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College  | Recruiting  | 11/10/2021

Head of the Class: No. 10 Georgia Tech

Jheremy Brown     
Photo: Riley Stanford (Perfect Game)
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10. Georgia Tech



Full 2022-2023 Recruiting Class
Head Coach: Danny Hall | Recruiting Coordinator: James Ramsey

Top 5 Recruits:

Rk. Name POS. HT WT B-T High School Hometown ST
29 Riley Stanford OF 6-4 225 R-R Buford Gainesville GA
124 Demitri Diamant 3B 5-11 195 R-R Bishop Gorman Las Vegas NV
148 Luke Schmolke RHP 6-0 180 R-R Lake Norman Mooresville NC
182 Noah Samol LHP 6-7 225 L-L William Mason Mason OH
192 Brant Baughcum SS 6-1 190 R-R Buford Buford GA

*Rk. Denotes National Rank in PG HS Class of 2022

The Jackets might “only” have one player ranked within Perfect Game’s top-100 for the class of 2022, but given their recent track record, it’s not where you start but where you finish and that’s a testament to how good of a job the staff has done with development over the last couple of years. With prospects now littered all over the respective draft lists, Georgia Tech has continue to do an excellent job of recruiting while identifying talent both in state and out of state earlier in the process, finding the right fits for what they have going on in Atlanta. 

That lone commitment within the top-100 is a big one in Riley Stanford, a potential two-way standout for the Jackets who took home MVP honors at the 14u Select Festival back in 2018. Listed as a primary outfielder, the 6-foot-4 Stanford is a 6.84 runner and possesses plus arm strength which would suit him well out in right field as he also shows the juice in his stick to match the often-associated power tool that goes with right field. He hit .344 on the summer with his fair share of extra-base hits while putting up solid numbers across the board, though it’s the fastball he brings with him to the back end of games that really captures people’s attention. Utilizing an up-tempo operation on the mound, Stanford brings the same energy that he shows in the other facets of his game which helps produce a fastball that’ll work into the upper-90s with life at the bottom of the zone, pairing a mid-80s, downer slider nicely for a pair of bat-missing pitches. 

Stanford isn’t the only Select Festival alum heading to Atlanta next fall as both Demitri Diamant (Las Vegas, Nev.) and catcher Lamar King (Perry Hall, Md.) are set to sign with Head Coach Danny Hall, only further adding the depth of this 18-man class. Like Stanford, Diamant has shown some two-way potential throughout his prep career, showing strength in his right-handed swing and some power on the fastball, reaching as high as 92 mph in Perfect Game events. And while we didn’t see a ton of King this past summer/fall like we had some others in this class, he certainly made the most of his opportunities, making the All-Tournament Team in every event he played, including the WWBA World Championship where he hit an impressive .545 over a five-game stretch. 

As we continue down the list, athleticism is certainly a key component as bats like Brant Baughcum (6.56 60-yard at the National Showcase), Davis Green (6.73), Parker Brosius (6.33) and Kenneth Schaedel (6.89 runner) all bring a well-rounded skill set to the class while Nicolas Senese is as smooth as they come on defense in this crop with the tools to lock down a spot on the left side. It’s also worth noting that if any Jackets fan wants a glimpse at their future players, they can take in a Buford HS game and see Stanford, Baughcum and right-hander Jackson Gaspard all take the field for one of the top-ranked programs in the entire country. 

We’ve been hearing a lot about the arms that have been developing on campus and the 2022 class has plenty of pieces for pitching coach Danny Borrell to work with, starting with right-hander Luke Schmolke and 6-foot-7 lefty Noah Samol out of North Carolina and Ohio, respectively. There’s nothing comfortable about facing Schmolke as there’s plenty of arm speed and an over-the-top release point, not to mention a fastball that’ll touch 95 mph and hard, downward-biting breaker to miss bats with. Samol is as much present stuff as he is long-term projection, already running his fastball up to 91 mph with severe downward plane while mixing both a slurve-like breaker and a quality changeup around the zone, making for a highly intriguing upside arm at the end of the day. 

For as much as they go out of state, the Jackets have also done very well in-state as well with the aforementioned group of names, but also with right-handers Logan Bogue and JonPaul Wheat, who both possess big stuff on the mound and slugger Jayce Blalock, who shows off big right-handed pop. 

It’s a well-balanced incoming class for Head Coach Danny Hall and his staff, one that still may have a piece or two added to it, but if their recent classes are any indication, there’s more than one or two impact, game-changing pieces set to sign their National Letters of Intent. 
 
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