 3.86 15 84.0 82 63 31 6-5 0Grayson Chris Gittens RHP 1.59 5 11.1 8 8 5 1-0 0Howard Blake Smith RHP 1.73 18 26.0 18 23 13 4-1 7McLennan Conner Camacho RHP 3.25 14 27.2 20 11 16 4-4 3McLennan Kody Hessemer RHP 3.16 13 62.2 66 29 13 3-6 1

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SOUTHWEST DISTRICT (REGION 5)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SMcLennan Patrick Herbelin RHP 3.62 11 27.1 35 17 3 1-1 0New Mexico JC Adalberto Soto RHP 3.37 11 26.2 18 16 12 2-1 0New Mexico JC Tyler Almager RHP 4.60 10 31.1 37 26 12 2-0 0New Mexico Military Zach Habarka RHP 8.78 12 13.1 15 7 12 1-1 4North Central Texas Dean Fleitman RHP 3.41 22 29.0 27 28 12 2-3 5Odessa Edwin Corniel RHP 5.04 13 64.1 54 58 26 9-2 0Vernon Marty Jentsch RHP 4.73 13 70.1 80 43 32 4-5 0Vernon Daulton Leiker RHP 4.75 13 66.1 62 59 36 4-7 0Western Texas Nolan Savage RHP 4.67 13 61.2 62 47 35 1-8 0Western Texas Connor Thomas RHP 5.09 13 17.2 8 25 18 0-1 0

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WESTERN DISTRICT (REGIONS 1, 9, 18)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H SO BB W-L SArizona Western Jose Rosales-Rodarte RHP 3.27 20 55.0 45 48 18 4-5 3Arizona Western Travis Garcia-Perreria LHP 1.50 16 90.0 75 65 17 9-1 0Arizona Western Brandon Anderson RHP 2.96 11 70.0 50 45 15 7-3 0Central Arizona Nicco Blank RHP 1.32 16 68.1 32 72 28 6-1 1Central Arizona Jared Koenig LHP 4.47 13 48.1 37 50 25 7-1 0Cochise Steven Naemark LHP 3.03 20 116.0 119 80 26 11-4 0Cochise Xavier Altamirano RHP 4.14 14 50.0 48 40 14 3-2 2Eastern Arizona Indalecio Romo RHP 0.42 12 77.0 68 50 23 5-5 0Lamar Austin Moore RHP 1.82 16 84.0 47 96 22 9-2 0Northeastern Chris Sievers RHP 5.08 15 33.2 40 51 19 2-3 1Northeastern Jake Dittman RHP 4.73 12 51.1 63 47 12 3-4 0Otero Matt Smith RHP 3.20 15 84.1 69 69 27 10-1 0Otero Jorge Venegas RHP 3.84 14 65.2 66 62 39 5-4 0South Mountain Scot Hoffman RHP 2.01 14 40.3 28 30 18 6-1 4Southern Idaho Kolten Brost LHP 4.17 29 36.2 27 40 17 1-4 2Southern Idaho Grant Kukuk RHP 4.05 26 46.2 50 41 23 3-6 0Southern Idaho Dillon Dove LHP 4.35 15 49.2 55 29 18 4-3 0Southern Idaho Isaac Anderson RHP 0.82 14 22.0 11 21 9 3-0 2Southern Nevada Tyler Condie RHP 3.54 9 20.1 15 18 15 2-1 0Trinidad State Erik Bussey RHP 3.64 24 47.0 46 20 15 5-3 1Western Nevada Christian Stolo LHP 1.98 19 77.1 48 65 31 8-8 1Western Nevada Connor Harber RHP 0.96 5 9.1 5 17 6 0-0 1Yavapai Kamalu Kamoku RHP 4.02 17 31.1 23 30 18 5-0 4Yavapai Chance Adams RHP 5.29 12 17.0 18 18 11 2-1 1Yavapai Justin McAllister LHP 5.14 10 14.0 18 16 5 1-0 0Yavapai Stephen Carabajal LHP 2.55 8 17.2 19 18 2 1-1 0

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C 6 Allen County Iola, Kan.C 6 Barton Great Bend, Kan.C 6 Butler El Dorado, Kan.C 6 Cloud County Concordia, Kan.C 6 Coffeyville Coffeyville, Kan.C 6 Colby Colby, Kan.C 6 Cowley County Arkansas City, Kan.C 6 Dodge City Dodge City, Kan.C 6 Fort Scott Fort Scott, Kan.C 6 Garden City Garden City, Kan.C 6 Highland Highland, Kan.C 6 Hutchinson Hutchinson, Kan.C 6 Independence Independence, Kan.C 6 Johnson County Overland Park, Kan.C 6 Kansas City Kansas Kansas City, Kan.C 6 Labette Parsons, Kan.C 6 Neosho County Chanute, Kan.C 6 Pratt Pratt, Kan.C 6 Seward County Liberal, Kan.

EC 7 Chattanooga State Chattanooga, Tenn.EC 7 Cleveland State Cleveland, Tenn.EC 7 Columbia State Columbia, Tenn.EC 7 Dyersburg State Dyersburg, Tenn.EC 7 Jackson State Jackson, Tenn.EC 7 Motlow State Lynchburg, Tenn.EC 7 Roane State Harriman, Tenn.EC 7 Southwest Tennessee Memphis, Tenn.EC 7 Volunteer State Gallatin, Tenn.EC 7 Walters State Morristown, Tenn.EC 17 Abraham Baldwin Tifton, Ga.EC 17 Andrew Cuthbert, Ga.EC 17 Darton State Albany, Ga.EC 17 East Georgia State Swainsboro, Ga.EC 17 Georgia Highlands Rome, Ga.

EC 17 Georgia Perimeter Decatur, Ga.EC 17 Gordon State Barnesville, Ga.EC 17 Middle Georgia State Cochran, Ga.EC 17 South Georgia State Douglas, Ga.EC 17 West Georgia Tech Waco, Ga.E 10 Florence-Darlington Tech Florence, S.C.

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E 10 Guilford Tech Jamestown, N.C.E 10 Louisburg Louisburg, N.C.E 10 Pitt Greenville, N.C.E 10 South Carolina-Lancaster Lancaster, S.C.E 10 South Carolina-Salkehatchie Allendale, S.C.E 10 South Carolina-Sumter Sumter, S.C.E 10 Spartanburg Methodist Spartanburg, S.C.E 15 ASA Brooklyn, N.Y.E 15 Globe New York, N.Y.E 15 Monroe New Rochelle, N.Y.E 20 Chesapeake Wye Mills, Md.E 20 Hagerstown Hagerstown, Md.E 20 Harford Bel Air, Md.E 20 Potomac State of WVU Keyser, W. Va.G 8 Broward Davie, Fla.G 8 Central Florida Ocala, Fla.G 8 Chipola Marianna, Fla.G 8 Daytona State Daytona Beach, Fla.G 8 Eastern Florida State Melbourne, Fla.G 8 Florida State-Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla.G 8 Gulf Coast State Panama City, Fla.G 8 Hillsborough Tampa, Fla.G 8 Indian River State Ft. Pierce, Fla.G 8 Lake-Sumter State Leesburg, Fla.G 8 Miami Dade Miami, Fla.G 8 Northwest Florida State Niceville, Fla.G 8 Palm Beach State Lake Worth, Fla.G 8 Pensacola State Pensacola, Fla.G 8 Polk State Winter Haven, Fla.G 8 Santa Fe Gainesville, Fla.G 8 Seminole State Florida Sanford, Fla.G 8 South Florida State Avon Park, Fla.G 8 St. Johns River State Palatka, Fla.G 8 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla.

G 8 State College of Florida Bradenton, Fla.G 8 Tallahassee Tallahassee, Fla.N 4 Kishwaukee Malta, Ill.N 4 Olive-Harvey Chicago, Ill.N 4 South Suburban South Holland, Ill.N 4 Triton River Grove, Ill.

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N 11 Iowa Western Council Bluffs, IowaN 11 Marshalltown Marshalltown, IowaN 11 Muscatine Muscatine, IowaN 24 John A. Logan Carterville, Ill.N 24 Kaskaskia Centralia, Ill.N 24 Lake Land Mattoon, Ill.N 24 Lincoln Trail Robinson, Ill.N 24 Olney Central Olney, Ill.N 24 Rend Lake Ina, Ill.N 24 Shawnee Ullin, Ill.N 24 Southeastern Illinois Harrisburg, Ill.N 24 Southwestern Illinois Belleville, Ill.N 24 Wabash Valley Mt. Carmel, Ill.SC 2 Arkansas Baptist Little Rock, Ark.SC 2 Connors State Warner, Okla.SC 2 Eastern Oklahoma State Wilburton, Okla.SC 2 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Miami, Okla.SC 2 Rose State Midwest City, Okla.SC 2 Seminole State Seminole, Okla.SC 16 Crowder Neosho, Mo.SC 16 Jefferson Hillsboro, Mo.SC 16 MCC-Maple Woods Kansas City, Mo.SC 16 Mineral Area Park Hills, Mo.SC 16 North Central Missouri Trenton, Mo.SC 16 St. Charles Cottleville, Mo.SC 16 St. Louis St. Louis, Mo.SC 16 Three Rivers Poplar Bluff, Mo.SC 23 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, La.SC 23 Delgado New Orleans, La.SC 23 Meridian Meridian, Miss.SE 22 Alabama Southern Monroeville, Ala.SE 22 Bishop State Mobile, Ala.SE 22 Calhoun Decatur, Ala.SE 22 Central Alabama Alexander City, Ala.

SE 22 Chattahoochee Valley Phenix City, Ala.SE 22 Enterprise State Enterprise, Ala.SE 22 Faulkner State Bay Minette, Ala.SE 22 Jefferson Davis Brewton, Ala.SE 22 Lawson State Birmingham, Ala.SE 22 Lurleen B. Wallace Andalusia, Ala.

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SE 22 Marion Military Marion, Ala.SE 22 Shelton State Tuscaloosa, Ala.SE 22 Snead State Boaz, Ala.SE 22 Southern Union State Wadley, Ala.SE 22 Wallace State Hanceville, Ala.SE 22 Wallace-Dothan Dothan, Ala.SE 22 Wallace-Selma Selma, Ala.S 14 Alvin Alvin, TexasS 14 Angelina Lufkin, TexasS 14 Blinn Brenham, TexasS 14 Bossier Parish Bossier City, La.S 14 Galveston Galveston, TexasS 14 Laredo Laredo, TexasS 14 Navarro Corsicana, TexasS 14 Northeast Texas Mt. Pleasant, TexasS 14 Panola Carthage, TexasS 14 Paris Paris, TexasS 14 San Jacinto-North Houston, TexasS 14 Wharton County Wharton, Texas

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SW 5 Cisco Cisco, TexasSW 5 Clarendon Clarendon, TexasSW 5 El Paso El Paso, TexasSW 5 Frank Phillips Borger, TexasSW 5 Grayson Denison, TexasSW 5 Hill Hillsboro, TexasSW 5 Howard Big Spring, TexasSW 5 Luna Las Vegas, N.M.SW 5 McLennan Waco, TexasSW 5 Midland Midland, TexasSW 5 New Mexico JC Hobbs, N.M.SW 5 New Mexico Military Roswell, N.M.SW 5 North Central Texas Gainesville, TexasSW 5 Odessa Odessa, TexasSW 5 Ranger Ranger, TexasSW 5 Temple Temple, TexasSW 5 Vernon Vernon, TexasSW 5 Weatherford Weatherford, TexasSW 5 Western Texas Snyder, TexasW 1 Arizona Western Yuma, Ariz.W 1 Central Arizona Coolidge, Ariz.W 1 Cochise Douglas, Ariz.W 1 Eastern Arizona Thatcher, Ariz.W 1 Pima Tucson, Ariz.W 1 South Mountain Phoenix, Ariz.W 1 Yavapai Prescott, Ariz.W 9 Lamar Lamar, Colo.W 9 McCook McCook, Neb.W 9 Northeastern Sterling, Colo.W 9 Otero La Junta, Colo.W 9 Trinidad State Trinidad, Colo.W 9 Western Nebraska Scottsbluff, Neb.W 18 Colorado Northwestern Rangely, Colo.W 18 Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah

W 18 Southern Idaho Twin Falls, IdahoW 18 Southern Nevada Henderson, Nev.W 18 Western Nevada Carson City, Nev.

177 Total

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