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College  | Story | 3/4/2025

College Player, Pitcher of the Week

Photo: Ryan Rembisz (Portland Athletics)
March 4

Perfect Game/Player of the Week:



Gavin Kilen, JR, Tennessee


The Tennessee Volunteers (11-0) just passed their toughest test of the year last weekend at the Astros College Foundation Classic and it was enough to vault them into the No. 1 spot in our Top-25 poll this week. Kilen, a Louisville transfer, has been a major reason the Vols have overwhelmed their opponents with yet another offensive juggernaut of a lineup. The 5-11/187 middle infielder from Milton, Wisconsin has always been a well-respected player and with his performance in the first 3-weeks of 2025 he is putting himself in position to be the front runner for the Golden Spikes Award at this point. In four games, last week he collected 11 hits in 18 at bats, scoring 9 runs, with a double, a triple, 5 home runs and a total of 8 runs batted in. While he has always been known for his bat-to-ball skills, added strength has unlocked his power stroke and he is just 2 home runs away from tying his home run total from all of last year. For the season, Killen is now slashing .486/1.270/.615 with 2 doubles, 3 triples, 7 home runs and 17 RBI. The Vols are once again National Title contenders and the way Kilen is playing, he has already pushed himself into 1st round consideration in the coming MLB Amateur Draft.

Perfect Game/Pitcher of the Week:

Ryan Rembisz, SR, Portland


In a game built around failure, perfection is rarely achieved but that is exactly what Rembisz accomplished for the Portland Pilots (???) a week ago. The 6-2/215 left-hander needed only 90 pitches to put up nothing but zeroes on his opponent’s offensive line score. His perfect effort was just the 21st nine-inning gem in the NCAA since 1959 and the first such feat in program history. Hailing from Woodinville, Washington, the senior lefty was an unlikely candidate for a perfect game since he had never recorded more than 13 outs in a single outing during his career. Typically, a pitcher that comes out of the bullpen, the 2024 season saw his heaviest workload with 19 appearances and a total of 29 innings pitched. But, on this glorious day in the northwest, Rembisz put it all together against Seattle as he dazzled with his 4-pitch mix. His 12 strikeouts he recorded during the outing is exactly half as many punchouts he recorded all of last year as well. On the young season, Rembisz is (2-0) with a 1.72 ERA over 4 appearances, registering a save while limiting opponents to a .115 OBA and a 16:2 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The Pilots haven’t made an NCAA tournament appearance since 1991 but if they can build off this magic, maybe 2025 can be their year.
February 25th

Perfect Game/Player of the Week:

Paxton Kling, JR, Penn State


The Penn State Nittany Lions (5-1) are off to another outstanding start in Mike Gambino’s second year as head coach in Happy Valley. The program has a tremendous amount of momentum right now and landing a player like Paxton Kling in the transfer portal is further proof of what they have going there. Kling, the former Perfect Game High School All-American and LSU transfer, is off to an incredible start to the season, slashing .440/1.080/.533 with 5 home runs and 9 RBI thus far. The 6-2/210 Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania native is an elite athlete with twitchy actions, and it all seems to be coming together for him and his club at the right time. In 3-games last weekend, he collected 7 hits in 13 at-bats, including a double, 4 home runs and 6 RBI. Kling is setting himself up nicely for this year’s MLB Draft, but it feels like he and the Nittany Lions will be making a trip to the NCAA Tournament before that happens.

Perfect Game/Pitcher of the Week:

Trystan Levesque, GR, Rhode Island


While the Rhode Island Rams (3-4) currently have a losing record, they have made quite the splash on the national landscape in the first two weeks of the season. On Opening Weekend, they won the rubber match with William & Mary by an astronomical score of 36-22 in just 7 innings. This past weekend they went to Oregon and out-slugged the Ducks 12-11 on Friday night before Levesque took the mound in Game 2 of the doubleheader. The 5-10/207 southpaw went out and pitched what could be the most epic no-decision in program history. He ended up going 10 innings in the start, only allowing 3 hits, no runs, 2 walks and he struck out 9 batters on his way to 119 total pitches. An injury ended his season after just two outings in 2024 and it appears Levesque is going to make the most of his last go-round with the Rams. Heading into this year he had made 51 career appearances, 38 of those were starts and he put together a sparkling 232:56 K-to-BB ratio. Rhode Island looks like they will be a real force in the A10 and maybe Levesque can help lead them back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016.

February 17

Perfect Game/Player of the Week

Marek Houston, IF, Wake Forest

The Demon Deacons are off to a perfect (4-0) start to the season and their junior shortstop has done most of the heavy lifting thus far. The 6-3/205 shortstop from Nokomis, Florida dedicated himself to adding more physicality over the offseason and the results are paying huge dividends already. Using his compact swing and added strength at contact, Houston is launching balls out of “the Couch” at a record breaking pace. In the first 4-games of the season his slash line is .714/1.429/.789 with a double, 3-home runs, 2-stolen bases and he has driven in a ridiculous 13 runs already. With a defensive skillset that was ahead of his hit tool most of his career, if the bat stays on track Houston is putting himself in great position to be an early Day 1 selection in the coming MLB Draft.

Perfect Game/Pitcher of the Week:

Dax Whitney, RHP, Oregon State

It’s not very common to see a true freshman open the season in the rotation for a program at the level of the Beavers. But Dax Whitney is no common freshman and was a big part of his team’s perfect (3-0) start to the year. At 6-5/204 the Blackfoot, Idaho native looks the part on the bump and uses a super abbreviated arm path and comprehensive repertoire to produce explosive stuff. His riding fastball is reported to have peaked at 98 mph and cruised in the mid-90s throughout his first career start. He backed that up with an abrupt mid-80s slider and heavy downer of a curve in the upper-70s. All three offerings are legit swing and miss pitches and he held his velocity deep into the outing. In his first career start he went 5.0 IP on just 84 pitches, allowing 4 hits, no runs, 1 free pass while striking out 8 batters. Oregon State are once again national title contenders and they are fortunate to have landed Whitney on campus.

College | Recruiting | 12/22/2025

Recruiting Notebook: December 22

Jheremy Brown
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Lucien Saint Cyr, INF, Class of 2026 Commitment: Bucknell Saint Cyr announced his pledge to Bucknell, giving the Bison an interesting blend of present tools and projection. Saint Cyr stands 6-foot-1 and offers room to fill in his medium frame, profiling in the middle infield defensively. The New York product starts wide at the base in the right-handed box, keeping his hands high behind the ear. He works into a subtle outward step load, firing through a compact barrel that showcases bat speed and gap-to-gap impact. For head coach Scott Heather and Bucknell, they land a high-quality Northeast infielder in the ’26 cycle, adding to a class that takes the quality over quantity approach. Patrick Diaz ('26, NY) 102 EV off the bat. Impact to the pull side. #PGNational @PGMidAtlantic @PG_Uncommitted pic.twitter.com/NN0L3FRdO9 — PG Showcases (@PGShowcases) July 9, 2025 Patrick Diaz,...
Draft | Story | 12/22/2025

2025 Year in Review: Draft

Isaiah Burrows
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2025 Year in Review: Draft We’ve reached the end of the 2025 calendar year, and while we’ve already jumped in on the 2026 cycle with some of the fall events and post-draft content we’ve had here at Perfect Game, there’s still one more piece on the docket, and that’s the 2025 Year-In-Review piece here from the PG Draft staff.  The 2025 MLB Draft took place in July, when many highly talented players heard their names called and continued their journey through the game to the next level. There’s already been some of those names making noise in the minors and guys who are moving up prospect lists and becoming names to know for MLB fans digging deep into the future of their organizations. While we are going to “close the book” on 2025 with this article, these players still have many years ahead of them, and many blank pages to continue...
High School | General | 12/19/2025

Huntington Beach HS World Series Recap

Steve Fiorindo
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MVPitcher: Duncan McLeod The uncommitted junior toed the slab in three of the four games for Team Mick, tossing 3 2/3 innings.  Zero walks, zero hits and 6 punchouts for the lefty who was used both as a starter in the series clinching game 4 and he closed out game 3 on Friday in quick fashion.  McLeod was very efficient as well, needing just 42 pitches over all his outings.  In the game 4 start, over two innings he punched out 3, with one strikeout with all of his offerings.  The mid 80’s fastball regularly played up, set up with efficient use of the secondaries, with the breaking ball 73/74 and fading change-up 72-74.   Owen Bone (2026) at it again... Solo shot in the 5th to tie things up. Back to back days with a home run for Bone. #PGHS pic.twitter.com/2JC9qETI5h — Perfect Game California (@California_PG) December 13, 2025 MV Hitter: ...
Tournaments | Story | 12/19/2025

13u Tourney All-American Team

Jheremy Brown
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What a year it was in 2025 on the national landscape at the 13u level as Perfect Game continues to expand its reach around the country, providing an even bigger schedule of events coast-to-coast which has allowed players all over show out and gain their deserved recognition. Whether in Texas for the Houston 1000 or the 13u WWBA in West Palm Beach, we saw huge, eye opening performances from the players placed below, knowing that we could EASILY build a third team and likely a fourth without much effort.  As we do every year with this exercise, it's worth pointing out the trickiness of this age group and putting the teams together with the 13u group. While the players are all members of the Class of 2030, some are younger for the grade, which allowed them to play at the 12u level where's it's a smaller field, shorter mound distance and different bats, so we'll separate them out and...
Tournaments | Story | 12/18/2025

14u Tourney All-American Team

Tyler Russo
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Player of the Year: Asher Williams It was an incredible year for Williams that was rewarded with a trip to the 14U Select Fest, before some more impressive play in the fall. He came to the plate almost 250 times in PG tournaments throughout 2025 and reached base in well over half of them, hitting to a .500 AVG while slugging a 14U circuit best 12 bombs and driving in 113 runs. The numbers on the surface are ridiculous, but when you look at the high-level events he put them up in, it makes it even more impressive. Pitcher of the Year: Tristan Blalock Blalock earns this honor after a dominant 2025 where he struck out 85 batters in just 48.2 innings of work with a minuscule 1.58 ERA. This included several strong performances at many national level tournaments and showcases where he was able to bully some of the best hitters in the country. It’s hard not to fall in love with...
Draft | Story | 12/18/2025

PG Draft: Gut Feel Guys

Tyler Henninger
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While we are nearing the turn of the calendar to the 2026 year, that means we are just inching closer to the beginning of the season for many high school players and college baseball is on the horizon. We are prepping for a reshuffle of the 2026 MLB Draft Board as well here amongst the PG Draft staff. But before we get to that, we sat down and have each picked a couple of players who are in the mix to get selected in a couple of different buckets.  We have prospects who could go into the Top 30 picks or so, prospects who could be selected in the Top 5 rounds, and prospects who could go inside of the Top 10 rounds. With the draft quite far down the road and a lot of re-shuffling to be done as these players play themselves into certain spots on the draft board, our scouts picked some players who fit into these “buckets” who are gut-feel guys. These are the guys that our PG...
Tournaments | Story | 12/17/2025

15u Tourney All-American Team

Jason Phillips
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Hitter of the Year: Landon Bonner The 2028 class saw many players from across the country take the next step in their development as they entered the High School ranks. There were huge performances from highly ranked players on the PG circuit as well as some under-the-radar guys who burst onto the scene. Landon Bonner came into Sophomore National as a Top 500 ranked player and after an impressive showing, left with all eyes on him as a rankings riser in the class. The left-handed hitting shortstop from The Colony, Texas, had a summer to remember with All-Tournament Team selections in three of his next four events culminating with a historic performance at the 2025 PG 15U WWBA National Championship. The Hebron High School prep went 20-for-24 in nine games for 5 Star Mafia 15U Black with four homeruns and 12 runs batted in. He also scored 17 runs and finished with a mind-boggling 2.500...
Tournaments | Story | 12/16/2025

16u Tourney All-American Team

AJ Denny
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Hitter of the Year: Koa Romero is the Hitter of the Year for the 16u group, as he would come to every premier event of the summer and earn All-Tournament honors (Beast of the East, 16/17u WWBA, Jupiter) in every single one. Over 82 plate appearances, Romero would pump ten homeruns with forty two RBI and sixteen walks, good for a .378 average and 1.339 OPS. The performance on volume at the best events of the year pushed Romero over the edge here, as he’d hit a pair of homeruns in Jupiter (one of them at 112 EV) as an underclassmen and collect double digit hits in BOTH WWBA events with a combined six jacks over the two tournaments. It was a summer that combined performance and winning on the biggest stages for Romero. It’s a quiet left-handed swing that packs a punch. He would reap the benefits of his performances, earning a commitment to LSU and jumping to the #74 prospect in...
College | Recruiting | 12/15/2025

Recruiting Notebook: December 15

John McAdams
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Tucker Rice (27 MS) bumping up to 91; living hi-80s from real fast arm. Good SL @ 77-79 w/ depth & sold w/ intent. Loads of traits & strikes. #WWBA @PG_Uncommitted @PG_DeepSouth pic.twitter.com/DEjFqRcsIY — Perfect Game Scout (@PG_Scouting) July 6, 2025 Tucker Rice, RHP, Class of 2027 Commitment: Alabama Alabama has continued to stay red hot in the recruiting trail ever since August 1st rolled around on the calendar and have continued to stack major pieces in their ’27 class. They dip into Mississippi to land one of the premier arms and one that’s stood out on the circuit for quite some time. It’s a fast arm and the athleticism certainly shines working down the slope. The velocity has continued to tick up over the last calendar year and reached into the low-90s towards the end of the summer. He’s confident in his changeup and the breaking ball is...
Tournaments | Story | 12/15/2025

17u Tourney All-American Team

Vincent Cervino
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There’s a lot of talent throughout this 2026 class, filled with the big-name stars, to talent that spreads across the nation. It’s been a lot of fun seeing these prospects grow and develop over the years, from the days of watching some of these guys at the 13/14u days at events on the circuit, to now where they are all graduating seniors in 2026. There’s been new faces who have popped along the way over the years, even in 2026, where some players who were relatively undiscovered, have come out and made a name for themselves with a statement performance. Between the familiar and the new, there’s a lot of names on this list that are going to be quite regularly talked about on the circuit, and for good reason.  Whether it’s PG All-Americans or not, there’s a lot of names with superstar potential at the next level. We’ve got 14 PG All-Americans...
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