CLASS OF 2008 COMMITMENT LIST
(As of August 20, 2008)
*Late signing period commits
AKRON
RHP Andrew Brown (Painesville Riverside)
LHP Ryan Lavery (Mentor)
RHP Alex Loftin (Stow)
ASHLAND
*1B/RHP Alex Hughes (Pickerington Central)
BALDWIN WALLACE
*RHP Josh Scott (Strongsville)
BLUFFTON
*1B/3B Tyler Stephenson (Springfield Northwestern)
BOWLING GREEN
INF Jon Berti (Novi, MI)
LHP Kacy Dwornik (Toledo St Johns)
CASE WESTERN
*RHP Taylor Lorenz (Strongsville)
CINCINNATI
RHP Andrew Burkett (Elgin CC, IL)
*OF Kendal Coleman (Hillsboro)
LHP Josh Godfrey (Glen Este/Wabash CC, IL)
LHP/OF/1B Cory Hough (Springboro)
C Jimmy Jacquot (Southwestern Illinois CC)
3B Kiley Jones (Louisville Eastern, KY)
SS T.J. Jones (LaSalle)
C Braden Kline (Warsaw, IN)
OF Dorian West (Princeton)
OF B.J. Willis (Princeton)
CLEVELAND STATE
OF Bryce Bartch (Parma Holy Name)
OF Alex Johnson (St Ignatius)
*C Matthew Joseph (Sylvania Southview)
C Paul Sansonette (Medina)
1B Bob Suitca (Marlington)
DAYTON
*INF Brian Blasik (Valley View)
*OF Aaron Dunsmore (Colby CC, KS)
*OF Joe Gayda (Strongsville)
RHP Chuck Ghysels (Springboro)
*LHP Michael Guinane (Glenbard South, IL)
RHP Michael Hauschild (Beavercreek)
LHP Cameron Hobson (Crawfordsville, IN)
*C Josh Jeffery (Anderson)
*OF Mitchell Nelson (Linn-Benton CC, OR)
INF Chad Opalich (Hudson)
*C Eric Tippy (McCutcheon, IN)
*RHP Greg Wiegand (Vienna, VA)
DEFIANCE
*RHP Todd Odell (Hudson)
*SS Mykel Rosario (Lorain Southview)
*RHP Kevin Steele (Pickerington Central)
FINDLAY
*C David Cort (Stow)
*SS/RHP Brent Edmonds (Olmsted Falls)
*C Nathaniel Fitch (Elmwood)
*LHP Aaron Geis (Hilliard Davidson)
*RHP Wes Hawk (Tippecanoe)
*LHP Andrew Lee (Elmwood)
*C Kevin Patton (Shelby)
*RHP Adam Sheline (Elmwood)
HEIDELBERG
*RHP Eric Biggs (Dayton Christian)
*C Caleb Cox (Washington Courthouse)
*SS Ricky Lizcano (Toledo Start)
*RHP Sylvester Nino (Willard)
*RHP Eric Vaughan (Delta)
*OF Alvin Williams (Euclid)
KENT STATE
LHP Brannon Belair (Walsh Jesuit)
SS Ross Brunello (Walsh Jesuit)
LHP Andrew Chafin (Collins Western Reserve)
C David Lyon (Cameron County, PA)
*RHP Ryan Mace (Tallmadge)
RHP Kyle McMillen (Akron Hoban)
SS Jim Rider (Peters Twp, PA)
3B Travis Shaw (Washington Courthouse)
*LHP David Starn (Walsh Jesuit)
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
*RHP Mike Backes (Hubbard)
*C Jarrod Harris (West Branch)
*RHP/OF Alex Kanareff (Westlake)
*C Matt Lott (Newark Catholic)
*SS Michael Morgan (Indian Lake)
*RHP Patrick Mulligan (Brookfield)
*INF Ryan Rua (Amherst Steele)
*LHP Travis Springer (Anderson)
*RHP Glenn Stewart (Strattanville, PA)
*OF Matt Toth (Lorain Admiral King)
*SS Matt Vanni (Cleveland Benedictine)
MALONE
*RHP Matt Anderson (Massillon Jackson)
*INF Sam Craciun (Strongsville)
MARIETTA
*C Anthony Bokar (Strongsville)
*SS Jordan Maier (Heath)
MIAMI OH
*OF Ryan Brenner (University School)
OF Ryan Curl (Cols DeSales)
C Jordan Jankowski (Peters Twp, PA)
*RHP Lance Kingrey (Hilliard Darby)
RHP Joe Neff (Carmel, IN)
RHP Matt Rosinski (St Ignatius)
MOUNT UNION
*RHP Joe Bowers (Walsh Jesuit)
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE
*OF/LHP Christian Gomes (Urbana)
OHIO DOMINICAN
*RHP/1B Derek Bishoff (Hamilton Ross)
*OF John Bowron (Dayton Chaminade-Julienne)
*C Zach Dascenzo (Uniontown, PA)
*LHP Zach Dumler (Vandalia-Butler)
*1B/OF Joe Lewandowski (Woodridge)
*INF Drew McGlone (Circleville)
*OF Evan Shaw (Delaware Hayes)
1B Zach Stewart (Huber Hts Wayne)
*INF Billy Tecklenburg (Troy)
*3B Randy Weinel (Cinti Princeton)
OHIO NORTHERN
*RHP Matt Davidson (Cinti McNicholas)
*OF Zach Jones (Kenton Ridge)
*C Jared King (Fremont Ross)
*1B/RHP Evan Petty (Urbana)
OHIO STATE
OF Joey Ciamacco (Hilliard Davidson)
SS Ryan Cypret (Olentangy Liberty)
1B Zack Nowland (Deleware Hayes)
RHP/OF Ross Oltorik (Cinti Moeller)
OHIO UNIV
*LHP/OF Brent Choban (Akron Hoban)
RHP/INF Nick Egan (Wheaton, IL)
OF Douglas Holmes (Twinsburg)
INF Bobby Martin (Crystal Lake, IL)
INF Julian McWilliams (Harlem, NY)
*C J.R. Reynolds (Cinti Moeller)
OHIO WESLEYAN
*2B James Dibiasio (Westlake)
*INF Stebe Gayda (Strongsville)
*LHP Mitchell Monke (Springfield South)
*RHP Kevin Schindler (Mentor)
*RHP Robbie Shane (Bishop Ready)
OWENS CC
*C Josh Adkins (Genoa)
*RHP Bryan Bogart (Canal Winchester)
*RHP Nate Cress (Frankton, IN)
*OF Bryan Daniel (Northmont)
*OF Tim DeCant (Millbury Lake)
*RHP Kevin Dorsten (Huber Hts Wayne)
*RHP/3B Joe Engle (Sidney)
*INF Jared Gibbons (West Carrollton)
*1B/RHP Ross Joost (Sherwood Fairview)
*SS Ross Knierim (Oregon Clay)
*C Joe Mauer (Toledo Start)
*1B David Moss (Covington)
*RHP/OF Josh Newman (Northmont)
*OF/1B Michael Romano (Oregon Clay)
*RHP Justin Walker (Fort Wayne, IN)
SINCLAIR CC
*RHP Zach Botjer (Patrick Henry)
*SS/OF Arthur Dockery (Detroit Southeastern)
*C Ryan Groene (Fairfield)
*RHP Ritchie Killion (Defiance)
*RHP Erik Lamka (Troy)
*SS/3B Derik Snyder (Rockford Parkway)
*OF Jesse Solomon (Hubert Hts Wayne)
*RHP Ryan West (Northmont)
*RHP/1B Brad Yinger (Sidney)
SHAWNEE STATE
C/1B Nick Ball (Akron Manchester)
*INF Brett Clifton (Springfield Shawnee)
*LHP Gary Korn (Miamisburg)
TIFFIN
OF Jonathan Campriana (Tallmadge)
*1B/3B Jordan Chiero (New Albany)
*LHP Patrick Curtin (Cinti Moeller)
*3B/C Brent Graham (Oregon Clay/Owens CC)
*C Zach McCutcheon (Field)
TOLEDO
OF Jeff Cola (Strongsville)
SS Joe Corfman (Richfield Revere)
C A.J. DeMarco (Downers Grove, IL)
INF Matt Delewski (Garfield Hts Trinity)
OF/LHP Ben Hammer (Elmwood)
1B Mark Lapikas (Yotown Ursuline)
RHP Lincoln Rassi (Goshen, IN)
RHP Tyler Scott (Novi, MI)
*LHP Kyle Shaw (LaGrange Keystone)
URBANA
*INF Devin Bowles (Dayton Stebbins)
*RHP Alex Early (Huber Hts Wayne/YSU)
*OF Taylor Griebel (Amanda Clearcreek)
*RHP/UT Brandon Hamilton (St Petersburg, FL)
*RHP/INF Caleb Koch (Botkins)
*RHP Dustin Lacy (Beavercreek/Sinclair CC)
*RHP Josh Parrish (Oakwood)
*OF Chris Printz (Ansonia)
*LHP/OF Wes Rehmert (Twin Valley South/Sinclair CC)
*C Tyler Rinker (Kenton Ridge)
*OF Taylor Simpson (Monroe)
*INF Andrew Smith (Tri-County North)
*RHP Nick Stanovich (Lima Catholic/Rio Grande)
*RHP/UT Julius Storey (Springfield North)
*RHP Levi Woodruff (West Liberty Salem)
WALSH
*RHP Ryan Amato (Holy Name)
*INF/RHP Billy Gura (St Peters Chanel)
*C/1B Mike Kaisk (Barberton)
*RHP/1B Chris Mason (Eastlake North)
*LHP/1B Mat Snyder (NDCL)
*OF/1B Steve Wido (Parma Padua)
WOOSTER
*RHP/1B Colin Meinzer (Toledo Central Cath)
*RHP Josh Stidham (Anthony Wayne)
*C Zach Vesko (Cols St
Charles)
WRIGHT STATE
RHP Casey Henn (Colerain)
INF Jake Hibberd (Miamisburg)
RHP Travis LaMar (Evansville, IN/Olney CC)
SS Tristan Moore (New Albany)
RHP Tyler Newhart (West Branch)
INF Zach Tanner (Yorktown, IN)
XAVIER
RHP/INF Josh Deeg (Lake Orion, MI)
OF Mark Elwell (Newark Catholic)
3B Nick Hamilton (Avon Lake)
*RHP Alex Vice (Cinti Colerain)
YOUNGSTOWN STATE
*1B Jeremy Banks (Steubenville)
*RHP Jim Kinnick (Austintown Fitch)
*INF Brian Solitario (Wadsworth)
OF Rob Wratcher (Monroeville Gateway, PA)
OUT OF STATE COMMITMENTS
SS/RHP Bryan Apking (Mason): POTOMAC STATE JC
OF Ryan Arney (Copley): ODESSA (TX) JC
SS Zak Blair (Jefferson Area): WINTHROP
OF Jimmy Brenneman (Lakota West): LINCOLN TRAIL JC
*INF Brandon Budnick (Walsh Jesuit): VILLA JULIE COLLEGE
3B/OF Jacob Byorth (Cols St Charles): AIR FORCE
*SS Alex Caghan (Massillon Jackson): ROCHESTER (NY)
*LHP Mark Carlozzi (Poland Seminary): GANNON
3B Andrew Carpenter (Oakwood): MICHIGAN STATE
SS Colt Cattani (Lakota East): LINCON TRAIL JC
SS/RHP Derek Chaffins (New London): SIENNA HEIGHTS
*OF Tom Charles (Walsh Jesuit): WHEELING JESUIT WV
LHP Adam Clark (Norwood): LINCOLN TRAIL JC
*C Ryan Clark (Cols DeSales): PENN STATE
OF Max Colaner (Canton Central Cath): NORTHERN KENTUCKY
C Bryan Conway (St Ignatius): RICHMOND
INF Johnny Crooks (Ottawa Hills): EASTERN MICHIGAN
INF Steve Davis (Steubenville): COASTAL CAROLINA
LHP Sam Ebersole (Bryan): CHANDLER-GILBERT JC (AZ)
RHP Brad Goldberg (Beachwood): COASTAL CAROLINA
*OF Derek Graham (Bishop Fenwick): CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
RHP Joshua Graham (Carrollton): MERCYHURST
LHP Steve Gruver (Austintown Fitch): TENNESSEE
OF Ryan Hathaway (Fredricktown): CHARLESTON (WV)
*SS Tim Issler (Cinti St Xavier): BALL STATE
LHP Cory Johnston (Medina Highland): SAVANNAH COLLEGE
C Drew Jones (Wadsworth): MERCYHURST
*LHP Matt Kappler (Strongsville): MERCYHURST
*3B/RHP Brett Kuebler (Toledo Cent Catholic): SIENNA HTS
*OF Mike Kindel (Springboro): KANSAS STATE
C Andy Lamping (Cinti St Xavier): COLUMBIA
RHP Kendall Lewis (Indian Lake): EASTERN MICHIGAN
*1B Brenden Lowery (Dover): THEIL COLLEGE
INF Jordan Lurie (University School): UNC-ASHEVILLE
C/OF Justin Mackert (St Ignatius): THE CITADEL
RHP Michael Mahaffey (Watterson): METHODIST COLLEGE
LHP Michael Mason (Maumee): MARSHALL
*LHP Ryan Martin (Cinti Turpin): MICHIGAN STATE
3B/RHP Grant McCoury (Canton Central Cath): ELON
3B/RHP River McWilliams (Shaker Hts): BUFFALO
*LHP Mike Moyer (Sylvania Northview): WESTERN MICHIGAN
RHP Mike Nastold (Elder): LOUISVILLE
*OF Zach Papesh (Solon): BUFFALO
RHP/C Ryan Radcliff (Fairview): CENTRAL MICHIGAN (Football)
RHP Michael Roe (Middletown Madison): NORTHERN KENTUCKY
INF Ethan Santora (Mayfield): MERCYHURST
*LHP/1B Russell Seidell (Granville): BUCKNELL
*RHP/3B Jimmy Snider (Sylvania Southview): AIR FORCE
*1B Colt Stafford (Cols Hartley): THOMAS MORE
*SS Ronnie Stout (Medina): BUFFALO
*RHP Robert Switka (Ursuline): MERCYHURST
*OF/RHP Adam Wagner (Defiance): NIAGARA
LHP Justin Warrington (Watkins Memorial): BALL STATE
*LHP Mick Waterhouse (Olentangy Liberty): SAVANNAH COLLEGE
LHP Greg Williams (Moeller): MARSHALL