2008 Rawlings Preseason Senior High School All America

1st Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
First Last Pos. Ht Wt High School City St CollegeCommitment
Gerrit Cole RHP 6'3 190 Orange Lutheran Santa Ana CA UCLA
Tim Melville RHP 6'5 205 Wentzville Holt Wentzville MO North Carolina
Michael Palazzone RHP 6'3 190 Lassiter Marietta GA Georgia
Alex Meyer RHP 6'7 200 Greensburg Greensburg IN Kentucky
Daniel Webb RHP 6'3 205 Heath Paducah KY Kentucky
Sonny Gray RHP 6'0 185 Smyrna Smyrna TN Vanderbilt
BJ Hermsen RHP 6'6 230 West Delaware Masonville IA Oregon State
Taylor Jungmann RHP 6'5 180 Georgetown Geogetown TX Texas
Trey Haley RHP 6'4 185 San Augustine San Augustine TX Rice
Jake Odorizzi RHP 6'2 175 Highland Highland IL Louisville
Daniel Marrs RHP 6'3 200 James River Midlothian VA Wake Forest
Jack Armstrong RHP 6'7 215 Jupiter Jupiter FL Vanderbilt
Ryan O'Sullivan RHP 6'1 180 Valhalla El Cajon CA San Diego State
Ross Seaton RHP 6'4 185 Fort Bend Baptist Academy Sugar Land TX Tulane
Cecil Tanner RHP 6'6 190 Ware County Waycross GA Georgia
Brett DeVall LHP 6'4 220 Niceville Niceville FL Georgia
Robbie Ross LHP 5'11 180 Lexington Christian Academy Nicholasville KY Kentucky
Nick Maronde LHP 6'3 195 Lexington Catholic Lexington KY Florida
Kyle Lobstein LHP 6'3 180 Coconino Flagstaff AZ Arizona
Walker Kelly LHP 6'0 188 Arlington Heights Fort Worth TX TCU
Brett Mooneyham LHP 6'4 215 Buhach Colony Merced CA Stanford
Kyle Skipworth C 6'4 195 Patriot Riverside CA Arizona State
Adrian Nieto C 6'0 195 American Heritage Hialeah FL South Florida
Eric Hosmer 1B 6'4 210 American Heritage Cooper City FL Arizona State
Clark Murphy 1B 6'3 205 Fallbrook Union Fallbrook CA UCLA
Dalton Hicks 1B 6'5 205 Lake Brantley Altamonte Springs Fl Central Florida
Tim Beckham INF 6'2 191 Griffin Griffin GA Southern Cal
Harold Martinez INF 6'3 185 Braddock Miami FL Miami
Rolando Gomez INF 5'9 160 Flanagan Pembroke Pines FL Miami
Derrik Gibson INF 6'1 170 Seaford Senior Seaford DE North Carolina
Chris Amezquita INF 6'2 190 Servite La Mirada CA UCLA
Ethan Martin INF 6'3 200 Stephens County Toccoa GA Clemson
Zack Cox INF 6'0 205 Pleasure Ridge Park Louisville KY Arkansas
Cutter Dykstra INF 6'0 180 Westlake Thousand Oaks CA UCLA
Andy Burns INF 6'1 180 Rocky Mountain Ft. Collins CO Kentucky
Isaac Galloway OF 6'3 190 Los Osos Rancho Cucamonga CA San Diego State
Robbie Grossman OF 6'1 195 Cy Fair Cypress TX Texas
Xavier Avery OF 6'0 185 Cedar Grove Decatur GA Georgia
Wesley Freeman OF 6'4 210 All Saints Academy Lakeland FL Central Florida
Destin Hood OF 6'2 185 St. Pauls School Eight Mile (Mobile) AL Alabama
LJ Hoes OF 6'0 190 St. John's Mitchellville MD North Carolina
Matt Marquis OF 6'1 190 Immaculata Annandale NJ Vanderbilt
Aaron Hicks 2 Way 6'1 160 Wilson Long Beach CA Southern Cal
Kyle Long 2 Way 6'7 280 St Anne's Belfield Ivy VA Florida State
Anthony Gose 2 Way 6'0 170 Bellflower Bellflower CA Arizona
Casey Kelly 2 Way 6'3 190 Sarasota Sarasota FL Tennessee
Jordan Swagerty 2 Way 6'1 175 Prestonwood Christian Academy Sachse TX Arizona State
Tyler Chatwood 2 Way 6'0 185 Redlands East Valley Yucaipa CA UCLA
Matt Ramsey 2 Way 5'11 180 Farragut Knoxville TN Tennessee
Corey Thomas 2 Way 6'3 180 Middleton Tampa FL South Florida

2nd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
First Last Pos. Ht Wt High School City St CollegeCommitment
Austin Dicharry RHP 6'3 190 Klein Collins Spring TX Texas
Ezekiel Spruill RHP 6'4 190 Kell Marietta GA Georgia
Quinton Miller RHP 6'2 178 Shawnee Medford NJ North Carolina
Bobby Bundy RHP 6'2 205 Sperry Sperry OK Arkansas
Kevin Brady RHP 6'3 195 Gaithersburg Montgomery Village MD Clemson
Gregory Conver RHP 6'5 200 American Heritage Margate FL South Florida
Michael Tonkin RHP 6'6 192 Palmdale Palmdale CA Southern Cal
Jason Knapp RHP 6'5 235 North Hunterdon Annandale NJ North Carolina
Kyle Stroup RHP 6'6 235 Grant Community Ingleside IL Northern Illinois
Keith Landers LHP 6'7 200 St. Peter- Marian Worcester MA Louisville
Jarret Martin LHP 6'1 170 Centennial Bakersfield CA Cal State Fullerton
Scott Silverstein LHP 6'5 225 St. John's College Brookeville MD Virginia
Anthony Ferrara LHP 6'1 170 Riverview Riverview FL South Florida
Austin Wright LHP 6'3 210 Conant Schaumburg IL Arkansas
Tyler Stovall LHP 6'1 185 Hokes Bluff Hokes Bluff AL Auburn
Brad Dydalewicz LHP 6'1 177 Lake Travis Spicewood TX Arizona
Brad Hand LHP 6'2 205 Chaska Chaska MN Arizona State
TJ House LHP 6'2 190 Picayune Picayune MS Tulane
John Lally LHP 6'1 185 Santa Margarita Catholic Rancho Santa Margarita CA Loyola Marymount
Taylor Hightower C 6'1 195 Cartersville Cartersville GA Mississippi
Casey Rasmus C 5'11 180 Russell County Phenix City AL Okaloosa Walton JC
Antonio Jimenez C 6'0 180 Academia Dicipulo de Cristo Bayamon PR
Ben McMahan C 6'0 192 Bishop Moore Windermere FL Florida
Chase Davidson 1B 6'5 216 Milton Alpharetta GA Georgia
Nick Ramirez 1B 6'3 223 Katella Anaheim CA Cal State Fullerton
Niko Vasquez INF 6'0 175 Durango Las Vegas NV Oregon State
Tyler Pastornicky INF 5'11 165 The Pendleton School Bradenton FL Florida State
Ricky Oropesa INF 6'2 215 Etiwanda Rancho Cucamonga CA Southern Cal
Jason Esposito INF 6'2 185 Amity Bethany CT Vanderbilt
Joseph Loftus INF 6'3 200 Academy of Holy Angels Savage MN Vanderbilt
Keon Broxton INF 6'4 190 Lakeland Lakeland FL Florida Atlantic
Garrison Lassiter INF 6'3 195 West Forsyth High Point NC North Carolina
Riccio Torrez INF 6'0 190 Brophy College Prep Phoenix AZ Arizona State
Dimitri De La Fuente INF 6'1 185 South Hills West Covina CA Pepperdine
Mark Ginther INF 6'2 175 Jenks Tulsa OK Oklahoma State
Anthony Hewitt INF 6'1 190 Salisbury School (CT) Brooklyn NY Vanderbilt
Brent Warren OF 6'3 175 Xavier Robins IA Oregon State
J P Ramirez OF 5'10 180 Canyon New Braunfels TX Tulane
Rodarrick Jones OF  6'0 185 St. John St. Gabriel LA  
Joseph (Jay) Austin OF 6'1 180 North Atlanta Atlanta GA Southern Cal
Brian Litwin OF 6'2 185 St Stephens Hickory NC Duke
Peter Verdin OF 6'1 195 Paul VI Alexandria VA Georgia
Brennan May OF 6'0 195 Woodward Academy Fayetteville GA Georgia
Tyler Thompson OF 6'1 180 Jupiter Tequesta FL Florida
Randall Thorpe OF 6'0 170 Colleyville Grapevine TX Texas A&M
Jarred Cosart 2 Way 6'3 180 Clear Creek League City TX Missouri
Kyle Allen 2 Way 6'3 175 IMG Academy-Pendleton Riverview FL North Carolina State
Jaff Decker 2 Way 6'0 175 Sunrise Mountain Peoria AZ Arizona State
Tommy Winegardner 2 Way 5'11 175 Riverdale Baptist St. Leonard MD Coastal Carolina
Austin Stadler 2 Way 6'2 195 James River Midlothian VA Wake Forest

3rd Team Rawlings/Perfect Game High School Senior Preseason All America
First Last Pos. Ht Wt High School City St CollegeCommitment
Steven Upchurch RHP 6'5 190 Faith Academy Mobile AL Auburn
Greg Larson RHP 6'8 200 Lake Brantley Longwood FL Florida
Shawn Armstrong RHP 6'2 185 West Craven New Bern NC East Carolina
Ryan Weber RHP 6'0 170 Clearwater Central St. Petersburg FL Florida
Mac Williamson RHP 6'4 200 Wake Forest - Rolesville Wake Forest NC Wake Forest
Miles Reagan RHP 6'2 190 El Capitan Lakeside CA  
Austin Wood RHP 6'4 205 Niceville Niceville FL Florida State
Tyler Sample RHP 6'7 220 Mullen Elizabeth CO Arkansas
Otto Roberts RHP 6'5 190 Belleville West Belleville IL Creighton
Mikey O'Brien RHP 5'11 170 Hidden Valley Roanoke VA Winthrop
Chase Hentges RHP 6'5 200 Shakopee Shakopee MN Iowa Western CC
Brian Busick RHP 6'3 190 Poway Poway CA Stanford
Jordan Cooper RHP 6'2 195 Shawnee Heights Berryton KS Wichita State
Navery Moore RHP 6'2 185 Battle Ground Academy Franklin TN Vanderbilt
Brian Ellington RHP 6'4 180 Oak Hall Gainesville FL Florida State
Zak Sinclair RHP 6'4 220 West Allegheny McDonald PA North Carolina State
Kash Kalkowski RHP 6'1 190 Grand Island Grand Island NE Nebraska
Vance Woodruff RHP 6'2 190 Forney Forney TX Grayson County CC
Juan Carlos Sulbaran RHP 6'3 200 American Heritage Davie FL Florida
Zac Fuesser LHP 6'1 190 York Comprehensive York SC Walters St. CC
Adam Westmoreland LHP 6'4 240 Brookland Cayce Cayce SC South Carolina
Luke Erickson LHP 6'2 185 St. Christopher's School Richmond VA Virginia Tech
Michael Montgomery LHP 6'3 170 Hart Valencia CA Cal State Fullerton
Grayson Garvin LHP 6'5 218 Wesleyan School Suwanee GA Vanderbilt
Jacob Stallings C 6'4 175 Brentwood Academy Brentwood TN North Carolina
Kyle Buchanan C 6'2 205 Auburn Auburn WA Washington State
Daniel Pigott C 6'2 185 Seabreeze Ormond Beach FL Florida
David Wright C 6'1 205 Fort Worth Country Day Aledo TX TCU
Christian Glisson C 6'2 190 Lowndes Hahira GA Georgia
Michael Martinez 1B 6'2 215 Killian Miami FL Florida International
Jamie Bruno 1B 6'1 195 Mandeville Covington LA Tulane
Matt Richardson INF 6'2 180 Lake Mary Lake Mary FL Central Florida
Matthew Harrison INF 6'0 175 Green Valley Henderson NV North Carolina
Jason Hanson INF 6'0 188 Sabino Tucson AZ Oklahoma State
Zach Wilson INF 6'1 190 Wilson Long Beach CA Arizona State
Spencer Dickinson INF 5'10 160 South Fork Tequesta FL Florida State
Conner Mach INF 6'0 177 Parkway West Ballwin MO Missouri
Abraham Ruiz INF 6'3 205 Pacific Grove Pacific Grove CA Arizona State
Raiko Alfonso INF 5'10 180 Key West Key West FL Florida International
Jarrod McKinney OF 6'0 205 Hughes Springs Hughes Springs TX Arkansas
Pablo Bermudez OF 5'11 185 Miami Springs Miami Shores FL Florida International
Joey Belviso OF 6'1 185 American Heritage Pembroke Pines FL Jacksonville
John Ruettiger OF 6'2 180 Joliet Catholic Academy Joliet IL Arizona State
Danny Oh OF 5'11 185 Jackson Everett WA California
Chris Ellison OF 6'2 185 Norman North Norman OK Oklahoma
Hunter Cervenka 2 Way 6'2 195 Ross Sterling Baytown TX Texas
Kevin Eichhorn 2 Way 6'0 170 Aptos Aptos CA Santa Clara
Tony Zych 2 Way 6'3 185 St. Rita Monee IL Louisville
Michael Roth 2 Way 6'1 200 Riverside Greer SC South Carolina
Braden Kapteyn 2 Way 6'4 200 Illiana Christian Lansing IL Kentucky

High Honorable Mention
First Last Pos. Ht Wt High School City St CollegeCommitment
Sean Adelman RHP 6'3 198 West Boca Raton Boynton Beach FL Palm Beach CC
Tanner Bailey INF 6'6 235 Little Rock Christian Academy Little Rock AR Texarkana
Seth Baldwin OF 5'11 205 East Rutherford Hendersonville NC North Carolina
Kyle Beverley INF 5'10 181 Cottonwood Midvale UT Oregon State
Alex Blodgett RHP 6'4 190 Tates Creek Lexington KY Louisville
Royce Bolinger INF 6'2 195 Chaparral Scottsdale AZ Gonzaga
Tyler Bremer RHP 6'2 210 Berkeley Berkeley CA UC Davis
Beau Brett 1B 6'3 175 Ferris Spokane WA Southern Cal
Taylor Buran RHP 6'5 215 Bendictine Richmond VA Maryland
Brian Busch LHP 6'3 210 West Boca Boca Raton FL  
Elliott Byers RHP 6'3 210 Scranton Prep Moscow PA Stanford
Tommy Collier RHP 6'1 175 Cy-Fair Cypress TX San Jacinto
Cameron Conner OF 6'1 195 Fuquay-Varina Fuquay-Varina NC North Carolina State
Daniel Coulombe LHP 6'0 160 Chaparral Scottsdale AZ Southern Cal
Jordan Craft OF 6'2 180 Kennesaw Mountain Kennesaw GA Kennesaw State
Bobby Crocker OF 6'3 195 Aptos Aromas CA Cal Poly
Ryan Curl OF 6'2 190 St Francis DeSales Gahanna OH Miami (OH)
Anthony DeSclafani RHP 6'3 175 Colts Neck Freehold NJ Florida
Beau Didier INF 6'2 188 Bellarmine Prep Federal Way WA Louisiana State
Michael Dimock RHP 6'2 185 Hight Point Wesleyan Greensboro NC Wake Forest
Chris Dwyer LHP 6'3 195 Salisbury Schol (CT) Sampscott MA Clemson
Casey Dykes C 5'11 196 Franklin Franklin TN Western Kentucky
Taylor Featherston INF 6'0 170 Taylor Katy TX TCU
Michael Goodnight RHP 6'4 205 Westside Houston TX Houston
Ryan Gorton RHP 6'2 185 Tigard Tigard OR Oregon State
Johnathan (J R) Graham INF 6'0 175 Livermore Livermore CA Santa Clara
Ben Grisz RHP 6'2 210 St Mark's School Dallas TX Duke
Steven Gruver LHP 6'2 205 Austintown Fitch Canfield OH Tennessee
Bryan Haar INF 6'3 185 Grossmont San Diego CA San Diego
Joey Hainsfurther INF 5'11 175 Highland Park Dallas TX Baylor
Tyler Hanover INF 5'7 165 East Forsyth Kernersville NC Louisiana State
Ray Hanson RHP 6'8 195 Long Beach Wilson Long Beach CA Arizona State
Tyler Hibbs RHP 5'11 160 Arundel Odenton MD Florida State
Kyle Higashioka C 6'1 190 Edison Huntington Beach CA California
Brad Hook 1B 6'0 205 Franklin Community Franklin IN South Alabama
Devin Jones RHP 6'3 175 Eupora Eupora MS Mississippi State
Corban Joseph SS 6'0 170 Franklin Franklin TN Kentucky
Shane Kroker INF 6'3 182 Westlake Westlake Village CA Wake Forest
Maverick Lasker INF 6'1 175 Sandra Day O'Connor Glendale AZ San Diego State
Nino Leyja INF 5'11 165 Houston Christian Houston TX Sam Houston State
Brandon Loy INF 6'0 170 Rowlett Rowlett TX Texas
Tyler Massey 1B 6'1 200 Baylor School Chattanooga TN Virginia
Jeramy Matos INF 6'3 225 American Heritage Lake Worth FL Bethune Cookman
Jeff May C 6'2 200 South Granville Stem NC North Carolina
Scott McGough RHP 6'0 160 Plum Pittsburgh PA Oregon
Sam Mende INF 6'2 175 Clearwater Central Clearwater FL South Florida
Anthony Meo RHP 6'2 185 Cranston West Cranston RI Coastal Carolina
Kaleb Merck INF 6'0 190 Keller Keller TX TCU
Jimmy Messer RHP 6'1 195 South Caldwell Hudson NC North Carolina
Brandon Miller C 6'1 195 Woodward Academy Tyrone GA Georgia Tech
Brad Miller INF 6'1 180 Olympia Windermere FL Clemson
Sam Munson INF 6'2 185 Fond du Lac Fond du Lac WI Florida International
Mike Nastold RHP 6'4 195 Elder Cincinnati OH Louisville
Blake Newalu INF 6'0 165 Henry County McDonough GA San Diego
Austin Nola INF 5'10 170 Catholic Baton Rouge LA Louisiana State
Richard O'Donald RHP 6'2 185 John Dickson Wilmington DE Delaware
David Olson RHP 6'3 219 Auburn Auburn WA Washington State
Alex Panteliodis LHP 6'1 215 Alonso Tampa Fl Florida
Jon Pettibone RHP 6'5 200 Esperanza Yorba Linda CA Southern Cal
Philip Pohl C 6'0 195 Cooperstown Central Cooperstown NY Clemson
Josh Poytress LHP 6'0 170 Fowler Fowler CA Fresno State
Steven Proscia INF 6'3 200 Don Bosco Suffern NY Virginia
Michael Quesada C 6'1 180 Folsom Folsom CA Arizona
Tyler Rahmatulla INF 5'10 160 Mater Dei Mission Viejo CA UCLA
Vickash Ramjit INF 6'3 200 Christopher Columbus Miami FL Miami
Jordan Rasinski RHP 6'0 175 Winter Springs Winter Springs FL Central Florida
Jeremy Rathjen OF 6'4 180 Memorial Houston TX Rice
Anthony Rendon INF 5'11 170 Houston Lamar Houston TX Rice
Lee Ridenhour RHP 6'3 190 Shawnee Mission West Lenexa KS Kansas
Ryan Rieger 1B 6'0 185 Woodcreek Roseville CA Santa Clara
Harold Riggins 1B 6'2 260 Normal West Bloomington IL North Carolina State
Brance Rivera INF 6'3 170 Muscatine Muscatine IA TCU
Will Roberts C 6'4 180 Walker Governor's School Richmond VA Virginia
Alfred Rodriguez INF 6'0 165 Oakton Oak Hill VA Maryland
Jean Carlos Rodriguez C 5'11 198 George Washington Bronx NY  
Jacob Rogers OF 6'5 190 Clearwater Clearwater FL Central Florida
David Rollins LHP 6'1 175 Carthage Carthage TX Missouri
Shawn Smith LHP 6'2 175 Saugus Saugus CA Cal St. Northridge
Bobby Stone 1B 6'3 205 Montgomery Montgomery TX Sam Houston State
Matt Summers OF 6'1 190 Cactus Shadows Carefree AZ Cal-Irvine
Nico Taylor 1B 6'4 205 McKinney North McKinney TX Arizona
Jomel Torres 1B 6'0 185 Eastlake Chula Vista CA San Diego State
Brandon Van Dam RHP 6'6 215 Quartz Hill Lancaster CA Cal-State Bakersfield
Michael Vargas OF 5'10 175 Don Bosco Prep Hawthorne NJ Florida International