Recruiting, class of '21

[WstateU]

Booga De La Garza says WSU commit on his Twitter.
https://mobile.twitter.com/boogadelagarza

He'll definitely make the All-Name team and there's little doubt about his 'coming up to bat' song...

Here he comes, Boogity Boogity... there it goes Boogity Boogity...

[Shockm]

Ok, so what does your inside information say?

Just kidding.

[ShockTalk]

He'll definitely make the All-Name team and there's little doubt about his 'coming up to bat' song...

Here he comes, Boogity Boogity... there it goes Boogity Boogity...

So, does Booga De Booga De work?

[pogo]

Works for me.

[Wuzee]

I lucked into some information on new names from a couple of sources, did some research and confirmed via social media and other means, so I'm updating the list.

Of special interest are a group of new middle infielders.

• Sawyre Thornhill, who hit .370 as a freshman at Angelina College and signed initially with South Carolina. Saw a media report that said he was expected to start at SS for the Gamecocks two seasons ago. Don't know what happened next, but he ended up at a NE Texas CC, where he hit .375 with 7 HRs.
• Brock Rodden, a middle infielder who hit .353 with 13 HRs and 46 walks (11th in NJCAA) for Seminole last year.
• Will Carpenter, a Penn St. transfer (redshirt freshman) who was Perfect Game No. 1 rated SS out of Ohio and a Top 500 player nationally.

In short: The competition at shortstop just got exceedingly real. Stewart needs to swing the bat this fall. This might also explain why Booga decommited.

I'm also liking Janson Reeder, a second team Juco AA as a freshman outfielder at Cowley. He hit .415 with 12 HR and 80 RBIs (3rd in NJCAA). Drew Miller hit .331 with 18 HR (15th in NJCAA) and 68 RBI (20th in NJCAA) for Neosho, so there's going to be some comp in the outfield, too.


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WSU BASEBALL 2021 RECRUITS AND FALL ROSTER ADDITIONS

TEXAS
*2B Will Stark, 5-11 172, Katy TX (Obra D. Tompkins)
*INF Xavier Casserilla 6-0 210 Haslet TX (V.R. Eaton)
*RHP Robert Cranz 6-2 180 Keller TX (Keller)
*3B/RHP Taylor Calcote 6-3 185 Granbury TX (Granbury)
*OF Zachary Harrison, 6-0, 185, Aledo TX (Aledo)
* LHP Austin Wallace, 6-4, 212, Flower Mound TX (Flower Mound / U of Texas)
*RHP Grayson Jones, 6-1, 205, Dallas TX (Highland Park / James Madison U.)
*INF Sawyre Thornhill 6-2 195 Huntington TX (Huntington / Angelina College / NE Texas CC)

KENTUCKY
*RHP Connor Holden 6-5 240 Louisville KY (Saint Xavier / Murray State)

MISSOURI
*RHP Will Stevens 6-2 220, Kansas City MO (Park Hill / Iowa Western CC)

OKLAHOMA
*LHP/1B Payton Tolle, 6-6, 231 Bethany OK (Bethany)
*C-!B Jackson Young, 6-1 200 Stillwater OK (Stillwater)
*OF-1B Drew Miller, 6-2 205 Pryor OK (Pryor / Neosho CC)
*LHP Caden Favors, 6-3 210 Midwest City OK (Carl Albert HS / Seminole St)
*INF Brock Rodden 5-8 170 Oktaha OK (Oktaha / Seminole St)
*OF/SS Janson Reeder 6-1 190 Edmond OK (North / Cowley CC)

IOWA
*LHP Adam Ketelsen 6-3 195 Mount Vernon IA (Mount Vernon / Kirkwood CC / Iowa)

ILLINOIS
*RHP Matt Boyer 6-2 195 Glen Carbon, IL (Edwardsville HS / SLU)

OHIO
*INF Will Carpenter 6-2 195 Aurora OH (Aurora / Penn St.)

ARIZONA
*RHP Ty Howry, 6-6 235, Peoria AZ (Northwest Christian)

MINNESTOA
*RHP Ben Taxdahl, 6-1 200 Prior Lake MN (St. Thomas Academy)

KANSAS
*C/3B Alex Birge, 6-0 190, Olathe KS (West)
*RHP Nate Adler 6-3 230 Andover KS (Trinity Academy / Butler CC)

PENNSYLVANIA
*LHP Jace Miner, 6-3 187 Reynoldsville, PA (Brookville)

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DECOMMIT (Illinois State) LHP Graham Brunner, 6-2 240, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada (Foothills Composite, Barton CC)
DECOMMIT (Creighton) -- C Ivan Witt Fort Scott KS (Fort Scott)
DECOMMIT (OU) -- 2B Jackson Nicklaus Andover KS (Andover)
DECOMMIT (Barton County) OF Owen Reynolds Goddard KS (Eisenhower)
DECOMMIT (Oklahoma State) LHP Cooper Jenson, 6-5, 200, Edmond OK (Santa Fe)
DECOMMIT (Parkland College) C Logan Reidelberger 6-3 187 Fort Zumwalt MO (South)
DECOMMIT (???) C/OF/RHP Aiden May 5-10, 135 Tueras NM (Sandia)
DECOMMIT (MCNEESE ST) 3B Shane Martin 6-3 196 Spring TX (Grand Oaks)
DECOMMIT (NEBRASKA) 1B Matthew Guthmiller Jr. 6-1, 175 Omaha NE (Millard South)
DECOMMIT (???) SS/2B Booga De La Garza 5-11 170 Austin TX (McCallum)

[ShockTalk]

Wuzee , what changed from yesterday on De La Garza from unknown to de-committed and where did you pick that up?

[Wuzee]

Wuzee , what changed from yesterday on De La Garza from unknown to de-committed and where did you pick that up?

I confirmed via social media and other means. :|

[ShockTalk]

I confirmed via social media and other means. :|

Thanks

[Wuzee]

Thanks

Sorry. Can't really say more than that.

[ShockTalk]

Sorry. Can't really say more than that.

We're good.

[WuDrWu]

I'm hearing one of the 2 recent de-commits was due to an injury and I'm not even sure which one. Information like this is really hard to come by and find. The transfer portal combined with so many kids not on athletic scholarship meaning kids are just trying to make a team somewhere just make getting information beyond difficult.

Great work and finds Wuzee . Thanks for keeping track for us!