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Class of 2018 Illinois State Rankings - Ranked Prospects

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StateNatlPlayerPosHometownCommitmentDraftedDebutedHSTravel TeamLast Played 
1 28 Alek Thomas
5-11  175  L/L 		OF Chicago, IL TCU Rd 2 by Diamondbacks (2018) Mt Carmel Chicago White Sox ACE
Can flat out rake. Really impressed at PG National. PG All American
2 180 Zaid Walker
6-2  220  R/R 		OF Homewood, IL Michigan State Rd 36 by Reds (2018) Homewood-Flossmoor ILLINOIS SPARKS
3 254 Francois Castillo
6-1  220  R/R 		RHP Chicago, IL San Jacinto CC Lake View Chi-town Cream
4 272 Caden Monke
6-3  160  L/L 		LHP Mt. Olive, IL Arkansas Mt Olive St Louis Pirates
5 290 Hayden Juenger
6-0  170  R/R 		RHP O'Fallon, IL Missouri State O'Fallon St Louis Pirates
6 336 Ben Cruikshank
6-4  165  L/L 		LHP Fairview Heights, IL Missouri State Belleville East St Louis Pirates
7 346 Tyler Acosta
6-1  175  R/R 		OF Barrington, IL State College of Florida Rd 39 by Diamondbacks (2018) Barrington 29ers Red-Acosta
8 358 Cam McDonald
6-5  185  R/R 		SS Ladd, IL Illinois Hall Cangelosi Sparks 17u Black
9 367 Branden Comia
5-10  195  S/R 		SS Orland Park, IL Illinois Carl Sandburg Illinois Sparks
10 375 Jacob Maton
6-1  180  R/R 		RHP Chatham, IL Coastal Carolina Rd 39 by Mariners (2018) Glenwood
11 402 Riley Gowens
6-2  215  R/R 		RHP Libertyville, IL Illinois Libertyville Slammers IL - Coyote
12 407 Dakota Kotowski
6-4  230  R/R 		OF Channahon, IL Missouri State Providence Catholic
13 438 Danny Zimmerman
6-0  180  L/L 		LHP Frankfort, IL Louisville Lincoln-Way North
14 455 Kyle Salley
5-9  180  L/L 		LHP Flossmoor, IL Duke Rd 40 by White Sox (2018) Homewood-Flossmoor White Sox ACE 17U
MVP
15 500 Anthony Herron
6-2  235  R/R 		1B Chicago, IL Missouri State Mt Carmel Chi town Cream
16 500 Nathan Lavender
6-2  220  L/L 		LHP El Paso, IL Illinois El Paso-Gridley
17 500 Jackson Kaplowitz
6-3  190  R/R 		SS Wilmette, IL Xavier Notre Dame College Prep Illinois Indians
18 500 Jacob Plastiak
6-2  200  S/R 		3B Tinley Park, IL Kentucky Wabash Valley College Rd 28 by Padres (2018)   Chicago Elite
19 500 Anthony Calarco
6-3  215  S/R 		1B Wilmette, IL Northwestern New Trier Township Chicago White Sox Elite 2018
20 500 Sam Jones
6-0  185  R/R 		SS Westmont, IL Indiana Brother Rice Illinois Sparks
21 500 Ryan Vice
6-4  210  R/R 		RHP New Lenox, IL   Chicago Elite
22 500 Jake Rosing
6-1  160  R/R 		RHP Richmond, IL Louisville Richmond Burton Top Tier
23 500 Jordon Rogers
5-9  165  S/R 		C Chicago, IL Michigan Simeon Career Academy White Sox ACE
24 500 Antoine Kelly
6-5  175  L/L 		LHP Des Plaines, IL Wabash Valley College Rd 2 by Brewers (2019) Maine East Chicago Scouts Association
25 500 Scott Youngbrandt
6-0  175  R/R 		3B Tinley Park, IL St. Louis Victor J Andrew Top Tier Americans 17u
26 500 Caleb Larson
6-3  180  R/R 		RHP Wheaton, IL Illinois Wheaton Warrenville South
27 500 Steven Sanchez
6-7  240  L/L 		LHP Mundelien, IL Arkansas Mundelein
28 500 Jeffery Massey
6-4  165  R/R 		RHP Chicago, IL Minnesota Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep Chicago White Sox ACE 2018 (16U)
MVP
29 500 Brooks Coetzee
6-1  185  R/R 		OF Mahomet, IL Notre Dame Mahomet-Seymour
30 500 Ari Gordon
6-3  210  R/R 		RHP Buffalo Grove, IL Bradley Adlai E Stevenson Top Tier Americans 17u
31 500 Aidan Tyrell
6-0  160  L/L 		LHP Joliet, IL Notre Dame Joliet Catholic Academy
32 500 Will Pudik
6-1  200  R/R 		C Peoria, IL Peoria Notre Dame Team Demarini
33 500 Evan Tenuta
6-0  190  R/R 		RHP Orland Park, IL Notre Dame Carl Sandburg Illinois Sparks
34 500 James Kulak
6-3  175  R/L 		LHP Naperville, IL Purdue Neuqua Valley Chi-Town Cream
35 500 Chase Stanke
6-2  180  L/R 		C Sugar Grove, IL Minnesota Marmion Academy Top Tier Hoffmann
36 500 Daniel Powers
6-2  190  R/R 		RHP Coal Valley, IL Kansas State Assumption Hs Team
37 500 Grant Lalla
6-5  215  R/R 		1B Glen Ellyn, IL Waubonsee CC Glenbard West Team Demarini
38 500 Mason Crews
6-0  185  R/R 		C Manteno, IL Kansas State Manteno Team DeMarini
39 500 Ryan Hampe
6-0  190  R/R 		C Orland Park, IL Illinois Carl Sandburg Cangelosi Sparks
40 500 Reid Hendrickson
6-1  170  R/R 		RHP Glen Carbon, IL Edwardsville
41 500 Kevin Garcia
6-4  220  R/R 		C Chicago, IL Concordia University Chicago Notre Dame College Prep Chi Town Cream
42 500 Gary Volz
6-2  163  R/R 		RHP Alton, IL John A. Logan College Alton
43 500 Alexander Pup
5-9  165  R/R 		SS Chicago, IL Air Force Fenwick Chi-Town Cream
44 500 Jaylen Heard
6-0  220  R/R 		1B Olympia Fields, IL Heartland CC Marian Catholic
45 500 Malik Peters
6-2  170  R/R 		2B Calumet City, IL Northern Illinois Mount Carmel Hitters Baseball
46 500 Jack Rigoni
6-0  185  R/R 		OF Naperville, IL Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Neuqua Valley Chi Town Cream
47 500 Joe Payton
5-10  165  R/R 		RHP Orland Park, IL Brother Rice
48 500 Myles Norman
6-1  170  R/R 		RHP Chicago, IL Morgan Park ACE-White Sox
MVP
49 500 Ryan Howe
6-2  180  R/R 		SS Mt. Prospect, IL Purdue Prospect Top Tier
50 500 Brodie Lenon
6-3  205  L/L 		LHP Goreville, IL John A. Logan College Goreville Kentucky Prospects
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Class of 2018 Illinois State Rankings - High Follow List

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RankPlayerPosHometownCommitmentHSTravel TeamLast Played
High Follow Charlie Andersen
5-11  185  L/L 		LHP Park Ridge, IL Florida Southern Notre Dame College Prep Illinois Indians
High Follow Nick Anderson
6-2  190  R/R 		RHP Galva, IL Kankakee CC Galva Legion Post 727
High Follow Nick Bacarella
6-1  172  L/L 		LHP Woodridge, IL Lewis Downers Grove North Pro Player
High Follow Danny Balzhiser
6-0  180  L/L 		LHP Romeoville, IL Wisconsin-Parkside Plainfield East Team Demarini Illinois Elite
High Follow Nate Bandura
5-11  210  R/R 		RHP Naperville, IL Waubonsee CC Naperville North DuPage Hounds
High Follow Brandon Bannon
5-11  160  R/R 		C Spring Grove, IL Illinois Springfield Richmond Burton Pro Player Canes
High Follow Samson Barboza
5-8  160  R/R 		MIF Chicago, IL Eric Solorio Academy Chicago White Sox Aces
High Follow Brendan Barrette
6-5  215  R/R 		RHP Oak Park, IL Parkland College Oak Park & River Forest Chicagoland Panthers
High Follow Spencer Beacom
6-7  220  R/R 		RHP Wilmette, IL University of Chicago New Trier Township Hitters Baseball
High Follow Ryan Behling
6-2  175  L/R 		1B Itasca, IL North Central College Lake Park
High Follow Casey Berner
6-0  178  L/L 		LHP Roselle, IL Lake Park Longshots Baseball
High Follow Paul Beverly
6-2  180  L/L 		LHP Roselle, IL  
High Follow Billy Blank
6-0  190  R/R 		C Cary, IL Rock Valley College Cary-Grove Community Illinois Patriots
High Follow Jason Bollman
6-1  150  R/R 		MIF Dunlap, IL Danville Area CC Dunlap Quad City Hitmen
High Follow Nicholas Boone
6-1  185  R/R 		OF O'Fallon, IL South Carolina-Upstate Southeastern CC O'Fallon O’Fallon
High Follow Frank Bryan
6-1  185  R/R 		OF Plainfield, IL  
High Follow Bryce Burton
6-0  200  R/R 		OF Sugar Grove, IL Rock Valley College Marmion Academy Fastball USA
High Follow Joey Byers
6-1  170  R/R 		RHP Ransom, IL Streator Twp Longshots Baseball Teal
High Follow Jeremiah Canada
5-10  180  R/R 		SS Chicago, IL  
High Follow Ricky Castro
6-1  175  R/R 		RHP Naperville, IL Purdue Parkland College Neuqua Valley 29ers Baseball
High Follow Andrew Churchman
6-2  180  R/R 		RHP Naperville, IL Neuqua Valley Elite Baseball Training
High Follow John Colucci
6-2  182  R/R 		RHP Darien, IL Luther College Hinsdale South Longshots Baseball
High Follow Kyle Crosby
5-10  140  L/L 		LHP Bartlett, IL Judson University (Illinois) South Elgin IL Silver Hawks
High Follow Noah Crowe
6-0  170  L/L 		OF Springfield, IL Illinois-Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin
High Follow Anthony Deconcilis
5-10  165  R/R 		SS Bloomingdale, IL Illinois Springfield Lake Park Elite Baseball Chicago
High Follow Pasquale Defilippis
6-0  200  R/R 		RHP Gurnee, IL Warren Northern Knights
High Follow Andrew Delacruz
5-10  155  S/R 		SS Litchfield, IL Litchfield Senior STL Gamers 17u
High Follow Noah Dellutri
6-0  215  R/R 		3B Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove North Longshots Baseball
High Follow Andrew DeMatteo
5-11  160  R/R 		OF Orland Park, IL Augustana College Carl Sandburg Elite Baseball Training - Dixon
High Follow Nate Dirkes
6-5  230  R/R 		RHP Wheeling, IL Wheeling 29ers
High Follow Julian Everett
5-10  180  L/L 		OF Frankfort, IL Lincoln Way East Amateur City Elite
MVP
High Follow Luke Faifer
6-1  185  L/R 		OF Shorewood, IL Minooka Community (Minooka, IL) Top Tier 17U Americans
High Follow Zach Farris
5-11  165  R/R 		C Dekalb, IL Elgin CC Kaneland Senior Schaumburg Seminoles 17U
High Follow Rece Finck
6-1  184  R/R 		RHP Hopedale, IL Olympia St. Louis Pirates
High Follow Keegan Garcelon
6-4  185  R/R 		RHP Huntley, IL Huntley Pro Player Canes
High Follow AJ Golembiewski
6-4  175  R/R 		OF Woodstock, IL Marian Central Catholic
High Follow Josh Golibrzuch
5-10  160  R/R 		SS Romeoville, IL Judson University (Illinois) Romeoville Dupage Hounds
High Follow Nathan Gomez
6-0  170  R/R 		2B Chicago, IL Marian University (Wisconsin) Lake View Academy Team DeMarini
High Follow Andrew Gough
5-10  175  R/R 		SS Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest Slammers Coyote
High Follow Seth Gutknecht
6-0  160  R/R 		OF Minooka, IL Minooka Community 29ers
High Follow Liam Hannigan
5-10  190  R/R 		RHP Gurnee, IL Warren Township Downers Grove Longshots
High Follow Dylan Hauck
6-2  175  R/R 		3B Crete, IL Crete-Monee Indiana Breakers
High Follow Patrick Hayes
5-10  170  L/L 		SS Chicago, IL  
High Follow Jay Heer
5-11  195  R/R 		RHP Brookfield, IL Quincy Riverside Brookfield Twp Pirates Baseball Chicago
High Follow Zack Heidenry
6-0  170  R/R 		2B Lisle, IL Lisle Team Demarini Illinois
High Follow Christopher Heywood
5-11  195  R/R 		OF Northbrook, IL Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) PBA Demarini
High Follow Evan Hill
6-3  200  R/R 		RHP Gurnee, IL Illinois Wesleyan Warren Downers Grove Longshots
High Follow Trent Hlafka
6-4  220  R/R 		RHP Highland, IL Missouri-St. Louis Highland Lumber Yard Baseball
High Follow Ryan Ignoffo
5-10  186  R/R 		RHP Crystal Lake, IL Cary-Grove Community (Cary, IL) Pro Player Canes 2018
High Follow William Jackson
6-0  175  R/R 		OF Glenview, IL St. Thomas Loyola Academy Top Tier
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Class of 2018 Illinois State Rankings - Follow List

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RankPlayerPosHometownCommitmentHSTravel TeamLast Played
Follow Tyler Adams
6-3  260  R/R 		RHP Belleville, IL Illinois College Belleville West Extreme Elite
Follow Quinten Albrecht
6-1  190  L/R 		C Waterloo, IL Wichita State Waterloo 17u Rawlings Black
Follow Tim Alfonso
5-10  155  R/R 		MIF North Barrington, IL IMG Academy Top Tier Nationals
Follow Zachery Andrews
5-10  150  R/R 		MIF Rockford, IL Wisconsin-Platteville Auburn
Follow Brooks Appelt
6-2  195  R/R 		RHP Glenview, IL Illinois Wesleyan Glenbrook South Illinois Indians
Follow Anthony Baturin
5-9  175  R/R 		SS Bloomingdale, IL Benedictine University (Illinois) Lake Park Schaumburg Seminoles 17U
Follow Nick Beeler
6-0  210  R/R 		1B Troy, IL McKendree College Triad Extreme Elite 17u
Follow Trace Berggren
5-10  215  L/L 		LHP Ottawa, IL Maryville University of Saint Louis Serena Illinois Hawks-Luevano
Follow Brian Biggs
5-7  165  R/R 		2B Romeoville, IL Lakeland College Plainfield North Illinois Hawks
Follow Danny Borgstrom
5-10    L/R 		IF Morris, IL Evansville Morris HS
Follow Justin Bost
6-0  150  L/R 		SS Reynolds, IL Rockridge Milan Legion Post 569
Follow Fletcher Brown
5-11  180  R/R 		C Evanston, IL Rhodes College Evanston Twp Elite Baseball Training - Dixon
Follow Keaton Bubala
6-4  195  R/R 		RHP Chicago, IL The Latin School Of Chicago Illinois Sparks
Follow Payton Burch
5-7  155  R/R 		MIF Wilmette, IL Denison New Trier Township Homestead Ranchers Texas
Follow Tommy Carlsen
6-0  190  R/R 		OF Naperville, IL Naperville Central 29ers Baseball
Follow Cameron Crowley
5-11  190  R/R 		RHP Downers Grove, IL Trinity College (Connecticut) Downers Grove South Longshots Baseball
Follow Ryan Culley
6-1  165  L/L 		LHP Swansea, IL Parkland College Belleville East Southern Illinois Batters Box 17u
Follow Jack Davis
5-9  155  R/R 		OF Geneva, IL Marmion Academy Marmion Cadets
Follow Adrian Del Valle
5-10  175  R/R 		OF Glen Ellyn, IL Glenbard West Dupage Training Academy
Follow Chance Duringer
5-9  183  R/R 		C Goreville, IL Goreville 17u St. Louis Prospects
Follow Noah Ernst
5-11  180  R/R 		C Naperville, IL Milwaukee School of Engineering Neuqua Valley ESP Select Black
ESP
Follow Jacob Ferguson
6-2  230  R/R 		RHP Oswego, IL College of DuPage Oswego Kane County Phantoms
Follow Jake Garvey
5-9  160  R/R 		OF Brookfield, IL Concordia University Chicago Riverside Brookfield Twp Pirates Baseball Chicago
Follow Martin Gavac III
5-11  205  R/R 		3B Carol Stream, IL Glenbard West Illinois Hammerheads
Follow Matthew Grubb
5-10  175  R/R 		RHP Lindenhurst, IL Benedictine University (Illinois) Lakes Community PTA Team Zepp
Follow Ian Grubich
5-9  130  R/R 		SS McHenry, IL St. Thomas Mchenry East
Follow Noah Harlan
6-5  160  S/R 		OF Knoxville, IL Knoxville Canton Crushers
Follow Lucas Harmon
5-11  195  R/R 		C Dundas, IL Shawnee CC East Richland St. Louis Pirates(2014), Team Combat(2015), Midwest Eagles(2016), Extreme Elite 17U (2017)
Follow Liam Heggemann
6-3  170  R/R 		RHP Lombard, IL Montini Catholic Pirates Baseball Chicago
Follow Jack Housinger
5-9  155  L/R 		SS Hawthorn Woods, IL Xavier Adlai E Stevenson
Follow Christopher Kolozsy
5-8  150  S/L 		LHP Lake In The Hills, IL Huntley Lake In The Hills Thunder 17u Travel & Huntley Hig
Follow Zach Laws
5-10  180  R/R 		3B Naperville, IL Waubonsie Valley Naperville Renegades-2017
Follow Ryan Lee
6-0  155  R/R 		OF Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest Zeppo Prospects
Follow Braeden Lemp
6-2  175  R/R 		OF Collinsville, IL McKendree College Collinsville St Louis Pirates
Follow Freddie March
6-0  215  R/R 		C Itasca, IL Elmhurst College Lake Park Team Easton
Follow Jake Marti
6-3  215  S/R 		1B Bloomington, IL Michigan Heartland CC Normal Community West Bnba Gold
Follow Ryan McWilliams
6-0  180  L/L 		LHP Manhattan, IL Coppin State Lincoln Way West Cangelosi Sparks 2018 White
Follow Cruz Meier
6-2  220  R/R 		RHP Camp Point, IL Quincy Central Complete Game Training Academy 16u
Follow Kevin Michaelsen
5-10  160  R/R 		SS Hampshire, IL Hampshire Lake In The Hills Thunder17u
Follow Alec Mills
5-11  180  L/R 		OF Edwardsville, IL Edwardsville St. Louis Pirates
Follow Sean Nemetz
5-11  165  S/R 		C St. Charles, IL Hillsdale St. Charles North Longshots Baseball
Follow Cade O'Neal
5-9  164  R/R 		IF Arlington Heights, IL Oklahoma Hersey HS
Follow Bryce Parish
6-1  225  R/R 		C Mount Olive, IL Mt Olive Edwardsville Sluggers
Follow Ryan Patel
6-2  170  R/R 		SS Mundelein, IL St. Louis Mundelein Slammers Coyote
Follow Justin Pelley
6-3  180  R/R 		OF Batavia, IL Batavia Kane County Phantoms 16u
Follow Brandon Petkoff
6-1    L/L 		1B Frankfort, IL Texas A&M-Corpus Christi  
Follow Brandon Petkoff
6-1    L/L 		1B Frankfort, IL Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Lincoln Way East HS
Follow Ryan Piontek
5-10  170  R/R 		3B South Elgin, IL St Charles North Dupage Training Academy
Follow Nate Quinn
5-9  170  R/R 		2B Berwyn, IL Keiser University J Sterling Morton West Lou Collier A'S
Follow Hunter Ralls
6-3  210  R/R 		RHP Buncombe, IL John A. Logan College Anna-Jonesboro SI Prospects
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