Year in Review: College Commitments
December 30, 2016
Brian Feekin
Nebraska Scouting Director
Starting with the launch of PBR Nebraska in February, we followed the high school season throughout the Spring and Legion Summer. We held the Top Prospect Showcase in May, Border Battle & Central Nebraska Prospect ID in August and Fall Review in October. Our boots-on-the-ground scouting staff has seen a dizzying amount of baseball players, which allows us to accumulate information and be the #1 resource for high school baseball in the state of Nebraska.
With the New Year approaching, we decided to take a look back through the college commitments made by prospects across the state.
The 2017 class currently has 47 commits. Eight of these commitments are to Division-1 programs, seven are committed to Division-2, 16 are committed to Junior Colleges and 17 are committed to NAIA or Division-3 programs. At this point, we would not be surprised if we saw 60+ committed as there are still very strong prospects available in Thomas Webster, Ben Crnkovich, Dakota Smith and Cameron Wynne etc. Of those committed in the 2017 class, 57% attended a PBR event in the last two years.
2017 Commitments
NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS. | COMMITMENT |
Kenny Allred | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | OF | Allen County CC |
Brandon Anderson | NE | Omaha Skutt | 2017 | RHP | Neosho County CC |
Jake Baasch | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | OF | Hill JC |
Jackson Berney | NE | Holdrege | 2017 | SS | Creighton |
Darek Bornemeier | NE | Elmwood Murdock | 2017 | SS | Augustana College (SD) |
Jake Cera | NE | Millard North | 2017 | RHP | Morningside College |
Adrian Cotton | NE | Gretna | 2017 | C | Concordia (NE) |
Joshua Culliver | NE | Creighton Prep | 2017 | RHP | Minnesota |
Aaron Gerdes | NE | Millard North | 2017 | SS | Hawaii |
Caleb Goetz | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | 3B | Iowa Western CC |
Skye Harnly | NE | Lincoln Southwest | 2017 | OF | Missouri S&T |
Nick Henrichs | NE | Westside | 2017 | RHP | Buena Vista University |
CJ Hlavac | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | RHP | Hill JC |
Daniel Hundley | NE | Lincoln Southeast | 2017 | RHP | Southwestern CC |
Tristan Junker | NE | Holdrege | 2017 | C | Morningside College |
Garrett Kocis | NE | Millard West | 2017 | SS | Wichita State |
Ryan Koski | NE | Kearney | 2017 | OF | Northwest Missouri State |
Collin Lefeber | NE | Omaha Central | 2017 | 2B | Central College |
Max McGuire | NE | Lincoln Southwest | 2017 | C | Missouri State |
Trent McMullen | NE | Omaha Montessori | 2017 | 1B | Hastings College |
Brett Miller | NE | Omaha Skutt | 2017 | C | Garden City CC |
Nick Moeser | NE | Bellevue East | 2017 | OF | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Ryan Moritz | NE | Skutt | 2017 | SS | Hutchinson CC |
Duncan O'Boyle | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | C | Lincoln Memorial |
Will Olson | NE | Millard West | 2017 | C | Nebraska-Kearney |
Aaron Palensky | NE | Papillion LaVista South | 2017 | OF | Southeast CC |
Christopher Palomo | NE | Gering | 2017 | 3B | Nebraska-Kearney |
Camden Parks | NE | Millard North | 2017 | SS | Morningside College |
Isaiah Peterson | NE | Lincoln Southwest | 2017 | OF | Iowa Western CC |
Zach Philbin | NE | Creighton Prep | 2017 | LHP | Hutchinson CC |
Tyler Push | NE | Fremont | 2017 | C | Newman |
Jacob Randazzo | NE | Elkhorn | 2017 | RHP | North Central Missouri JC |
Aaron Ras | NE | Thurston-Cuming | 2017 | LHP | Wayne State College (NE) |
Jared Remar | NE | Ralston | 2017 | LHP | Buena Vista University |
Brandel Riekenberg | NE | Beatrice | 2017 | SS | Southeast CC |
Joe Roecker | NE | Elkhorn | 2017 | RHP | Iowa Western CC |
Ryan Samuelson | NE | Gretna | 2017 | RHP | Concordia (NE) |
Garrett Skillett | NE | Crete | 2017 | 2B | Doane College |
Tommy Steier | NE | Creighton Prep | 2017 | RHP | Nebraska-Omaha |
Cam Taylor | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | LHP | Johnson County CC |
Thomas Tewes | NE | Lincoln Lutheran | 2017 | RHP | Drury University |
Mark Timmins | NE | Omaha Central | 2017 | RHP | Southeast CC |
Bryce Walker | NE | Bellevue West | 2017 | C | Allen County CC |
Brett Winkelmann | NE | Millard West | 2017 | LHP | Emporia State University |
Josh Wonder | NE | Omaha North | 2017 | 1B | Northwestern College (IA) |
Jamie Young | NE | Norris | 2017 | LHP | Nebraska |
Antonio Zach | NE | Elkhorn South | 2017 | OF | Johnson County CC |
The 2018 class is one of the most talented classes in the last five years in Nebraska. There are currently eight players committed to Division-1 programs with multiple other players knocking on the door of Division-1 opportunities. The 2018 class has an elite level pro prospect with Colby Gomes. Along with Gomes, Shay Schanaman, Kyle Perry and Drew Gilin provide the Huskers a strong pipeline of in state talent. Outside the Omaha area, Zach Argo, Austin Schultz, Garrett Olson and Casey Burnham have pledged their commitment to bordering state schools. When the 2018 class is finished, we would not be surprised if 12-15 players are committed to Division-1 programs.
2018 Commitments
NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS. | COMMITMENT |
Zach Argo | NE | Norris | 2018 | RHP | Air Force |
Casey Burnham | NE | Grand Island | 2018 | OF | Kansas |
Drew Gilin | NE | Millard South | 2018 | SS | Nebraska |
Colby Gomes | NE | Millard West | 2018 | RHP | Nebraska |
Garrett Olson | NE | Lincoln Southeast | 2018 | SS | Northern Colorado |
Kyle Perry | NE | Millard South | 2018 | LHP | Nebraska |
Shay Schanaman | NE | Grand Island | 2018 | SS | Nebraska |
Austin Schultz | NE | Norris | 2018 | SS | Wichita State |
As baseball in Nebraska continues to grow, we are excited to create awareness of talent for players throughout the state. Please continue to email in your commitments to [email protected] so we can continue to be your source for all news related to high school in Nebraska.