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PG Select Baseball Festival  | General | 12/26/2025

2025 Year in Review: PGAAC, ASG, Festivals

Jheremy Brown
Tyler Russo
John McAdams

All-Star Game Continues To Thrive

We’re only a couple of years into having the PG All-Star Game around, an underclass event attached to the All-American weekend, this year played in Petco two days before the Classic. The talent that is a part of it continues to grow to significant levels, and this year was a mix of young guys and some newer names that left lasting impressions. The two hardest throwing guys in the game were the only 2028s in attendance, Striker Pence and Dexter McCleon Jr who both were upper-90s as guys who just started their sophomore year, while the loudest moment of the day came when Kinon Bastian obliterated a pitch into the top deck of the famous Western Supply building in left field, something that we’ll remember for a long time.




Extra Swings In The All-American Derby

One of the best events every All-American weekend is getting to see these guys with special abilities let it eat in an attempt to take home some hardware before the game even starts. This year, it was a two-man race between a couple entirely different players: massively physical with huge left-handed juice Eric Booth Jr. and hyper athlete who lives on the barrel, but you wouldn’t think would be there at 5’9/165 Jaxson Wood. Wood put up double digit bombs, only to be matched at the buzzer by Booth, who would eventually win it in the extras.


West Rallies To Win The Classic

It was fairly quiet offensively early on outside of Jorvorskie Lane Jr nearly going yard off Sims as he went 105/386 to left-center, but it picked up in the middle innings as guys would come through in big spots to drive in runs, including Cole Prosek who had two different RBI singles and took home MVP honors as a result. The game saw 12 different pitchers touch 95 or better, including Shawn Sullivan who blew 96 MPH on the final fastball of the game to win it.

Mother Nature Takes Action in Fort Myers; Players Raise $38,000 for Golisano

To get this out of the way early, yes the weather had a big impact on the 2025 14u Select Festival, but given the long weekend of on field action, players were still able to leave their impact not only on the field, but also throughout the community as they raised a nearly $38,000 with all proceeds going to the Golisano Children's Hospital with Chance Kidd atop the leaderboard at $10,000 raised. Throughout the course of the four day event, 48 players from across the country, alongside Venezuela and Puerto Rico, took the field and impressed with North Carolina's own Andrew Brown creating the first fireworks of the weekend during the prelims of the home run derby. Not only did Brown move on to the finals, he did it in a convincing manner, launching balls further, and more frequently, than we had ever seen before. 

Brown carried the momentum into game day, taking home the Derby title with a couple majestic blasts over the Green Monster down at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, setting the scene for some impressive things still to come. While the 14u Festival only made it through 5 full innings, five of the eleven arms to toe the rubber bumped at least 90 mph, led by Texas right-hander Caleb Polk and his 92 mph bullet which he used to help strike out a pair in his inning of work. Left-hander Greyson Bell, the 14u Pitcher of the Year, got the start and immediately impressed, punching a pair while running his heater up to 91 mph with real command and advanced feel for his secondary offerings which included a hard, late biting upper-70s breaker. 

Pitching was definitely the strength of the shortened game, but both Noah Jarolimek and Xavier Rodriguez made their presence known as as the North Carolina product doubled deep to center field while Rodriguez, a Georgian catcher, collected the lone multi-hit game with a pair of singles while driving in a run. It was the East who ultimately took home the victory with a score of 5 to 1 over the West as they doubled them up on hits as well with 6 to their 3. 

Hardware was presented the night prior at the Awards Banquet dinner with Macgraw Vanwormer hearing his name called as the Player of the Year, Greyson Bell for the Pitcher of the Year and Jordan Leon as the Two-Way Player of the Year. For a complete list of all the award winners from the 14u Select Festival, click here. 

The 2025 crop also saw the addition of 4 players who completed the Festival gauntlet in Cameron Hockett, Carter Nash, Tre' Lawrence and Braiden Miller, meaning they received the call every August from 11u all the way through 14u, making a Festival every step of the way. 

Charlottesville Becomes Center of 13u Baseball World

For the second year in a row, the 13u Select Festival called Charlottesville home as 40 of the most talented 13u players from around the country descended upon the University of Virginia for a 4 day weekend full of non-stop on field action and activities away from the Dish. With 17 different states represented amongst both rosters, from Washington state to New York, down to Florida and back over to the west coast in California, we saw some familiar faces with multiple players appearing in either their second or third Festival already, but also plenty of first timers, including the eventual MVP Tucker Richardson out of Alabama.

Once again we were partnered with the UVA Children’s Hospital in the player's fundraising efforts, raising north of $20,000 for the families who have children currently in the hospital, helping with day-to-day expenses while receiving treatments. 

Stepping foot on the Dish for the first time certainly brought out the player's phones, capturing the moment before getting to work with a full practice and home run derby prelims. Swinging the Soldier Tank, players were launching balls OVER the bleachers out in left field and clearing the concourse walk way in right field with ease, getting us down to our final four though it felt like Kingston George's to lose, something he wouldn't falter on as he continued to send blast after blast out to left field, securing the crown. 

The game itself was a crisp on that saw the East come out ahead 4-3, taking the lead in the top of the 7th while receiving timely hitting and quality pitching throughout. After scoring a run in the second and a pair in the third, the West fought back with a three-spot of their own in the 4th inning before both teams exchanged zeroes on the board for the next two frames. The big knock of the game came courtesy of Richardson, delivering a deep drive to the left-center field gap that hopped over the wall for a ground-rule double, though both Luca Briggs and Calvin Madenspacher also added a double of their own. 

Of the 14 arms to toe the rubber, nine were at least 85 mph or better with their peak fastball, led by Kingston George's 90 mph heater, though West start Christian Choe's 88 wasn't far behind, nor were the 87s from Amani Tuiasosopo, Jhunior Jose Cordero, and Tucker Richardson, who closed it out for the East on just 15 pitches to secure the victory.

Prior to the first pitch, the players and families gathered Saturday night for the Awards Banquet dinner, hearing from Perfect Game and Select Festival alum alike, while also learning who would take home some Player of the Year honors. Ultimately it was Mark Thompson who was tabbed as the 13u Player of the Year, Noah Osterman, the East starting pitcher, who was the 13u Pitcher of the Year and Jhunior Jose Cordero who was absolutely ridiculous on both sides of the ball, earning the Two-Way Player of the Year award. For the complete list of award winners, click here. 
 
11u & 12u Festival Impress Once Again

The historic East Cobb complex in Marietta, GA was once again the epicenter of youth travel baseball, as 64 of the best 11 & 12U players enjoyed a once in a lifetime experience after being named to the Perfect Game Select Festival. A culmination of their past years accolades and accomplishments starts with a gear reveal, where their beds are covered with a plethora of items that include custom uniforms, Bruce Bolt Batting Gloves, a Soldier Tank bat along with other items from several Perfect Game partners like Yeti, G-Form and Rawlings.

Throughout the event, the players partake in various activities such as a trip to Dave & Busters, a ping pong tournament and, of course, their respective ages awards banquet. Not to be lost amongst the exciting events leading up to the Festival Game is the players fundraising efforts. For the second year in a row, the Elite Development Academy based out of Tampa, Florida was both the 11 & 12U Fundraising beneficiary.

This fundraiser supports essential wraparound services for deserving, needs-based athletes that enter the EDA through nomination, including academic tutoring, mental performance coaching, college readiness support, family engagement, and year-round mentorship. Your support helps ensure that every child in our program has the resources they need to thrive both on the field and in life. Program Director Spencer Nunez and Derek Del Rosal represented the EDA Academy at each of the banquets and presented awards to our highest fundraisers per Age Group. In total between both the 11 & 12U players, they raised nearly $10,000.

Now let’s get to the game action, as the 11U Group got things started on Saturday with a thrilling back and forth affair that saw the West squad come out with an 8-7 victory. Owen Klaus took home the Lucas Oil Player of the Game, as the Perryville, Missouri native collected a double, homer along with closing out the victory with a scoreless inning on the mound. It was a well-played, relatively clean contest with tons of young talent on display.

Their 12U brethren took the field on Sunday with monster talent littered across both rosters, as the future generations of baseball will be in great hands with some of these players leading the way. In a game which saw seven pitchers throw pitches at 80 mph or above including a game high of 85 mph from Angel Garcia, the East roster came away with a 10-6 victory over the West. Brayden Nims took home the Lucas Oil Player of the Game honors after going 2-for-2 at the plate with the big blow being an absolute No-Doubt Grand Slam that put his squad ahead for good. The amount of talent on display was simply electrifying and brings to light the expansive platform that Perfect Game fosters within youth amateur baseball.


11U Award Winners

Player of The Year: Owen Klaus
Homerun Champion Challenge Champion: Jameson Wilhite
Player of The Year: Duncan Mount
Pitcher of The Year: Hardin Sullivan
Offensive Player of The Year: Christopher Chikodroff
Bruce Bolt Award Winners: Jaxon Spray & Taz Tulowitzki

12U Award Winners
Player of The Game: Brayden Nims
Homerun Champion Challenge Champion: Carlo Rivero
Player of The Year: Ruben Elias
Offensive Player of The Year: Liam Patrick
Pitcher of The Year: Ethan Palacios
Bruce Bolt Award Winners: Cash Tellez & Daylon McCants
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