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College  | Rankings | 10/12/2016

Impact D-I JUCO Transfers

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In this fourth and final installment breaking down the 2016-17 recruiting classes in college baseball, below are listed some of the top prospects that have transferred from Junior College programs from the 2016 season to Division I teams for the 2017 season. The names were procured by using Perfect Game's player database, previous Junior College player rankings as well as conversations with college coaches and professional scouts.


Player Commitment Pos. Previous School
David Lee Florida RHP Sante Fe (FL)
Jake Godfrey Arizona State RHP Northwest Florida State
Nick Coomes Louisiana State IF/C LSU-Eunice (LA)
Ryan Miller Clemson RHP State College of Florida
Tylor Megill Arizona RHP Cypress (CA)
Montana Parsons Baylor RHP San Jacinto (TX)
Cory Voss Arizona C McLennan (TX)
Hayden Marze Mississippi State RHP LSU-Eunice
Scooter Bynum Northern Illinois OF Arizona Western
Austin Ingraham TCU OF North Central Texas
Devon Perez Oklahoma RHP Iowa Western
James Davison Miami OF Howard (TX)
Jared Gates Arkansas 2B Iowa Western
Lane Ramsey Oklahoma RHP Oklahoma City
Alec Maley Kentucky RHP Howard (TX)
Welby Malczewski Auburn LHP Heartland (IL)
Jackson Douglas Illinois LHP Iowa Western
Trey Jolly Mississippi State RHP Hinds (MS)
Chase Goldwater Mississippi State 1B/OF Temple College (TX)
Robbie Glendinning Missouri SS Northern Iowa Area
Anthony Herron Missouri State RHP Jefferson College (MO)
Tyler Cropley Iowa C/OF Iowa Western
Jeb Bargfeldt Miami LHP Cisco (TX)
Andy Toelken Missouri RHP St. Johns River (FL)
Dalton Whitaker Winthrop RHP St. Johns River (FL)
Hunter Wilson Arkansas SS Eastern Oklahoma State
Hunter Alexander Alabama IF St. Johns River (FL)
Ryan Gowens Arizona RHP Phoenix College (AZ)
Brandon Gali Miami IF Polk State (FL)
Elijah Skipps Cal Poly OF Cypress (CA)
Chase Kaplan Kansas LHP Western Nevada
Evan Gillespie Coastal Carolina LHP Mercer County (NJ)
Tyler Carr South Alabama RHP St. Johns River (FL)
Logan Beehler UNC Wilmington RHP Pitt (NC)
Doug Still Missouri State LHP Jefferson College (MO)
Houston Glad Creighton SS/RHP Northeastern Oklahoma
Colten Schmidt UL-Lafayette LHP San Jacinto (TX)
Matt Lloyd Indiana SS Iowa Western
Blake Chisolm Sam Houston State RHP Alvin (TX)
Hunter Kiel Louisiana State RHP Pensacola St (FL)
Nolan Clenney NC State RHP Brunswick (NC)
Jordan Bissette UNC Wilmington RHP Pitt (NC)
Reed Hayes Vanderbilt RHP Walters State (TN)
Matt Whalen Wichita State RHP Cisco (TX)
Graham Lawson South Carolina RHP Spartanburg Methodist (SC)
Justin Falk Pittsburgh RHP Gulf Coast State (FL)
Jonah Patten Charlotte RHP Crowder (MO)
Handsome Monica UL-Lafayette C Northwest Florida State
Brandon Vicens Maine OF Miami Dade (FL)
Blair Calvo Pittsburgh RHP Eastern Florida State
JT McLellan Cal State Fullerton IF Orange Coast (CA)
Ernie De La Trinidad UNLV IF Central Arizona
Trevor Stephan Arkansas RHP Hill College (TX)
Will Kincanon Indiana State RHP Triton (IL)
Brylie Ware Oklahoma 3B/1B Neosho County (KS)
Josh Anthony Auburn 3B Western Oklahoma State
Jake Adams Iowa 1B Des Moines Area CC (IA)
Jeremy Beasley Clemson RHP Darton (GA)
Hunter Tackett Miami OF Northwest Florida State
Alec Rennard Michigan RHP Santa Rosa (CA)
Taylor Lane Arizona State IF Northwest Florida State
Robert Boselli St. John's C Mercer County (NJ)
Patrick Cromwell Clemson IF/OF Santa Ana College (CA)
Kyle Griffin Houston RHP Wabash Valley College (IL)


We have great respect and appreciation for all the college coaches that spend so much time away from home looking to find the players to take their programs to the next level. There are so many that deserved to be recognized, as here’s a small handful of programs, and their coaches, whose programs are ranked outside the top 25 classes, who are everywhere and putting in the work to find the right players to make their programs successful.

Auburn – Brad Bohannon
Coastal Carolina – Kevin Schnall
College of Charleston – Jeff Whitfield, Austin Morgan
Dallas Baptist – Dan Fitzgerald
Florida Atlantic – Jason Jackson
Georgia Southern – Alan Beck
Indiana – Kyle Bunn, Kyle Cheesebrough
Kentucky – Jim Belanger, Roland Fanning
Michigan – Nick Schnabel
Mississippi State – Will Coggin
Southern California – Gabe Alvarez
St. John's – Corey Muscara, Mike Hampton
Texas A&M – Justin Seely
Virginia – Kevin McMullan, Karl Kuhn


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