2017 in Review: #7 2017 College Commitements
December 23, 2017
2017 was a great year, as we look forward to 2018, let us take time to review the top stories or accomplishments from 2017.
No. 10 Woodlawn wins 1A State Championship
No. 9 Harding Academy wins 3A State Championship
No. 8 Nashville wins the 4A State Championship
The 2018 class had 62 college commitments to play baseball at the next level. Today I want to take a look back at this talented class. Just a few notes that stood out to me only 3 players committed to a college that was located in a state that does not border Arkansas. Paxton Wallace (Wichita State) Logan Easley (Wichita State) and Jackson Sloan (NW Florida). There was 21 players who committed to play NCAA Division I baseball 21 players who committed to NJCAA baseball and 20 that committed to NCAA Division II or NAIA schools.
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | COMMITMENT | |
Hayden Arnold | Watson Chapel | RHP | Arkansas-Little Rock | |
Tajhnick Bishop | Ashdown | SS | Louisiana-Monroe | |
Lance Bonvillain | Bryant | LHP | Central Arkansas | |
Sam Box | Providence Academy | SS | Southwest Baptist Univers | |
Kinner Brasher | Southside | OF | Arkansas-Little Rock | |
Brett Brockington | Cabot | RHP | Crowder JC | |
Chase Bryan | White Hall | OF | Seminole State JC (OK) | |
Nick Butler | North Little Rock | OF | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Bailey Butler | Mayflower | 1B | Lyon College | |
Ross Carver | Benton High School | RHP | Crowder JC | |
Bradley Chalk | Rose Bud | OF | Central Baptist College | |
Quinn Cherry | Harrison | C | Crowder JC | |
Andrew Cooper | Green Couty Tech | C | Williams Baptist | |
Hayes Cox | Fayetteville | SS | Arkansas Tech | |
McCall Dail | Conway | OF | Independence CC | |
Jaylen Deshazier | Pine Bluff | RHP | Arkansas State | |
Logan Easley | Heritage | 3B | Wichita State | |
Ryan Flake | Greenbrier | SS | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Noah Fowler | Catholic | RHP | Ouachita Baptist | |
Chase Freeman | North Little Rock | OF | Coffeyville CC | |
Zac Freeman | North Little Rock | SS | Coffeyville CC | |
Logan Gilbertson | Cabot | RHP | Central Arkansas | |
Mathew Goodheart | Magnolia | 2B | San Jacinto JC | |
Caleb Grace | Springdale Har-Ber | C | Carl Albert State JC | |
Tyler Gregg | Farmington | RHP | Crowder JC | |
Eric Groom | Arkadelphia | OF | Henderson State | |
Adrian Hannah | Searcy | 3B | Central Arkansas | |
Bryson Haskins | Ashdown | 2B | Henderson State | |
Justin Hines | Bentonville | SS | Longview CC | |
Ethan Holmes | Van Buren | RHP | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |
Evan Hooper | Cabot | OF | Arkansas | |
Nick Howard | Vilonia | 2B | Oklahoma Wesleyan | |
River Hunt | Sylvan Hills | RHP | Three Rivers CC | |
Haven Hunter | Lonoke | OF | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Chase Hutson | Greene County Tech | RHP | Williams Baptist | |
Austin Kelly | Robinson | RHP | Arkansas | |
Caleb Kimbel | Har-Ber High School | OF | Central Arkansas | |
Andrew Lannon | Armorel | C | Arkansas State | |
Casey Martin | Lonoke | SS | Arkansas | |
Kyle McKeowen | Alma | RHP | Ottawa University | |
Carson McNeill | Beebe | 3B | Harding University | |
Hunter Milligan | Greenbrier | LHP | Arkansas | |
Pierce Mitchum | Heber Springs | OF | Arkansas State | |
Tyler Moreland | Genoa Central | RHP | Arkansas State | |
Denver Mullins | Cabot | C | Crowder JC | |
Preston Pope | Nashville | RHP | Benedictine College (KS) | |
David Rainwater | Sheridan | RHP | Ouachita Baptist | |
Parker Ribble | Magnolia High School | SS | Southern Arkansas | |
Andrew Roach | Springdale | RHP | Cowley County CC | |
Reed Shepherd | North Little Rock | 3B | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Jackson Sloan | Fayetteville | RHP | Northwest Florida State J | |
Andrew Swaim | Ouchita High School | RHP | Henderson State | |
Cameron Tissue | Catholic | SS | Central Arkansas | |
Cade Tucker | Conway | 3B | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Cooper Van Kooten | Greenwood | 2B | Arkansas-Little Rock | |
David Vilches | Sheridan | 3B | Eastern Oklahoma State JC | |
Paxton Wallace | Greenbrier | 3B | Wichita State | |
Korey Wasson | Hot Springs | RHP | Arkansas State | |
Nick Whitley | Sheridan high school | SS | Henderson State | |
Connor Wilkerson | Hermitage High School | RHP | Arkansas-Monticello | |
Jacob Williams | Bentonville | RHP | Oklahoma Wesleyan |
*There may be some commitments that were not committed to keep this from happening in the future please notify our staff of any commitments, all of them are great achievements.