Checking the Results… Perfect Game National Showcase
A few Perfect Game National Players from the Recent Past

 

Interesting facts about the 2006 and 2007 PG national showcase held each June

Last year alone more than 1,000 players who attended Perfect Game events were selected in the 2007 draft. More than 2 out of every three players selected by MLB clubs attended PG events. That number is small compared to the number of players from PG events that went on to play college baseball.

This article is not about the overall numbers. This is about one event that is held each June for the top prospects in the country… The Perfect Game National Showcase, the single event that showcases the best talent in the country each and every year.

We will not know until this June how many draft picks attended the 2007 PG National last June in Cincinnati. Based on previous years we think it will be a very large number.

In 2007’s draft there were 17 Perfect Game National players who were selected in the first or supplemental first round. Over 100 players from the 2006 PG National were drafted in the 2007 draft and we expect the numbers to be just as good, if not better, in the upcoming 2008 draft.

That’s the draft, but probably the most interesting data involves the college commitments from the players who have attended the PG National Showcase.

Here are some more very revealing and interesting facts…

The top four conferences in DI baseball are arguably the SEC, ACC, Pac10 and Big 12. Those four major conferences signed an astounding 237 players who attended the past two PG National Showcases. That amounts to more than half of the total number of players attending the PG National those two years.

Leading the way was the SEC with 77 PG National players signed.
Followed by the ACC with 70 players signed.
The Pac10 was third with 59 players signed and then came the Big12 with 31 players signed. The Big West, Conference USA, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, West coast, Big East, all had double figure signees from players who attended the PG National Showcase.

So which colleges signed the most PG National players?

Arizona State signed 17 PG National players in just the past two years followed in order by the following college programs.

North Carolina – 15
Oregon State – 12
Vanderbilt – 11
Georgia – 11
Texas – 10
Florida State – 10
Florida – 10
Arkansas – 9
Florida International – 9
Auburn – 8
Clemson – 8
Miami – 8
UCLA – 8


The following colleges successfully recruited multiple numbers of players out of the past two PG National Showcases.

Arizona, Baylor, California, Long Beach State, Nebraska, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Virginia, Alabama, Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Notre Dame, Wichita State, Washington State, Duke, Rice, Southern Cal, Georgia Tech, LSU, San Diego State, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Tulane, San Diego, Wake Forest, Iowa, Kansas, Jacksonville, Louisville, Northern Illinois, and Elon. Many others recruited one PG National player.

Who are these PG National Showcase players?

Here is the list of Perfect Game National Showcase participants from 2006 and 2007 and the colleges they committed to. A few players are not listed because they haven’t committed yet, so this list could be expanded in the future.

Perfect Game National Players listed alphabetically

Grad Year First Last College Commitment
2007 Mark Adzick Wake Forest
2007 Kevin Ahrens Texas A&M
2007 Tim Alderson Oregon State
2007 Raiko Alfonso Florida International
2008 Raiko Alfonso Florida International
2007 Cody Allen Central Florida
2008 Chris Amezquita UCLA
2007 Greg Amorosso Elon
2007 Carmen Angelini Rice
2007 Gregory Annarummo Elon
2008 Jack  Armstrong Vanderbilt
2007 Patrick Arnold North Carolina State
2008 Joseph (Jay) Austin Southern Cal
2008 Xavier Avery Georgia
2007 Austin Bailey Alabama
2007 Samuel "Brock" Bailey Elon
2008 Tanner Bailey Texarkana
2007 Yoandy Barroso South Florida
2007 Steven Bayko Murray State
2007 Blake Beavan Oklahoma
2008 Tim Beckham Southern Cal
2008 Joey Belviso Jacksonville
2008 Pablo Bermudez Florida International
2007 Connor Bernatz San Francisco
2008 Kyle Beverley Oregon State
2007 Kyle Blair San Diego
2007 Seth Blair Arizona State
2008 Alex Blodgett Louisville
2007 Brian Bodjiak Elon
2007 Richard Bohlken New Mexico
2008 Royce Bolinger Gonzaga
2008 Drew Bowen Oral Roberts
2007 Todd Brazeal South Florida
2008 Tyler Bremer UC Davis
2007 Aaron Brewer Navarro College
2007 Drake Britton Texas A&M
2007 Steven Brooks Wake Forest
2007 Jace Brown Georgia
2008 Nick Brown Iowa
2008 Billy (Trey) Brown McNeese St.
2007 Kyle Brule Arizona State
2007 Parker Brunelle Florida State
2008 Jamie Bruno Tulane
2008 Kyle Buchanan Washington State
2007 Colin Buckborough Evansville
2007 Bobby Buckner Texas
2007 Gary Bulman Tennessee
2007 Madison Bumgarner North Carolina
2008 Bobby Bundy Arkansas
2008 Taylor Buran Maryland
2007 Michael Burgess Arizona State
2008 Andy Burns Kentucky
2008 Brian Busick Stanford
2007 Jason Butts Mercer
2008 Elliott Byers Stanford
2008 Andrew Carpenter Michigan State
2007 Tyler Carpenter UT San Antonio
2007 Joel Carranza Broward CC
2008 Nicholas Carrillo Gonzaga
2007 Alex Carrow North Central Texas College
2007 Curtis Casali Vanderbilt
2007 Hunter Cervenka Texas
2008 Hunter Cervenka Texas
2007 Evan Chambers Florida
2008 Tyler Chatwood UCLA
2007 Nick Chmielewski Illinois
2007 Nicholas Christopher Lamar
2008 Joe Church Marshall
2007 Kelvin Clark Lake City CC
2008 Will Clinard Vanderbilt
2007 Andrew Cobb Western Carolina
2008 Gerrit Cole UCLA
2007 Christian Colon Cal State Fullerton
2008 Gregory Conver South Florida
2008 Bryan Conway Richmond
2007 Cole Cook Pepperdine
2007 Casey Cooper Northeast Texas CC
2008 Garrett Cooper St. Louis
2008 Jordan Cooper Wichita State
2008 Jarred Cosart Missouri
2008 Zack Cox Arkansas
2008 Jordan Craft Kennesaw State
2008 Bobby Crocker Cal Poly
2007 Evan Danieli Notre Dame
2008 Earl Daniels Georgia
2008 Chase Davidson Georgia
2008 Jake Davies Georgia Tech
2007 Kentrail Davis Tennessee
2008 Dimitri De La Fuente Pepperdine
2008 Joey DeBernardis Penn State
2007 Kirk Dehler Yavapai JC
2007 Paul Demny Blinn JC
2008 Anthony DeSclafani Florida
2008 Brett  DeVall Georgia
2008 Spencer Dickinson Florida State
2008 Beau Didier Louisiana State
2007 Derek Dietrich Georgia Tech
2007 Johnny Dishon Louisiana State
2007 Brian Dupra Notre Dame
2007 Davis Duren Oklahoma State
2008 Brad Dydalewicz Arizona
2008 Casey Dykes Western Kentucky
2008 Cutter Dykstra UCLA
2008 Kevin Eichhorn Santa Clara
2008 Brian  Ellington Florida State
2008 Chris Ellison Oklahoma
2007 Daniel Elorriaga-Matra San Diego State
2007 Kawika Emsley-Pai Texas
2007 Christopher Epps Clemson
2008 Luke Erickson Virginia Tech
2008 Jason Esposito Vanderbilt
2007 Jeffrey Eubank Seminole CC
2008 Colton Farrar Texas Tech
2007 Gabriel Feldman Wake Forest
2007 Timothy Ferguson Mississippi
2007 Derrick (DJ) Fitzgerald Georgia Southern
2008 Sean Flanagan Iowa
2007 Brian Fletcher Auburn
2007 Conrad Flynn Arkansas
2008 Roman Fondon Florida International
2008 Chris Forsten William & Mary
2007 Freddie Freeman Cal State Fullerton
2008 Wesley Freeman Central Florida
2007 Justice French Mercer
2007 Michael Fuda Rice
2008 Aaron Fujiki San Diego State
2008 Connor Gandossy St. Louis
2008 Grayson Garvin Vanderbilt
2007 John Gast Florida State
2008 Aaron Gates Pepperdine
2007 Micah Gibbs Louisiana State
2008 Derrik Gibson North Carolina
2007 Weston Gilmer Auburn
2007 Jon Gilmore Wichita State
2008 Mark Ginther Oklahoma State
2007 Michael Gipson Florida Atlantic
2008 Christian Glisson Georgia
2007 Erik Goeddel UCLA
2008 Brad Goldberg Coastal Carolina
2008 Rolando Gomez Miami
2008 Ryan Gorton Oregon State
2008 Anthony Gose Arizona
2007 Philip Gosselin Virginia
2008 J R Graham Santa Clara
2007 Yasmani Grandal Miami
2007 Cameron Gray Tripoli JC
2008 Sonny Gray Vanderbilt
2007 Cole Green Texas
2007 Kyle Greenwalt South Carolina
2007 Nevin  Griffith Florida International
2008 Ben Grisz Duke
2008 Robbie Grossman Texas
2008 Steven Gruver Tennessee
2007 Craig Gullickson Clemson
2008 Bryan Haar San Diego
2007 Joseph Hage Florida International
2007 Stephen Hagen Oregon State
2008 Joey Hainsfurther Baylor
2008 Trey Haley Rice
2007 Jace Hamilton Hill College
2008 Brad Hand Arizona State
2008 Tyler Hanover Louisiana State
2008 Ray Hanson Arizona State
2008 Jason Hanson Oklahoma State
2008 Matthew Harrison North Carolina
2007 Matt Harvey North Carolina
2007 Cody Hawn Arkansas
2007 Keaton Hayenga Washington State
2008 Lucas   Herbst Santa Clara
2008 Jake Hermsen Northern Illinois
2008 BJ Hermsen Oregon State
2007 Chris Hernandez Miami
2007 Jason Heyward UCLA
2008 Aaron Hicks Southern Cal
2008 Kyle Higashioka California
2008 Taylor Hightower Mississippi
2008 Ryan Hines Auburn
2007 Connor Hoehn Alabama
2007 Sean Hoelscher TCU
2008 LJ Hoes North Carolina
2007 Greg Holle TCU
2007 Nicholas Hom San Diego
2008 Destin Hood Alabama
2008 Brad Hook South Alabama
2007 Deryk Hooker San Diego State
2008 Eric Hosmer Arizona State
2008 Brett Huber Mississippi
2007 Caleb Hurst Long Beach State
2007 Justin Jackson Arizona State
2007 Terrance Jackson North Central Texas College
2007 Jon Luke Jacobs Auburn
2007 Nicholas Jensen Iowa
2007 Glen Johnson Jacksonville
2007 Chase Johnson Arizona State
2008 Erik Johnson California
2007 Jake Johnson Fresno State
2007 Patrick Johnson North Carolina
2008 Derek Jones Washington St.
2007 Zach Jones Stanford
2007 D.J. Jones Auburn
2008 Ryan Kapp Rutgers
2007 Jonathan Kaskow Stanford
2008 Walker Kelly TCU
2007 Alex Kenny Fordham
2007 Kevin Keyes Texas
2008 Doug Kincaid Oregon State
2008 Jason Knapp North Carolina
2008 Clay Kollenbaum Jacksonville
2007 Kendall Korbal Arkansas
2007 Peter Kozma Wichita State
2007 Brett Krill UCLA
2008 Shane Kroker Wake Forest
2008 Matt Lackie Louisiana-Lafayette
2008 Greg Larson Florida
2008 Garrison Lassiter North Carolina
2007 Travis Lawler Florida
2007 Joseph Leftridge Navarro College
2007 DJ LeMahieu Louisiana State
2007 Darryl Leonard St. Petersburg JC
2008 Nicholas Lettas High Point
2007 Joe Lincoln Bradley
2008 Brian Litwin Duke
2008 Joseph Loftus Vanderbilt
2008 Kyle Long Florida State
2008 Brandon Loy Texas
2007 Jordan Lucas Western Carolina
2007 Tom Luciano Duke
2007 Casey Lytle Kansas
2007 James Mahler Arkansas
2007 Michael Main Florida State
2007 Tyler Mann Old Dominion
2008 Nick Maronde Florida
2008 Matt Marquis Vanderbilt
2008 Ethan Martin Clemson
2008 Harold Martinez Miami
2007 Trenten Martinez Wagner
2007 Blake Martz Troy
2007 Ryan Mathews Florida
2008 Jeramy Matos Bethune Cookman
2007 Jaren Matthews Rutgers
2008 Christopher Matulis Louisiana State
2008 Jeff May North Carolina
2007 Jack McGeary Stanford
2007 Mike McGee Florida State
2007 Deck McGuire Georgia Tech
2008 Jarrod McKinney Arkansas
2008 Ben McMahan Florida
2007 Josh Means East Tennessee State
2007 Michael Meintel Wright State
2008 Tim Melville North Carolina
2007 Relly Mercurio TCU
2008 Jimmy Messer North Carolina
2008 Alex Meyer Kentucky
2007 Ryan Mikalsen Connecticut
2008 Brandon Miller Georgia Tech
2007 Braxton Miller Nevada
2008 Quinton Miller North Carolina
2007 Matt Miller Tallahassee CC
2007 Forrest Moore Mississippi State
2007 Andrew Moore Yale
2007 Courtney Morgan Wake Forest
2007 Hunter Morris Auburn
2008 Sam Munson Florida International
2008 Clark Murphy UCLA
2008 Matthew Murray Georgia Southern
2007 Garrett Nash Oregon State
2008 Mike Nastold Louisville
2007 Nicholas Natale Rice
2007 Nicholas Navarro Miami Dade 
2007 Iden Nazario Miami
2007 Andrew Nettune Texas A&M
2008 Blake Newalu San Diego
2007 Mathew Newman Arizona State
2008 Adrian Nieto South Florida
2007 Nick Noonan Clemson
2008 Ted Nowell Oklahoma
2008 Christopher O'Brien Wichita State
2007 Kyle O'Campo Cal State Fullerton
2008 Richard O'Donald Delaware
2008 Jake Odorizzi Louisville
2008 Tyler Ogle McLennan College
2008 Danny Oh California
2008 David Olson Washington State
2008 Ricky Oropesa Southern Cal
2007 Josh Osich Oregon State
2008 Ryan O'Sullivan San Diego State
2007 Hunter Ovens Virginia Tech
2008 Jonathan Pace Meridian CC
2007 Joey Paciorek Washington
2008 Michael Palazzone Georgia
2008 Matt Parish Texas A&M Corpus Christi
2008 Tyler Pastornicky Florida State
2007 Kevin Patterson Auburn
2007 Joe Pavone Connecticut
2007 Greg Peavey Oregon State
2008 Curtis Petersen Nebraska
2007 Mark Peterson Florida State
2008 David Peterson Rice
2007 Ryan Pineda Cal State Northridge
2008 William Piwnica-Worms Duke
2008 Philip Pohl Clemson
2007 Justin Poovey Clemson
2008 Mark Pope Georgia Tech
2007 Rick Porcello North Carolina
2008 Jordan Pries Stanford
2007 Kyle Prohovich Boston College
2007 Tillman Pugh Arizona State
2008 David Putman Duke
2007 Kevin Quackenbush South Florida
2007 Raymond Quinones UNC Greensboro
2008 Mark Radmacher DMACC
2008 Nick Ramirez Cal State Fullerton
2007 Neil Ramirez Georgia Tech
2008 J P Ramirez Tulane
2008 Vickash Ramjit Miami
2007 Danny Rams Arizona State
2008 Matt Ramsey Tennessee
2007 Trevor Reckling High Point
2007 Taylor Reeves Mississippi Gulf Coast
2007 AJ Regoli South Florida
2008 Riley Reynolds Vanderbilt
2007 Kevin Rhoderick Georgia
2007 Nick Rice Southern Illinois
2008 Matt Richardson Central Florida
2008 Nick Rickles Stetson
2008 Lee Ridenhour Kansas
2007 Braden Riley Sam Houston State
2008 Brance Rivera TCU
2007 Anthony Rizzo Florida Atlantic
2007 Sam Roberts VMI
2008 Alexander Robinson Notre Dame
2007 Tanner Robles Oregon State
2007 Cameron Robulack Nebraska
2008 Jeremy Rodriguez Cal St. Bakersfield
2008 Alfred Rodriguez Maryland
2007 Jose Rodriguez South Carolina
2008 David Rollins Missouri
2008 Robbie Ross Kentucky
2008 Michael Roth South Carolina
2007 John Ruettiger Arizona State
2008 John Ruettiger Arizona State
2008 Abraham Ruiz Arizona State
2007 Sam Runion Tennessee
2007 Cameron Rupp Texas
2007 Scott Sammons St. Petersburg JC
2008 Tyler Sample Arkansas
2007 Victor Sanchez San Diego
2007 Dan Sandbrink Stanford
2007 Jeff Schaus Clemson
2008 Phil Schreiber Iowa
2007 Austin Sheffield Manhattan
2007 Tant Shepherd Texas
2007 Gregory Sherry Notre Dame
2007 Brian Shore Navarro College
2008 Scott Silverstein Virginia
2008 Zak Sinclair North Carolina State
2008 Matthew Sisto Hawaii
2008 Jordan Sivertsen Southern Illinois
2008 Matthew Skipper San Diego State
2008 Kyle Skipworth Arizona State
2007 David Small Saint Mary's
2007 Travis Smith Michigan
2007 Joshua Smoker Clemson
2007 Sammy Solis San Diego
2007 Matt Sorrell Stetson
2008 Ezekiel Spruill Georgia
2008 Austin Stadler Wake Forest
2008 Jacob Stallings North Carolina
2007 David Stewart Nebraska
2007 Evan Stobbs-Bultema Central Florida
2007 Sequoyah Stonecipher San Diego
2007 Nathan Striz North Carolina
2008 Kyle Stroup Northern Illinois
2008 Jordan Swagerty Arizona State
2007 D.J. Swatscheno Miami
2008 Jacob Sylvester Pacific
2008 Jonathon Taylor Georgia
2008 Thomas Taylor Kansas
2007 Joseph Terdoslavich Miami
2008 Tom Tesauro Villanova
2008 Jardian Thomas College of Charleston
2007 Rafael Thomas San Jacinto JC
2008 Jake Thompson Long Beach State
2008 Charley Thurber Tennessee
2007 Tommy Toledo Florida
2007 John Tolisano Florida
2007 Ian Tomkins Kentucky
2007 Matthew Tomshaw Jacksonville
2008 Michael Tonkin Southern Cal
2008 Jomel Torres San Diego State
2008 Riccio Torrez Arizona State
2008 Steven Upchurch Auburn
2008 Brandon Van Dam Cal-State Bakersfield
2008 Clayton VanderLaan Michigan State
2008 Michael Vargas Florida International
2008 Niko Vasquez Oregon State
2008 Peter Verdin Georgia
2007 Nathan Vineyard Chipola (FL) JC
2008 Bryan Vollmuth Southern Miss
2008 Chris Wakefield Northern Illinois
2008 Brent Warren Oregon State
2007 Demetrius Washington North Carolina State
2007 Michael Watt Long Beach State
2008 Stosh Wawrzasek Florida International
2008 Ryan Weber Florida
2007 Keith Weinkofsky UNC Greensboro
2007 Aaron Westlake Vanderbilt
2007 Logan Williams Mississippi
2007 Leslie Williams Northeastern
2008 Corey Williams Vanderbilt
2008 Mac Williamson Wake Forest
2007 Ross Wilson Alabama
2008 Gary Wilson Elon
2007 Remington Wilson Kansas
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