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West Virginia Class of 2018 Rankings Updated

July 8, 2016

By Greg Williams
West Virginia Director of Scouting

With the culmination of the high school season, the 2016 MLB Draft and the start of the Prep Baseball Report summer schedule of events, it is now time to shift our focus to updates to our statewide player rankings .

During the course of this week we will look at updates to the rankings in the Class of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Today we concentrate on the rising juniors in the Class of 2018.

At the top of the list is RHP Michael Maiolo (Woodrow Wilson) who went 8-3 with a school-record 123 Ks in 73 2/3 innings of work as a sophomore to earn 1st Team All-State honors. Maiolo tossed his third career no-hitter and struck out 12 in 1-0 regional semifinal win against Greenbrier East.

What's next:                                

  • July 9 - Initial Class of 2019 rankings

2018 WV Rankings (Top 10) 

RANK NAME STATE SCHOOL CLASS POS COMMITMENT
1 Michael Maiolo WV Woodrow Wilson 2018 RHP  
2 Trenton Begley WV Liberty-Raleigh 2018 LHP  
3 Noah Short WV Winfield 2018 RHP  
4 Logan Stump WV Independence 2018 RHP  
5 Chandler Kelley WV Hurricane 2018 2B  
6 Nick Leonard WV Brooke 2018 SS  
7 Cayden Ross WV Wayne 2018 SS  
8 Ross Mulhall WV University 2018 1B  
9 Jeremiah Milum WV Wayne 2018 3B  
10 Jarrod Jones WV Wheeling Park 2018 2B

+ CLICK HERE to see the current list of all ranked players in the class.

ADDITIONAL WV NEWS: