The Year in Review: No. 10 2016 College Commitments
December 20, 2016
By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director
The year of 2016 was a busy year for Prep Baseball Report Arkansas. We hosted 12 showcase events, scouted 3 tournaments during high schools season and 8 during the summer. Our staff saw over 100 games during the high school season. Over the next 10 days I want to review the top ten stories from 2016.
Today we review the 2016 graduate that committed to play college baseball. 25 players in this class committed to NCAA Division I colleges. The total number of commitments reached 87 players. It was a solid class lead by LHP/OF Evan Lee who committed to Arkansas and was named PBR Arkansas Player of the year as he helped lead Bryant High School to the 7A State Championship, as a dual threat player, even hitting a decisive home run in the state championship game.
Below is a complete list of college commitments from the 2016 class.
NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | COMMITMENT |
Erick Aguirre | Lakeside | C | Arkansas Baptist JC |
Austin Allen | Searcy | RHP | Harding University |
Ben Bailey | North Little Rock | C | Arkansas |
Luke Bandy | Providence | SS | Dallas Baptist |
Bryce Bartlett | Searcy | RHP | Central Arkansas |
Brayden Bebee | Arkadelphia | RHP | Henderson State |
Quentin Bowling | Morrilton | RHP | Arkansas Tech |
Cole Boyd | Horatio | C | Southern ArkansaS |
Hunter Brantley | Junction City | LHP | Southern ArkansaS |
Carter Brown | Bentonville | RHP | Arkansas-Little Rock |
Thomas Broyles | Fayetteville | OF | Dallas Baptist |
Ron Burchell | Crossett | SS | Henderson State |
Darien Burns | Hamburgh | OF | Garden City CC |
Gipson Burrow | Lake Hamilton | 3B | Henderson State |
Collin Cahill | Conway | LHP | Arkansas State |
Cade Cambell | McCrory | RHP | Harding University |
Cade Canada | White Hall | RHP | Union University |
Caleb Carr | White Hall | OF | Central Arkansas |
Austin Cross | Ashdown | LHP | Henderson State |
Ryan Czanstkowski | Mountain Home | RHP | Connors State JC |
Blake Daniels | Marked Tree | C | Crowder JC |
Angus Denton | Beebe | RHP | Arkansas |
Drew Dyer | Benton | LHP | Central Arkansas |
Ryan Fielder | Arkansas Baptist | OF | Ouachita Baptist |
Patrick Flanagan | Texarkana | RHP | Crowder JC |
Kasey Ford | Bentonville | RHP | Kansas State |
DJ Franklin | Fairview | SS | Henderson State |
J. Paul Fullerton | Harding Academy | C | Harding University |
Tyler Gilbert | Murfreesboro | LHP | Henderson State |
Ty Gordon | Greene County Tech | RHP | Three Rivers CC |
Christian Goshen | North Little Rock | RHP | Missouri Southern |
Brandon Hall | Lakeside | 1B | Arkansas Baptist JC |
Joe Hampton | Little Rock Christian | OF | Arkansas |
Lance Harville-Thomas | Catholic | OF | Crowder JC |
Dylan Hays | Little Rock Christian Academy | RHP | Arkansas |
Harrison Heffley | Rogers | LHP | Arkansas |
Gavin Heltemes | Prairie Grove | RHP | Coffeyville CC |
Jakob Henry | Conway Christian | LHP | Central Arkansas |
Garry Hill | Star City | RHP | Arkansas State |
Noah Holt | Harding Academy | OF | Harding University |
Logan Huneycutt | Ouachita High | SS | Ouachita Baptist |
Dylan Hurt | Bryant | C | Arkansas-Fort Smith |
Zach Jackson | Bryant | RHP | Arkansas |
Cutter Jester | Arkadelphia | SS | Ouachita Baptist |
Austin Jones | Arkadelphia | OF | Henderson State |
Michael King | Har-Ber | RHP | Northeastern |
Cooper King | Harrison | 2B | Crowder JC |
Ty Koster | Arkadelphia | 3B | Central Arkansas |
Chase Kyzer | Cabot | RHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
Zach Langston | Batesville | OF | Central Arkansas |
Hunter Lansdell | Horatio | RHP | Arkansas Tech |
Evan Lee | Bryant | LHP | Arkansas |
Hunter Lewis | Gurdon | LHP | Southern ArkansaS |
Brandon Matros | Arkadelphia | LHP | Ouachita Baptist |
Cole Muckleroy | Star City | OF | Arkansas-Monticello |
Joe Myers | Catholic | SS | Henderson State |
Brody Ninemire | Viola | C | Harding University |
Colten Nix | Benton | OF | Arkansas State |
Chase Nix | Benton | LHP | Arkansas State |
Greyson Pinkett | Conway | C | Independence CC |
Austin Powell | Star City | C | Arkansas State |
Luke Price | Dover | OF | Crowder JC |
Grant Prichard | Pocahontas High School | RHP | Harding University |
Keiandre Purifoy | Smackover | C | Southern ArkansaS |
Caleb Reagan | Farmington | C | Connors State JC |
Jordan Reed | North Little Rock | OF | Henderson State |
Matt Robbins | Mountain Home Career Academies | C | Three Rivers CC |
Ross Rogers | Fordyce | RHP | Central Arkansas |
Adam Scoggins | Har-Ber | LHP | Crowder JC |
EJ Scott | Central | LHP | Crowder JC |
Mackenzie Seats | Sylvan | SS | Arkansas Baptist JC |
Alex Shurtleff | Bryant | RHP | Harding University |
Jake Slunder | Cabot | OF | Murray State |
Gunnar Smith | Benton | RHP | Southern ArkansaS |
Brent Southerland | Bigelow | RHP | Eastern Oklahoma State JC |
Danny Joe Spradlin | Arkadelphia | C | Henderson State |
Dakotah Stafford | Central | C | Crowder JC |
Brandon Still | Har-Ber | 1B | Kansas City Kansas CC |
Drake Streeter | Hamburg | LHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
Justin Swecker | Genoa Central | RHP | Arkansas-Monticello |
Dylan Thompson | Catholic | LHP | Arkansas |
Luke Van Dover | Little Rock Christian | 2B | Harding University |
Tanner Vaught | Horatio | RHP | Southern ArkansaS |
Jordan Volner | Nettleton | 1B | Northwest Mississippi CC |
Sage White | Rogers | RHP | Harding University |
Brinson Williams | Benton | C | Central Arkansas |
Blake Wynn | Star City | SS | Arkansas State |
Drew Young | Bentonville | RHP | Central Arkansas |
Jon Youngblood | Lakeside | RHP | Henderson State |