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By Jacob Gill
Pennsylvania Assistant Director of Scouting

Through every association and classification of college baseball, players from Pennsylvania high schools had an impact on championship drives. Below is a listing of those players who were rostered by a team that competed in a championship series at the NCAA, NJCAA or NAIA level.

NCAA

Division I
Coastal Carolina
Anthony Marks, OF, Montour - emotional sparkplug became a media darling while batting .296 with a .406 on-base percentage and tournament leading twelve runs scored during the Chanticleers run to the program's first College World Series title. On the season, he hit .291 with a .408 on-base percentage and 15 stolen bases while starting 71 of 73 games.
Austin Kitchen, LHP, Mt. Lebanon
Kyle Skeels, C, Neshaminy

Arizona
J.J. Matijevic, 1B, Norwin - sophomore batted .250 with five extra base hits in the middle of the Wildcats line-up during a post-season that culminated in a College World Series runner-up finish. Complete season stats included .287 AVG and 23 extra base hits while starting 68 of 73 games.

Florida
Jason Lombardozzi, IF, Chambersburg Area

Division II
Millersville
23 members of the Marauders roster hail from Pennsylvania, comprising the majority of a group that finished as the national runner-up. RHP Brandon Miller (Ephrata Area), C Mitch Stoltzfus (Pequea Valley), and OF Chas McCormick (West Chester Henderson) earned all-America honors. Miller and SS Tyler Orris (Cedar Cliff) were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, respectively, while RHP Jim McDade (Holy Ghost Prep) signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Padres.

Franklin Pierce
Jay Jabs, 3B/RHP, Perkiomen Valley - the all-American and two-time Northeast-10 Conference Player of the year was selected in the 17th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the New York Mets.

Division III
Keystone (national runner-up)
James Dunning, RHP West Scranton
Robbie Nardelli, C, Valley View
Billy Nelson, IF/RHP, North Pocono
Kalieb Schiedeler, IF, Blue Ridge
Kalyb Smith, RHP, Notre Dame (NJ) [PA resident]

La Roche (3rd place finish)
Virtually the entire roster for the Pittsburgh-based Redhawks hailed from inside this state's borders. RHP Tanner Wilt (North Allegheny), 1B Ben Herstine (Beaver Area), and RHP Regis Sauer (Brashear) each earned all-region honors, while Wilt (9-2, 1.37 ERA, 85.2 IP, 51 H, 21 BB, 103 K) also garnered all-America recognition.

St. John Fisher
Ethan Hite, RHP, Coudersport Area

Emory
Bryan Rubin, IF, Friends' Central

NJCAA

Division I
Harford
12 Pennsylvania products were rostered by an Owls program that captured region and district crowns before going 2-2 at the World Series. RHP Michael Adams (Cumberland Valley) went 11-1 with a 2.95 ERA in 81.1 innings, allowing 77 hits and 27 walks, while recording 79 strikeouts. He earned 2nd-team all-American honors and is currently a junior at Towson.

Cowley County
Connor Litton, IF, Southern Fulton - hit .379 with 29 extra base hits on the season prior to signing an NLI with East Carolina.

Division II
Mercer County (4th place finish)
Erik Bowren, IF, Archbishop Wood
D.J. Endler, LHP/1B, Pennsbury
Dan Shane, OF, Pennridge
Vinny Vaccone, IF, Neumann-Goretti - hit .351 with 21 extra base hits and 19 stolen bases on his way to earning 1st-team all-Region honors; signed an NLI with Delaware.
Derek Whitfield, Util, Bristol

Division III
Rowan College at Gloucester County (3rd place finish)
John Reina, IF, Daniel Boone Area - hit .353 with 23 extra base hits on his way to third-team all-region honors.
Brandon Birkhead, RHP/1B, Central Bucks East

NAIA

Bellevue (3rd place finish)
Miles Campbell, OF, Cedar Cliff

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