2017 Connecticut Spring Team Preview: Westhill

April 28, 2017

By Dylan Hefflinger, Dennis Healy, Trevor Brown and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief / Co-Director of Scouting

With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR New England is eagerly anticipating bringing the New England states the best high school coverage throughout the region.

Starting in Late-January, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.

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2017 CONNECTICUT SPRING TEAM PREVIEW: Westhill

Team Name: Westhill
Head Coach: DJ Mulvaney
Division: LL
2016 Record: 11-10
Conference Record: 9-7 FCIAC
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 5/5

2017 Team Strengths:

Pitching Depth
Experienced Position Players
Power at the top of Order

2017 Team Weaknesses:

Speed

Coach Outlook: "Good balance of experience and good young talent. Hard working group with great potential."

PBR Outlook: Westhill is extremely deep with pitching and position players. Michael Lisniccihia, had a monster year last year, can swing it from the left side, log good innings off the mound. The Semmel brothers are legit power threats, should hit right in the middle of the lineup. MacDonald and Socci, both RHP's, should round out the pitching staff.

Top Returning Players:

Michael Lisniccihia, OF/RHP, 2017
Dean DePreta, SS, 2017
Hunter Semmel, 1B, 2018
John MacDonald, RHP, 2018
Leo Socci, RHP, 2019
Blake Newcomer, LHP, 2017

Top Underclassmen:

Bobby Zmarzlak, OF, 2019
Montana, Semmel, 3B/C, 2019
TJ Wainwright, 3B/SS, 2019
Joey Skarad, C, 2018

A Look Back At 2016 Preseason Articles:

To view the 2016 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2016 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

To view the 2016 Preseason Team Power Rankings, click below.