The single most impressive display of amateur baseball talent ever assembled was the 2006 Perfect Game National Showcase. Held at beautiful Baum Stadium, U of Arkansas this event was a who?€™s who of high school baseball talent. Nearly every Aflac All American was there and more than 90% of the current top 100 according to pgcrosschecker.com
The June draft in 2007 and the college commitment list will go to prove the PG National is #1 when it comes to talent. That?€™s why nearly everyone of the 30 MLB Scouting Directors attend along with hundreds of other scouts and nearly all the top college programs in the country.
Many of the nation?€™s top college programs were on hand and loaded up on the talent. Leading the way were national powers like Texas, Tennessee, Texas A&M, UCLA, Stanford, TCU, Oregon State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Miami, LSU, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Florida, Clemson, Cal State Fullerton, Auburn, Arizona State, Alabama and Arkansas. All 20 of the above colleges successfully recruited at least three players who attended the PG National.
Leading the way was Arizona State with 8 PG National players. Auburn, Clemson, Oregon State and Texas ended up signing six PG National players. Florida, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, San Diego, were next with five PG National players. Here are the colleges that signed PG National players during the early signing period. An interesting note: 33 PG National players signed early with the eight colleges the made it to last year?€™s college world series. The last 8 NCAA World Series Champions combined to successfully recruit 38 PG National players.
Looking at any of the ?€?Top Recruiting Class?€? lists, it is quite obvious that the PG National Showcase is the number one stop for top college programs. Looking at the past MLB drafts, it is obvious the PG National Showcase is the number one, individual player, showcase event in baseball.
2006 PG National Showcase Players Sign Early
Alabama
Austin Bailey RHP
Connor Hoehn RHP
Ross Wilson SS
Arizona State
Seth Blair RHP
Kyle Brule RHP
Michael Burgess OF
Justin Jackson SS
Chase Johnson RHP
Mathew Newman OF
Tillman Pugh OF
Danny Rams C
Arkansas
Conrad Flynn RHP
Cody Hawn OF
Kendall Korbal RHP
James Mahler RHP
Auburn
Brian Fletcher MIF
Weston Gilmer SS
Jon Luke Jacobs RHP
D.J. Jones OF
Hunter Morris IF
Kevin Patterson 1B
Baylor
Chris Withrow RHP
Blinn JC
Paul Demny RHP
Boston College
Kyle Prohovich 1B
Bradley
Joe Lincoln C
Cal State Fullerton
Christian Colon MIF
Freddie Freeman 1B
Kyle O'Campo RHP
Central Florida
Cody Allen RHP
Evan Stobbs-Bultema 3B
Clemson
Christopher Epps OF
Craig Gullickson LHP
Nick Noonan SS
Justin Poovey RHP
Jeff Schaus OF
Joshua Smoker LHP
Connecticut
Ryan Mikalsen LHP
Joe Pavone C
Duke
Tom Luciano OF
East Tennessee St.
Josh Means RHP
Elon
Greg Amorosso LHP
Gregory Annarummo 3B
Samuel "Brock" Bailey IF
Brian Bodjiak RHP
Evansville
Colin Buckborough RHP
Florida
Evan Chambers OF
Travis Lawler RHP
Ryan Mathews 1B
Tommy Toledo RHP
John Tolisano SS
Florida Atlantic
Michael Gipson RHP
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Florida International
Nevin Griffith RHP
Joseph Hage OF
Florida State
Parker Brunelle C
John Gast LHP
Michael Main RHP
Mike McGee SS
Mark Peterson LHP
Fordham
Alex Kenny OF
Fresno State
Jake Johnson C
Georgia
Jace Brown MIF
Kevin Rhoderick RHP
Georgia Southern
Derrick (DJ) Fitzgerald MIF
Georgia Tech
Derek Dietrich SS
Deck McGuire RHP
Neil Ramirez RHP
Nathan Vineyard LHP
High Point
Trevor Reckling LHP
Illinois
Nick Chmielewski RHP
Iowa
Nicholas Jensen LHP
Jacksonville
Glen Johnson SS
Matthew Tomshaw LHP
Kansas
Remington Wilson C
Kentucky
Ian Tomkins C
Lamar
Nicholas Christopher RHP
Long Beach State
Michael Watt LHP
Louisiana State
Johnny Dishon OF
Micah Gibbs C
DJ LeMahieu SS
Manhattan
Austin Sheffield 1B
Mercer
Jason Butts C
Justice French SS
Miami
Yasmani Grandal C
Chris Hernandez LHP
Iden Nazario 1B
D.J. Swatscheno LHP
Joseph Terdoslavich C
Michigan
Travis Smith RHP
Mississippi
Timothy Ferguson MIF
Logan Williams SS
Mississippi State
Forrest Moore LHP
Murray State
Steven Bayko C
Nebraska
Cameron Robulack 1B
David Stewart OF
Nevada
Braxton Miller C
New Mexico
Richard Bohlken MIF
North Carolina
Madison Bumgarner LHP
Matt Harvey RHP
Patrick Johnson RHP
Rick Porcello RHP
Nathan Striz RHP
North Carolina State
Patrick Arnold RHP
Demetrius Washington OF
Northeastern
Leslie Williams RHP
Notre Dame
Evan Danieli RHP
Brian Dupra RHP
Gregory Sherry SS
Oklahoma
Blake Beavan RHP
Oklahoma State
Davis Duren MIF
Old Dominion
Tyler Mann OF
Oregon State
Tim Alderson RHP
Stephen Hagen 3B
Garrett Nash SS
Josh Osich LHP
Greg Peavey RHP
Tanner Robles LHP
Pepperdine
Cole Cook RHP
Rice
Carmen Angelini SS
Nicholas Natale OF
Rutgers
Jaren Matthews 1B
Saint Mary's
David Small LHP
Sam Houston State
Braden Riley MIF
Samford
Nicholas Navarro C
San Diego
Kyle Blair RHP
Nicholas Hom 3B
Victor Sanchez 3B
Sammy Solis LHP
Sequoyah Stonecipher OF
San Diego State
Deryk Hooker RHP
Daniel Elorriaga-Matra C
San Francisco
Connor Bernatz OF
South Carolina
Kyle Greenwalt RHP
Jose Rodriguez OF
South Florida
Yoandy Barroso OF
Todd Brazeal 3B
Kevin Quackenbush RHP
AJ Regoli Of
Southern Illinois
Nick Rice LHP
Stanford
Zach Jones C
Jonathan Kaskow 1B
Jack McGeary LHP
Dan Sandbrink RHP
TCU
Sean Hoelscher 3B
Greg Holle OF
Relly Mercurio 1B
Tennessee
Gary Bulman RHP
Kentrail Davis OF
Sam Runion RHP
Texas
Bobby Buckner MIF
Kawika Emsley-Pai C
Cole Green RHP
Kevin Keyes OF
Cameron Rupp C
Tant Shepherd 3B
Texas A&M
Kevin Ahrens SS
Drake Britton LHP
Andrew Nettune C
Troy
Blake Martz C
UCLA
Erik Goeddel RHP
Jason Heyward OF
Brett Krill OF
UNC Charlotte
Joseph Yermal RHP
UNC Greensboro
Raymond Quinones MIF
Keith Weinkofsky C
Shawn Zarraga C
UT San Antonio
Tyler Carpenter C
Vandrebilt
Curtis Casali C
Aaron Westlake 1B
Virginia
Philip Gosselin MIF
Tyler Wilson RHP
Virginia Tech
Hunter Ovens OF
VMI
Sam Roberts 3B
Wake Forest
Mark Adzick LHP
Steven Brooks OF
Courtney Morgan MIF
Washington
Joey Paciorek SS
Washington State
Keaton Hayenga RHP
Western Carolina
Andrew Cobb OF
Jordan Lucas SS
Wichita State
Jon Gilmore SS
Peter Kozma MIF
There are still a few that we have not been able to track their college choice as of this date. We will update the list completely as we get more information.
Most MLB scouts, college recruiters, and others who attended the Perfect Game National this past June would claim it was the single most impressive display of high school talent ever assembled. The Perfect Game National has produced over 60 first round picks in the past 5 years, but the 2006 National was arguably the best of them all. The 2007 draft should be very interesting as will the 2010 when many of these players are selected in the first round.