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Summer Collegiate  | Rankings | 8/29/2012

Cal Ripken League Top Prospects

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2012 Summer Collegiate Top Prospect Coverage
Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League top prospect reports (Insider/CBT)

RK Player POS B-T HT WT Hometown ST 2013 School YR Last Drafted Class
1 Hunter Renfroe OF/C R-R 6-3 215 Crystal Springs MS Mississippi State JR Red Sox '10 (31) 2013
2 Chris Ellis RHP L-R 6-5 195 Birmingham AL Mississippi SO Dodgers '11 (50) 2014
3 Brendan Hendriks 3B/2B L-R 6-2 180 Cochrane AB San Francisco SO Phillies '11 (40) 2014
4 K.J. Hockaday 3B/SS R-R 6-3 210 Bel Air MD Maryland SO Orioles '11 (14) 2014
5 James Vasquez 1B L-L 6-0 205 Martin County FL Central Florida SO Never drafted 2014
6 Ryan Ripken 1B L-L 6-5 195 Hunt Valley MD *South Carolina FR Orioles '12 (20) 2012
7 Ben Griset LHP L-L 6-3 200 Gustine CA St. Mary's (Calif.) JR White Sox '10 (36) 2013
8 Mark Zagunis OF/C R-R 6-0 190 Delran NJ Virginia Tech SO Never drafted 2014
9 Joe Harvey RHP R-R 6-2 220 Audubon PA Pittsburgh SO Never drafted 2013
10 Ian Rice C R-R 6-1 190 Arlington VA *Chipola (Fla.) JC FR Cardinals '12 (40) 2012
11 Corey Taylor RHP R-L 6-3 205 Fallston MD UNC Greensboro SR Never drafted 2012
12 Mike Miedzianowski SS R-R 5-11 175 Stuart FL High Point SO Orioles '11 (22) 2014
13 Patrick Blair SS R-R 5-10 180 Baltimore MD Wake Forest SR Astros '12 (24) 2012
14 Connor Bach LHP L-L 6-6 210 Clifton VA Virginia Military JR Never drafted 2013
15 Kevin Mooney RHP R-R 6-1 195 Forest Hill MD *Maryland FR Never drafted 2012
16 Sean Keselica 1B/LHP L-L 6-2 205 Glen Gardner NJ Virginia Tech SO Never drafted 2014
17 Ethan Miller RHP R-R 6-5 215 Chino Hills CA San Diego State SR Never drafted 2012
18 Bret Williams 1B/LHP L-L 6-4 220 Fairfax Station VA Richmond SR Never drafted 2012
19 Jake Taylor 1B R-R 6-4 230 Ellicott City MD *Montgomery CC - Germantown (Md.) SO Never drafted 2013
20 Adam Barry 3B L-R 6-0 215 Simi Valley CA *High Point SR Never drafted 2012
21 Brendan Butler OF R-R 6-2 210 Bel Air MD Towson SO Never drafted 2014
22 Norm Donkin C R-R 6-3 220 West Chester PA Cecil (Md.) CC SO Never drafted 2012
23 Trevor Kelley RHP R-R 6-2 190 Wilmington NC North Carolina SO Never drafted 2014
24 Alex Buccilli OF B-L 5-8 180 Murrysville PA Coastal Carolina SR Never drafted 2012
25 Trent Higginbothem 3B R-R 5-10 195 Pace FL Tallahassee (Fla.) CC SO Never drafted 2012
26 Brennan Middleton SS R-R 6-1 185 Walker LA Tulane SR Never drafted 2012
27 Dominic Vattuone RHP R-R 6-4 175 Germantown MD UNC Greensboro SR Never drafted 2012
28 Dominic Fratantuono OF L-R 5-11 170 Linthicum MD Towson JR Never drafted 2013
29 Johnny Cole 1B R-L 6-2 195 Fort Lauderdale FL Coastal Carolina JR Never drafted 2013
30 John-Austin Shepard RHP R-R 6-4 215 Haymarket VA Tusculum (Tenn.) JR Never drafted 2013

*Transfer

Others in consideration: Hugh Adams, Michael Bass, John Beaubien, Johnny Bladel, Chris Bzozowski, Ronnie Glenn, Colin Kish, D.J. Park, Joe Vanderplas, Lamonte Wade


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Perfect Game Staff
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Perfect Game Staff
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Tyler Henninger
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RHP Jason Flores (@BaseballUGA) Showed some electric stuff, up to 98 several times CT, SL, CH to round out the arsenal in his 5IP 9K performance. @HarwichMariners So./‘27 elig pic.twitter.com/p2nTvkFnWh — PG College Baseball (@PGCollegeBall) August 5, 2026 Jason Flores | RHP | University of Georgia | Harwich Mariners  Flores heads to Georgia this fall looking to reestablish himself as one of the premier arms in the 2027 draft class after showing significant promise during his freshman season at Texas. Flores posted a 2.78 ERA over 32.1 innings as a freshman before a limited sophomore campaign in which he logged just 12 innings. The stuff was on full display this summer, highlighted by a dominant five-inning, nine-strikeout playoff performance in which he touched 98 mph five different times. His fastball averaged nearly 96 mph throughout his time on the Cape, pairing the...
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