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Tournaments  | Story | 12/19/2025

13u Tourney All-American Team

Jheremy Brown
Cam McElwaney
Scott Rankin
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 they will be detailed later. There's also the 54/80 option for players and teams to play in, along with Minors and AAA, all things that are looked at when assembling both teams. 



Let's take a quick second, starting with the offense, and appreciate the performances these guys put together while highlighting some of the eye opening numbers across the board. Texas outfielder Jesse Soberal Jr. is no stranger to Perfect Game events and once again put his best foot forth, continuing to swing a hot stick while earning a First Team best 31 All-Tournament Team nods. Of the 24 man roster, 20 of the players hit double digit home runs, but none connected for more moonshots than Florida's own Mark Thompson who belted 28 home runs, a truly other worldly number. There's no lacking in the speed department thanks to Louisiana's Derrick Carley Jr and his 74 bags and nobody was able to match the bat-to-ball skills of Quintin Blackwell out of California as he hit a robust .567 on the circuit. 

For as good as the bats were, there were still plenty of arms who impressed on the brightest of stages, earning their spots on both the first and second team, respectively. Amongst the sea of impressive resumes of work, you have numbers like 120 (Jack Drake's strikeout numbers), 0.908 (Luke Rohlfs' WHIP) or even 90 mph, the best heater we saw from this group last year, courtesy of Amani Tuiasosopo (though that comes with a caveat of sorts as he popped the 90 this past fall, after the calendar switched to 14u, but that's okay.) 

Of all the elite performers, it wasn't the easiest to narrow it down to a single player for the Player, Pitcher and Two-Way Player of the Year, but through some deliberation, and truly letting the numbers speak for themselves, below are the winners of each award.

Player of the Year: Mark Thompson (FL)

28 home runs. That's it. That's all that needs to be said. But, Mark Thompson is more than just home runs and his overall stat line this summer was simply otherworldly. In any other year there'd be a handful of players vying for this spot, but Thompson's performance was simply too loud to be overtaken. Over the course of 258 plate appearances, the Floridian racked up 111 hits, good for a .558 batting average, but his 1.817 OPS is even more impressive as he gathered 23 doubles, 12 triples and those 28 round trippers. There's obviously intent to do damage every time he steps into the box, but he's not going to sell out, showing a disciplined approach, not afraid to draw his walks to simply take what the pitcher gives him. He's an all fields hitter with a very real feel for the barrel and it's the type of swing that'll continue to excel as he climbs the ranks and into the wooden bat phase of the 14u circuit. 

Pitcher of the Year: Noah Osterman (GA)

Not only does Osterman have arguably the best line across the board on the first team from this past summer, but he did it against some of the best teams in the country and we all know pitching at the 13u level isn't the easiest given what you're going up against. A low-80s lefty from southern Georgia, Osterman exemplifies what it means to be a "pitcher" in that he throws three pitches, in any count, with real feel to move it throughout the four quadrants and to either side of the plate. That's not to say low-80s at the 13u level isn't impressive, it truly is, but more that he doesn't just rely on challenging hitters on the strength of a heater. Over the course of his 65.1 innings he punched out 99 and more impressively walked just 32, limiting the big hit while finishing the year with a 1.270 WHIP, a very good mark at the 13u level. Osterman might be the 13u Pitcher of the Year but he also found a spot on the second team for his hitting as he's an all-around quality athlete, showing an innate feel for hitting as evidenced by his nearly .500 average and 1.463 OPS, showing there's some hidden juice at the plate as well. 

Two-Way Player of the Year: Jhunior Jose Cordero (FL)

I'll challenge you to go find something on the baseball field that Cordero can't do. It might take you a little bit. So let's dive into what he CAN do and know it's a little bit of everything at the highest of levels. A first teamer for both pitching and hitting, it's fitting that the young Floridian takes home the Two-Way Player of the Year honors and rightfully so given what he did. Possessing one of the better fastball in the class as he'll park it in the mid- to upper-80s, Cordero can absolutely spin the baseball which led him to punching out 93 in just 65 innings to just 36 walks and proved to be nearly unhittable as suggested by his minute and first team best 0.826 WHIP. How about with the bat though? Well, he hit almost .500 on the year (.497) and had as many doubles as he did home runs with 11 in both columns, proving to consistently find the power stroke. There's a combination of bat speed and strength that you don't often find at the 13u level and he's proven time and time again that he's just not full of tools, but that they play at the highest of levels as well.


First Team Hitters
Pos. Player State Team PA H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG OPS ATT
C Bryant Ju CA ZT National Prospects 277 93 26 3 9 84 20 0.456 1.329 19
C Landen Davis SC ZT National Prospects 200 73 18 2 12 71 21 0.459 1.384 15
C Marcelo Ramirez CA TBT National 13u 251 126 27 4 16 116 10 0.502 1.411 26
1B Cole Henderlight TN S2N Select 224 76 20 0 16 85 24 0.434 1.374 19
1B Tyler Early TX Premier Banditos DeLeon
 271 88 22 14 12 86 33 0.486 1.606 21
MIF Aiden Arica CA RJBA Barraza 278 120 22 5 18 110 22 0.494 1.387 26
MIF Brixton Barraza CA ZT National Prospects 295 111 28 3 10 67 20 0.487 1.356 22
MIF Brooks Minarik SC Team Elite 13u National 228 78 20 5 11 66 34 0.441 1.667 11
MIF Cooper Payne NC USA Prime Coastal Stars 13u 156 69 20 2 14 68 7 0.531 1.628 10
MIF Corbin Little SC Elite Diamond Dawgs 237 106 37 15 14 117 44 0.579 1.829 8
MIF Ryder Richardson CA RJBA Barraza 277 108 31 3 14 92 29 0.514 1.497 21
3B Casey Bilodeau TX 13u Offseason Baseball 162 72 13 18 11 67 29 0.545 1.784 13
3B Christopher Cabrera FL ZT National Prospects 170 61 17 5 12 66 18 0.469 1.548 9
3B Kolt Hampton AZ TBT National 13u 284 123 39 10 12 133 26 0.521 1.515 18
OF Adryan Zaragoza CA TBT SoCal 245 107 29 2 15 77 15 0.530 1.524 18
OF Chase Barnes NV MTBA Dawgs 225 84 26 3 12 72 24 0.462 1.400 19
OF Derrick Carley Jr LA Traction Canes 13u National 249 80 15 4 6 74 74 0.419 1.164 19
OF James Watson GA East Cobb Astros 13u 248 86 20 6 15 88 38 0.443 1.376 16
OF Jesse Soberal Jr TX Premier Banditos DeLeon 368 141 33 20 9 123 71 0.502 1.462 31
OF Josiah Lavea-Aldridge NV MTBA Dawgs 240 107 35 6 10 94 21 0.525 1.458 17
OF Mark Thompson FL ZT National Prospects 263 111 23 12 28 124 57 0.558 1.871 17
OF Quintin Blackwell CA Houston Wildcatters 182 76 19 5 8 46 33 0.567 1.622 15
UTL Jhunior Jose Cordero FL TBT National 13u 233 93 11 7 11 71 27 0.497 1.387 15
UTL Kingston George TX Premier Banditos DeLeon 265 97 20 9 12 119 26 0.462 1.376 15

Second Team Hitters
Pos. Player State Team PA H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG OPS ATT
C Grayson Liddle DC S2N Select 184 75 18 7 8 62 25 0.510 1.489 16
C Jancarlos Nunez TX DK Furia 244 80 12 9 7 87 27 0.442 1.293 15
C Zachary Cook Rosario NY FBT Ghosts 283 97 30 2 9 107 19 0.443 1.257 18
1B Jacob Garibay CA SoCal Villains 251 77 16 0 16 80 21 0.423 1.352 18
1B Leyland Henry TX Premier Banditos DeLeon 79 40 9 0 8 42 10 0.506 1.585
1B Luke Skarda TX LBC National 198 69 26 2 5 67 10 0.454 1.316 17
MIF Alex Cothern NC South Charlotte Panthers Marucci 159 48 14 3 13 66 20 0.393 1.408 9
MIF Antonio Ciccone IV NJ Ghost Hammers 227 79 29 3 4 60 70 0.444 1.252 16
MIF Brandon Sweeney CA USA Prime 13u National 97 53 14 1 4 38 20 0.546 1.465 8
MIF Chris Reed GA Team Elite National 13u 222 71 18 8 4 74 19 0.438 1.297 16
MIF Maykel Jimenez NY TBT National 208 71 15 2 10 62 22 0.444 1.303 11
MIF Tucker Richardson AL Traction Canes 13u National 77 36 11 6 7 50 8 0.468 1.586 5
3B Marcus Mendez Jr TX Wildcatters 218 93 26 6 10 71 22 0.456 1.329 18
3B Noah Burt MS Traction Canes 13u National 191 62 12 5 9 69 19 0.422 1.305 11
3B Tyson Hawk NC Wow Factor Carolina 189 66 17 4 12 80 17 0.449 1.406 14
OF Aahrion Hermosura NV MTBA Dawgs 267 104 22 9 2 55 52 0.510 1.354 16
OF Davis Austin Trombley NC SBA National Select 13u 200 78 18 9 7 75 25 0.491 1.439 22
OF Ernesto "AJ" Juarez AZ LPA Crawdaddy's 175 79 19 3 6 82 20 0.451 1.259 13
OF Jason Spray, Jr. TN ZT National Prospects 132 64 12 4 6 55 18 0.485 1.321 10
OF Noah Osterman GA USA Prime 13u National 135 67 11 9 6 53 34 0.496 1.463 14
OF Ramon Roa FL SBA Bolts National 13u 144 70 13 7 6 56 32 0.486 1.412 19
UTL Amani Tuiasosopo WA USA Prime 13u National 153 55 9 2 8 55 19 0.462 1.329 8
UTL Bowen Landry TX Premier Banditos DeLeon 170 80 20 9 4 85 32 0.471 1.327 16
UTL Brandon Chavez Castro CA SBA Bolts West/SoCal Villians 221 77 23 1 13 87 8 0.399 1.188
UTL Carson Schoener NV MTBA Dawgs 239 84 24 5 10 74 21 0.457 1.379 18
UTL Micah Delos Reyes CA ZT Prospects Avila 181 89 14 1 6 70 33 0.492 1.266 20


First Team Pitchers
Pos. Player State Travel Team IP H SO WHIP ATT
RHP Amani Tuiasosopo WA USA Prime 13u National 46 41 64 1.478 8
LHP Anthony Minyetty NJ FBT 13u Ghost Red 52.1 39 69 1.317 17
RHP Blaine Jackson TX USA Prime HTX Elite 64 58 81 1.358 14
RHP Charlie Brigance KY DK Furia Prospects 2030 24.1 23 31 1.233 7
RHP Christian Choe TX DK Furia Prospects 2030 62.2 58 81 1.237 14
RHP Clayton Ratliff AZ TBT National 13u 65.1 71 91 1.895 12
RHP Cohen Ward GA East Cobb Astros 13u 49.2 44 64 1.327 15
LHP Creed Peoples TX LBC National 13u 35 24 40 0.944 11
RHP Daniel Fernandez FL HQ55 Baseball 41 28 56 1.122 13
RHP Donovan McElroy CA ZT Prospects Avila 81.2 72 105 1.174 15
RHP Jack Drake TX TBT National 13u 85.2 70 120 1.360 22
RHP Jhunior Jose Cordero FL TBT National 13u 65 36 93 0.826 15
RHP Jordenn Nunez TX HQ55 Baseball/STX Arsenal 58.2 46 107 1.197 13
RHP Luke Rohlfs GA 643 DP Cougars 14u 60 47 57 0.908 10
RHP Martin Gomez CA TBT SoCal 13u 70 71 61 1.569 20
LHP Noah Osterman GA USA Prime 13u National 65.1 51 99 1.270 14
LHP Quintin Blackwell CA Houston Wildcatters 39.2 36 53 1.613 15


Second Team Pitchers

Pos. Player State Travel Team IP H SO WHIP ATT
RHP Aaron Gomez TX Knights Baseball 56 43 64 1.320 9
RHP Bowen Landry TX Premier Banditos DeLeon 49.2 59 62 1.890 16
LHP Brody Lerch FL USA Prime Tampa 44.2 37 49 1.276 9
RHP Caden Pauli IA Iowa Select 2030 Scout 42 38 39 1.150 9
RHP Carsen Idler WA New Level Baseball 32 33 42 1.333 3
LHP Carson Thieret NC SBA Bolts National 2030 51 46 76 1.500 11
RHP Charles Kelly MA Northeast Gators 54.1 46 78 1.288 5
RHP Ellis Kelley GA Canes American 41.2 54 46 1.464 5
RHP Grayson Liddle DC S2N Select 41 36 37 1.095 16
RHP Jerrian Petry TX Dirtbags HTX 46 46 86 1.593 13
RHP Kayden Lucas FL New Level Baseball 49.1 36 50 1.047 11
RHP Landen Davis SC ZT National Prospects 53 59 66 1.491 16
RHP Micah Delos Reyes CA ZT Prospects Avila 66.2 64 80 1.642 20
RHP Nathan Henry TX Core Baseball 39.2 34 53 1.240 9
RHP Sebastian Rivera TX LBC National 13u 46.1 31 58 1.597 15
LHP Tristan Brown CA ZT National Prospects 20.2 15 36 1.433 16
RHP Xayvion Cheney GA Showtime 13u Blue 22.1 13 41 1.075 3


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