Ohio Insider: Flashback - History of The Border Preview
February 18, 2016
By JD Heilmann and Dylan Hefflinger
Ohio/Michigan Scouting Supervisor / Editor in Chief/NW Scout
On Sunday February 21st, PBR will be holding The Border Preview at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio. This event has proven to be rich with talent from Northwest Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario. For more information and to register, please click here.
Below we take a look at the history of The Border Preview.
Interested in attending a PBR Ohio event? Check out our schedule by clicking here.
Starting February 1st, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.
To view the full list of 2016 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.
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Ohio Insider: Flashback - History of The Border Preview
Top Performers From The 2015 Border Preview:
- 2016, C, Samuel McClurg (St. John’s Jesuit). Shows good bat path that stays in the hitting zone with top exit velocity of 92 mph and ran a 6.97 60-yard dash. Still uncommitted, take a look.
- 2016, RHP, Derek Gerken (Napoleon). 6-foot-5, 190-pound projectable frame. On the mound, the lanky right-hander really opened eyes with his fastball topping out at 87 mph. Still uncommitted, take a look.
- 2016, 1B/3B, Zach Brown (Oregon Clay). Stands tall in the batters box with good rotation. Registered showcase best 93 mph exit velocity and ran 6.96 60-yard dash. Still uncommitted, take a look.
- 2016, LHP, Landon Bloir, (Edon/Indiana Tech commit). 6-foot, 200-pound solid build. On the mound the southpaw topped out at 85 mph with a 3-pitch mix.
Players Who Earned Top Prospect Games, Future Games or Underclass Games Invites Based On Performance At Showcase:
- Samuel McClurg, (St. John’s Jesuit, Uncommited)
- Derek Gerken, (Napoleon, Uncommited)
- Zach Brown, (Oregon Clay, Uncommited)
- Landon Bloir, (Edon/Indiana Tech commit)
- Mitch Gremling, (Butler/Wright State Commit)
- Chandler Stillings, (Findlay/BGSU Commit)
Event Records
Top Fastball
+ 88 mph - LHP, Adam Wolf, Edison HS/Louisville Recruit, 2015
+ 88 mph - RHP/INF, Ty Suntken, Wauseon HS/Ohio Recruit, 2014
Top Pop Time
+ 1.94 - C, Kellan Huang, Saline HS (MI), 2017
+ 1.94 - C, Louis Jodoin, W.F. Herman Secondary School - CA, 2016
Top Catcher Velocity
+ 78 mph - C, Jarrett Peters, Bloom Carroll HS/Seton Hill Recruit, 2014
+ 78 mph - C, Seth Strong, Wayne, 2015
Top INF Velocity
+ 88 mph - RHP/INF, Ty Suntken, Wauseon HS/Ohio Recruit, 2014
Top OF Velocity
+ 91 mph - RHP/INF/OF, Jimmy Crabtree, Utica HS/Kent State Recruit, 2016
Top Exit Velocity
+93 mph - 1B/3B, Zach Brown, Oregon Clay, 2016
Top 60 time
+ 6.63 - INF/OF, Noah Renaud, St. Thomas of Villanova (ON), 2015
Quotes from Previous event Participants
"Any PBR event is worth going to. You want to get yourself as much exposure as possible and PBR does a great job of exposing young players." - Jimmy Crabtree, RHP/OF, Utica HS Kent State recruit, 2016
"PBR was important in my recruiting process because the results of my events increased my exposure." - Adam Wolf, LHP, Edison HS/Louisville recruit, 2015
"PBR provided opportunities for me to get noticed and helped me pursue my dream of becoming a Division I college baseball player." - Kyle Benyo, OF, Austintown Fitch/IMG Academy/Youngstown State recruit, 2015
"PBR gave me excellent exposure and it was actually how BG first saw me." - Axel Bueter, LHP, Wauseon HS/Bowling Green recruit, 2014
Commitments From Previous Events:
Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Commitment |
Aaron Gonzalez | MI | L'Anse Creuse | 2015 | C | Northwood |
Adam Wolf | OH | Edison | 2015 | LHP | Louisville |
AJ Hemmelgarn | OH | Sidney Lehman Catholic | 2015 | RHP | Dayton |
Austin Hancock | OH | Defiance | 2014 | SS | Olney JC |
Axel Bueter | OH | Wauseon | 2014 | LHP | Bowling Green |
Azim Qadri | OH | Walsh Jesuit | 2015 | OF | Ohio State |
Ben Hughes | OH | Tippecanoe | 2014 | RHP | Eastern Illinois |
BJ Donathan | OH | Tippecanoe | 2014 | C | King University |
Brad Croy | OH | Ottawa Glandorf | 2015 | 2B/MIF | Bowling Green |
Bradley Hull | OH | Gahanna LIncoln | 2015 | 2B/MIF | Oakland |
Butch Baird | OH | West Holmes | 2014 | LHP | Louisville |
Carl Brubaker | OH | Archbold | 2015 | 1B | Mott Community College |
Chandler Stillings | OH | Findlay | 2016 | LHP | Bowling Green |
Clay Tefft | OH | Wauseon | 2014 | RHP | Shawnee State |
Cole Gibson | OH | Gahanna Lincoln | 2015 | RHP | Oakland |
Dakoda Brown | OH | Toledo Christian | 2014 | LHP | Bowling Green |
Daniel Mitri | OH | NDCL | 2015 | C | Sinclair CC |
Deylen Miley | OH | Bryan | 2016 | MIF/RHP | Tiffin |
Drew DeVine | MI | Marshall | 2016 | SS | Western Michigan |
Drew Johnson | MI | Trenton | 2014 | OF | Marygrove |
Drew Johnson | OH | Franklin | 2015 | C | Miami Hamilton |
Evan McDonald | OH | Logan Elm | 2015 | C | Fairleigh Dickinson |
Garret Sendelbach | OH | Hopewell-Loudon | 2015 | LHP | Ohio Dominican |
Hunter Carson | OH | Otsego | 2016 | RHP | Tiffin |
Hunter Holcomb | MI | St. Clair Lakeshore | 2014 | RHP | St. Clair County C.C. |
Jackson Tedder | OH | Beavercreek | 2016 | LHP | Virginia |
Jacob Green | OH | Defiance | 2014 | RHP | Defiance College |
Jake Trejo | OH | Wauseon | 2013 | C | South Carolina - Sumter |
Jarrett Peters | OH | Bloom Carroll | 2014 | C | Seton Hill |
Jason Burkett | OH | Maumee | 2014 | SS | Ohio Northern |
Jimmy Crabtree | OH | Utica | 2016 | RHP | Kent State |
John Heckman | OH | Hamilton | 2014 | SS | Tiffin |
Jordan Bostater | OH | Bryan | 2014 | 1B | Ohio Northern |
Kyle Benyo | OH | Austintown Fitch | 2015 | OF | Youngstown State |
Landon Bloir | OH | Edon | 2016 | LHP | Indiana Tech |
Layne Schnitz-Paxton | OH | Napoleon | 2016 | RHP | Toledo |
Logan Vallie | MI | Muskegon Mona Shores | 2015 | 2B/MIF | Hope College |
Max Ludka | MI | Traverse City West | 2015 | RHP | Saginaw Valley State |
Mitch Cromley | OH | Bowling Green | 2015 | RHP | Cuyahoga CC |
Mitch Gremling | OH | Vandalia Butler | 2016 | RHP | Wright State |
Nate Suntken | OH | Wauseon | 2015 | RHP | Saginaw Valley State |
Nick Ely | OH | Aurora | 2015 | 3B | Notre Dame College |
Pete Zeimis | MI | Utica Eisenhower | 2015 | 3B | Davenport |
Peyton Ley | OH | Granville | 2016 | 3B | Sinclair |
Ryan Fitzgerald | OH | Mount Vernon | 2015 | OF | Oakland |
Santiago Martinez | OH | Gahanna Lincoln | 2015 | OF | John Carroll |
Shiloh Turner Jr. | OH | Charles F. Brush | 2014 | OF | Tiffin |
Spencer Yankle | OH | Olentangy Liberty | 2016 | C | Oakland |
Trevor Anderson | OH | Lima Shawnee | 2015 | SS | Findlay |
Tristan Faunce | OH | Toledo Central Catholic | 2016 | RHP | Saginaw Valley State |
Ty Suntken | OH | Wauseon | 2014 | SS | Ohio |
Wes Rickenberg | OH | Napoleon | 2014 | RHP | Bowling Green |
William Bohlman | OH | Centerville | 2015 | LHP | University of Charleston |
Zach Heming | OH | Turpin | 2015 | C | Lincoln Memorial |
Top Headlines for the Buckeye State
- PBRPlus Ohio Insider: Updated 2016 Player Rankings
- PBRPlus Ohio Insider: Updated 2017 Player Rankings
- PBRPlus Ohio Insider: Updated 2018 Player Rankings
- OH Ohio Insider: 2015 All-State Elite 25
- OH Ohio Insider: 2015 Division I All-State
- OH Ohio Insider: 2015 Division II All-State
- OH Ohio Insider: 2015 Division III All-State
- OH Ohio Insider: 2015 Division IV All-State
- OH Ohio Insider: All-State Teams Are Released
- OH 2015 Top 22 All-Tournament Team
- PBRPlus Ohio Scout Blog
- PBRPlus The Ohio Recruiting Trail