Rawlings is a name that always stands for baseball excellence. Being the only baseball that is used at all Perfect Game, WWBA and BCS events, it stands to reason that Rawlings would come to Perfect Game to name the first Rawlings Preseason High School All America and All Regional teams. Looking at the results, it’s very easy to see why Rawlings partnered with Perfect Game to honor the nation’s top prep players.

2007 was the first year that Perfect Game named the Rawlings Pre-season High School All America Teams. A first, second, third team was announced along with 8 Rawlings All Regional teams.

There are many pre-season All American Teams, but there has never been one that turned out so accurate? Below is the list along with the spot they were selected (if selected) in the 2007 MLB draft. The list was produced in January and released in February. Many were surprised by Jarrod Parker going so high. Even more surprising was when the Twins selected Ben Revere in the first round. More surprising picks included Kevin Ahrens, Mike Moustakas, Devin Mesoraco, Wendall Fairley, but all these players showed up on the Rawlings All America teams that were named before the 2007 high school season began. It’s one thing to pick an all American team after the draft, but many of these players weren’t really considered first round picks last January.

Please keep in mind that the draft list doesn’t always relate to who the most talented players are. This is often due to injuries and signability concerns. Once in awhile a player drafted lower than expected will end up signing for early or even first round money. This year was no exception, as potential first round picks like Erik Goeddel were injured, and Jack McGeary (6th round) signed for early first round money and still plans to attend Stanford in the off season.

Let’s look at the 2007 Rawlings Preseason High School All America Teams. The draft position, if any, for each player is at the far right.

1st Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Player	Pos		Wt	BT	High School	City	St	College	Draft
Blake Beavan	RHP	6-7	210	R R	Irving	Irving	TX	Oklahoma	1st rd
Neil Ramirez	RHP	6-3	190	R R	Kempsville	Virginia Beach	VA	Georgia Tech	1st rd
Tim Alderson	RHP	6-7	208	R R	Horizon	Phoenix	AZ	Oregon State	1st rd
Jarrod Parker	RHP	6-0	175	R R	Norwell	Bluffton	IN	Georgia Tech	1st rd
Joshua Smoker	LHP	6-3	190	L L	Calhoun	Sugar Valley	GA	Clemson	1st rd
Madison Bumgarner	LHP	6-5	220	R L	South Caldwell	Lenoir	NC	North Carolina	1st rd
Justin Jackson	INF	6-2	175	R R	T C Roberson	Asheville	NC	Arizona State	1st rd
Ryan Dent	INF	6-0	185	R R	Woodrow Wilson	Long Beach	CA	UCLA	1st rd
Josh Vitters	INF	6-3	190	R R	Cypress	Anaheim	CA	Arizona State	1st rd
Peter Kozma	INF	6-0	170	R R	Owasso	Owasso	OK	Wichita State	1st rd
Nick Noonan	INF	6-1	175	L R	Francis Parker	San Diego	CA	Clemson	1st rd
Jon Gilmore	INF	6-3	190	R R	City High	Iowa City	IA	Wichita State	1st rd
Matthew Dominguez	INF	6-2	180	R R	Chatsworth	Lake Balboa	CA	Cal State Fullerton	1st rd
Jason Heyward	OF 1B	6-4	220	L L	Henry County	McDonough	GA	UCLA	1st rd
Michael Burgess	OF	5-11	190	L L	Hillsborough	Tampa	FL	Arizona State	1st rd
Ben Revere	OF	5-9	155	L R	Lexington Catholic	Richmond	KY	Georgia	1st rd
Rick Porcello	RHP	6-5	195	R R	Seton Hall Prep	Chester	NJ	North Carolina	1st rd
Michael Main	RHP OF	6-2	180	R R	Deland	Deltona	FL	Florida State	1st rd
Scott Moviel	RHP	6-10	245	R R	St. Edward	Berea	OH	North Carolina State	2nd rd
Austin Romine	C	6-1	195	R R	El Toro	Lake Forest	CA	Arizona State	2nd rd
Danny Rams	C 1B	6-2	218	R R	Gulliver Prep	Miami	FL	Arizona State	2nd rd
Freddie Freeman	1B	6-5	210	L R	El Modena	Villa Park	CA	Cal State Fullerton	2nd rd
John Tolisano	INF	6-0	190	S R	Estero/Home schooled	Sanibel	FL	Florida	2nd rd
Hunter Morris	INF	6-4	200	L R	Grissom	Huntsville	AL	Auburn	2nd rd
Matt Harvey	RHP	6-4	195	R R	Fitch	Mystic	CT	North Carolina	3rd rd
Kyle Blair	RHP	6-4	200	R R	Los Gatos	Monte Sereno	CA	San Diego	5th rd
Will Middlebrooks	INF RHP	6-4	215	R R	Liberty-Eylau	Wake Village	TX	Texas A&M	5th rd
Jack McGeary	LHP	6-3	215	L L	Roxbury Latin	Newton	MA	Stanford	6th rd
Christian Colon	INF	5-11	175	S R	Canyon	Anaheim Hills	CA	Cal State Fullerton	10th rd
Julian Sampson	RHP	6-5	190	R R	Skyline	Sammamish	WA	Washington	12th rd
Tanner Robles	LHP	6-4	190	L L	Cottonwood	Murray	UT	Oregon State	12th rd
Kentrail Davis	OF	5-10	195	L R	Theodore	Theodore	AL	Tennessee	14th rd
Greg Peavey	RHP	6-2	185	R R	Hudson's Bay	Vancouver	WA	Oregon State	24th rd
Kevin Patterson	1B C	6-4	215	L R	Oak Mountain	Birmingham	AL	Auburn	24th rd
Yasmani Grandal	C	6-2	205	S R	Miami Springs	Hialeah	FL	Miami	27th rd
Evan Danieli	RHP	6-8	225	R R	Seton Hall Prep	East Hanover	NJ	Notre Dame	33rd rd
Iden Nazario	LHP 1B	6-0	190	L-L	Miami Southridge	Miami	FL	Miami	41st rd
Cameron Rupp	C	6-3	225	R R	Prestonwood	Plano	TX	Texas	42nd rd
Brett Krill	OF	6-4	210	R R	Aliso Niguel	Laguna Niguel	CA	UCLA	46th rd
Erik Goeddel	RHP	6-3	175	R R	Bellarmine College Prep	Hillsborough	CA	UCLA	Injured
2nd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Player	Pos		Wt	BT	High School	City	St	College
John Bachanov	RHP	6-4	200	R R	Boone	Orlando	FL		1st rd
Chris Withrow	RHP	6-3	185	R R	Midland Christian	Odessa	TX	Baylor	1st rd
Nathan Vineyard	LHP	6-3	200	L L	Woodland	Emerson	GA	Chipola FL JC	1st rd
Mike Moustakas	C INF	6-0	185	L R	Chatsworth	Northridge	CA	USC	1st rd
Devin Mesoraco	C	6-0	200	R R	Punxsutawney	Punxsutawney	PA	Virginia	1st rd
Travis D'Arnaud	C	6-1	175	R R	Lakewood	Long Beach	CA	Pepperdine	1st rd
Kevin Ahrens	INF	6-1	187	S R	Memorial-Spring Branch	Houston	TX	Texas A&M	1st rd
Wendall Fairley	OF	6-2	175	L	George County	Lucedale	MS	Southern Mississippi	1st rd
Nick Barnese	RHP	6-2	175	R R	Simi Valley	Simi Valley	CA	Cal State Fullerton	2nd rd
Sam Runion	RHP	6-4	220	R R	Reynolds	Asheville	NC	Tennessee	2nd rd
Travis Mattair	INF	6-4	210	R R	Southridge	Kennewick	WA	Oregon State	2nd rd
Eric Eiland	OF	6-1	190	L L	Lamar	Houston	TX	Texas A&M	2nd rd
Denny Almonte	OF	6-2	182	S R	Florida Christian	Miami	FL	Arizona State	2nd rd
Tommy Toledo	RHP	6-3	165	R R	Alonso	Tampa	FL	Florida	3rd rd
Dan Duffy	LHP	6-3	185	L L	Cabrillo	Lompoc	CA	Cal Poly	3rd rd
Derek Dietrich	INF RHP	6-2	185	L R	St. Ignatius	Parma	OH	Georgia Tech	3rd rd
Andrew Lambo	1B	6-3	191	L L	Newbury Park	Newbury Park	CA	Arizona State	4th rd
Garrett Nash	INF	6-0	180	S R	Jordan	Draper	UT	Oregon State	4th rd
John Gast	LHP	6-1	195	L L	Lake Brantley	Longwood	FL	Florida State	5th rd
Casey Crosby	LHP	6-4	190	L L	Kaneland	Elburn	IL	Illinois	5th rd
PJ Dean	RHP	6-3	175	R R	New Caney	Kingwood	TX	Oklahoma	7th rd
Carmen Angelini	INF	6-1	175	R R	Barbe	Lake Charles	LA	Rice	10th rd
Anthony Ranaudo	RHP	6-8	225	R R	St. Rose	Jackson	NJ	Louisiana State	11th rd
Justin Grimm	RHP	6-4	175	R R	Virginia	Bristol	VA		13th rd
Kyle O'Campo	RHP	6-3	185	R R	Riverside Poly	Corona	CA	Cal State Fullerton	13th rd
Sammy Solis	LHP	6-5	225	R L	Agua Fria	Litchfield Park	AZ	San Diego	18th rd
Bobby Coyle	OF	6-2	185	L L	Chatsworth	Canoga Park	CA	Arizona	19th rd
Jiwan James	OF RHP	6-4	170	S R	Williston	Willistan	FL	Florida	22nd rd
Matt Presley	INF RHP	6-2	197	R R	Cheyenne Mountain	Colorado Springs	CO	Arizona	24th rd
Victor Sanchez	INF	6-1	175	R R	Gahr	Norwalk	CA	San Diego	25th rd
Andy Wilkins	INF	6-2	210	L R	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	OK	Arkansas	25th rd
Kelvin Clark	OF	6-2	185	R R	Redan	Ellenwood	GA		26th rd
Thad Griffen	C	6-2	210	R R	Barbe	Lake Charles	LA		32nd rd
Jeff Schaus	OF	6-2	190	L R	Barron Collier	Naples	FL	Clemson	35th rd
Greg Holle	OF RHP	6-8	210	R R	Christian Brothers Acad.	Loudonville	NY	TCU	35th rd
Cole Cook	RHP	6-6	200	L R	Palisades	Los Angeles	CA	Pepperdine	36th rd
DJ LeMahieu	INF	6-3	185	R R	Brother Rice	Bloomfield Hills	MI	Louisiana State	41st rd
Seth Blair	RHP	6-2	190	R R	Rock Falls	Rock Falls	IL	Arizona State	47th rd
Jonathan Kaskow	1B	6-4	210	S R	Coppell	Coppell	TX	Stanford
Bobby Buckner	INF	5-11	176	S R	Boise	Boise	ID	Texas
3rd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	BT	High School	City	St	College
Nevin Griffith	RHP	6-2	185	R R	Middleton	Brandon	FL	Florida International	2nd rd
Mike Stanton	1B	6-5	205	R R	Notre Dame	Sherman Oaks	CA	USC	2nd rd
Brett Zawacki	RHP	6-1	180	R R	LaSalle-Peru Township	Peru	IL	Arizona State	12th rd
Chad Jones	OF LHP	6-3	225	L L	Southern Lab	Baton Rouge	LA	Louisiana State	13th rd
Jake Cowan	RHP	6-2	165	R R	Roswell	Roswell	GA	Virginia	14th rd
Paul Demny	RHP	6-2	200	R R	East Bernard	East Bernard	TX	Blinn JC	15th rd
Austin Bailey	RHP	6-1	195	S R	Prattville	Prattville	AL	Alabama	16th rd
Kevin Rhoderick	RHP	6-0	175	R R	Horizon	Scottsdale	AZ	Georgia	18th rd
Kyle Greenwalt	RHP	6-0	195	R R	Souderton	Harleysville	PA	South Carolina	20th rd
Chris Luck	RHP	6-3	180	R R	South Granville	Wake Forest	NC	Surry NC CC	20th rd
Connor Hoehn	RHP	6-1	190	R R	St. Johns College	Damascus	MD	Alabama	21st rd
Drake Britton	LHP	6-2	200	L L	Tomball	Magnolia	TX	Texas A&M	23rd rd
Christopher Berroa	OF	6-1	180	R R	Pennsauken	Pennsauken	NJ	UNC Greensboro	25th rd
Daniel Elorriaga-Matra	C	6-0	180	R R	Stoneman Douglas	Coral Springs	FL	San Diego State	26th rd
Kevin Keyes	OF	6-3	205	R R	Connally	Austin	TX	Texas	26th rd
Nick Tepesch	RHP	6-4	200	R R	Blue Springs	Blue Springs	MO	Missouri	28th rd
Gary Bulman	RHP	6-3	230	R R	Greenbriar Christian Acad.	Virginia Beach	VA	Tennessee	31st rd
Dan Killian	C	6-3	180	L R	Chippewa Hills	Stanwood	MI	Kentucky	32nd rd
Sean Tierney	LHP	6-4	180	L L	Clover Hill	Moseley	VA	Virginia	35th rd
Ross Wilson	INF	6-0	185	R R	Hoover	Hoover	AL	Alabama	35th rd
Brian Dupra	RHP	6-3	193	R R	Greece Athena	Rochester	NY	Notre Dame	36th rd
Glen Johnson	INF	5-11	170	S R	South Fork	Hobe Sound	FL	Jacksonville	36th rd
Brian Fletcher	INF	6-1	185	R R	Starr's Mill	Fayetteville	GA	Auburn	39th rd
Joseph Leftridge	OF	6-0	170	R R	Duncanville	Dallas	TX		39th rd
Taylor Whitenton	INF/RHP	6-2	175	R R	Heritage	Conyers	GA	Chipola FL JC	40th rd
Shawn Zarraga	C	6-2	210	R R	Trinity Christian	Boynton Beach	FL	UNC Greensboro	44th rd
Robert Broach	RHP	6-0	195	R R	Archbishop Rummel	Luling	LA	Tulane	47th rd
Joey Manning	OF	6-4	210	R R	Bartow	Bartow	FL	Vanderbilt	47th rd
Matt Evers	LHP	6-2	195	S L	Stratford	Houston	TX	Rice	48th rd
Steve Lombardozzi	INF	5-11	168	S R	Atholton	Fulton	MD	St Petersburg FL JC
Ryan Mathews	1B	6-4	180	R R	Boone	Orlando	FL	Florida
Zach Brewster	LHP	6-0	175	L L	North Hall	Murryville	GA	Georgia Tech
Cole Leonida	C	6-2	205	R R	Grandview	Aurora	CO	Georgia Tech
D.J. Swatscheno	LHP	6-2	190	L L	Flanagan	Pembroke Pines	FL	Miami
Timothy Ferguson	INF	6-2	180	R R	West Brook	Beaumont	TX	Mississippi
Josh Osich	LHP	6-3	190	L L	Bishop Kelly	Boise	ID	Oregon State
Sequoyah Stonecipher	OF	6-1	195	R R	Mission Bay	San Diego	CA	San Diego
Cole Green	RHP	6-1	195	R R	Coppell	Coppell	TX	Texas
Philip Gosselin	INF	6-0	175	R R	Malvern Prep	West Chester	PA	Virginia
Steven Brooks	OF	6-0	175	R R	Seton Hall Prep	Wyckoff	NJ	Wake Forest
The following players drafted in the first five rounds were named to the pre-season Rawlings All Regional Teams
Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	BT	High School	City	St	College
Brandon Hamilton	RHP	6-2	190	R R	Stan Hope Elmore	Birmingham	AL		1st rd
Charles Culberson	MIF	5-11	175	R R	Calhoun	Rome	GA		1st rd
Drew Cumberland	MIF	5-10	170	L R	Pace	Pace	FL		1st rd
Jake Smolinski	OF	6-0	195	R R	Boylan Catholic	Rockford	IL		2nd rd
Matt West	MIF	6-0	180	R R	Bellaire	Houston	TX		2nd rd
Michael Watt	LHP	6-1	185	L L	Capistrano Valley	San Juan Capistrano	CA		2nd rd
Brandon Workman	RHP	6-4	190	R R	Bowie	Bowie	TX		2nd rd
Steven Souza	3B	6-3	190	R R	Cascade	Everett	WA		3rd rd
Danny Carroll	OF	6-1	180	R R	Valley View	Moreno Valley	CA		3rd rd
Brock Huntzinger	RHP	6-3	205	R R	Pendleton Heights	Pendleton	IN		3rd rd
Glenn Gallagher	1B	6-5	225	L R	Manheim	Lancaster	PA		3rd rd
Quincy Latimore 4th rd	OF	5-11	175	R R	Middle Creek	Apex	NC		4th rd
Derek Norris 4th rd	C	6-0	220	R R	Goddard	Goddard	KS		4th rd
Isaiah Froneberger 4th rd	LHP	5-10	175	L L	Forest Park	Forest Park	GA		4th rd
Brett Eibner 4th rd	RHP	6-2	186	R R	Woodlands	Spring	TX		4th rd
Richard Lucas 4th rd FL	3B	6-0	200	R R	Wolfson	Jacksonville	FL		4th rd
Dustin Biell 5th rd WA	OF	6-0	180	R R	Inglemoor	Kenmore	WA		5th rd
Caleb Gindl 5th rd FL	OF	5-11	180	L L	Pace	Pace	FL		5th rd
Tyrell Worthington 5th rd NC	OF	6-0	185	R R	Winterville	Winterville	NC		5th rd
Nathan Striz 5th rd FL	RHP	6-3	215	R R	Santa Fe Catholic	Lakeland	FL		5th rd
Only two players were drafted in the first five rounds who missed making the Rawlings Preseason Teams
TJ McFarland (final PG rank 229)	LHP	6-3	185	L L	Amos Alonzo Stagg	Orland park	IL		4th rd
Reggie Williams (final PG rank 742)	OF	6-1	180	L L	Bellflower	Bellflower	CA		4th rd

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Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams