Recruiting - Class of 2024

[1972Shocker]

This young man will not be a member of the Shocker Smurf Brigade. 6-4, 240 lb RHP.

Freshman year stats at Crowder College:
18.1 IP, 2.95 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 29 K to 8 BB, 14.24 K/9 Innings. Opponent's Batting Average = .220.
https://twitter.com/karsen_richard/s...44288886251985

[WuDrWu]

Baseball is a different animal recruiting wise, but we're going to have to expand outside of the CC/JCCC portal sooner than later.

[1972Shocker]

Baseball is a different animal recruiting wise, but we're going to have to expand outside of the CC/JCCC portal sooner than later.

By my count based on this thread we had 16 commits (excluding the 2 players who decommitted) in the Class of 2024.

9 of the players have announced as signing. None of the announced singings are from CC/JCCC.
Brock Lulewicz
Parker Morris
Hunter Carlson
Melvin Blocker
Carson Beaver
Zeb Henry
Gradin Traschner
Michael Russell
Nate Langbehn

The 7 unsigned commits include:
Blake Neiss
Gavin Blachowicz
J.D. Dermody
Jordan Black (JCCC)
Nico Rodriguez
Tuckker Russell
Karsen Richard (CC)

Whether or not any of the unsigned commits will eventually sign remains to be seen. Possible some of these are walk-ons.

[WuDrWu]

There's a few on the current roster as well. I think 4. And another announcement this morning. And you're correct, several I'm certain are walk on status. And I'm not complaining about from where we get our players.....just concerned that it's possible we get too comfortable with knowns, if that makes any sense.

[1972Shocker]

Another Crowder College commitment:

Freshman year stats at Crowder College:
24.2 IP, 1.82 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 37 K to 14 BB, 13.5 K/9 Innings. Opponent's Batting Average = .144

Looks like Arnold was initially committed to and signed by Arkansas:
https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/...ns-razorbacks/

Arnold apparently never made it to Arkansas, or if he did it was for only 1 semester. BTW, Arkansas had 10 Juco players on their 2022-23 roster inlcudiing 3 from Crowder (not including Arnold) and 1 from JCCC.

[1972Shocker]

Updated to include commitment from Aaron Arnold
Updated to move Aaron Arnold to signed: https://twitter.com/GoShockersBSB/st...58680598159750
Updated to move Karsen Richard to signed: https://twitter.com/GoShockersBSB/st...42740921684316
Updated to include commitment from James Umbarger: https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballKS/s...02309314248823

By my count based on this thread we have had 18 commits (excluding the 2 players who decommitted) in the 2024 recruiting class:

11 of the players have announced as signing.
Brock Lulewicz
Parker Morris
Hunter Carlson
Melvin Blocker
Carson Beaver
Zeb Henry
Gradin Traschner
Michael Russell
Nate Langbehn
Aaron Arnold (CC)
Karsen Richard (CC)

The 7 unsigned commits include:
Blake Neiss
Gavin Blachowicz
J.D. Dermody
Jordan Black (JCCC)
Nico Rodriguez
Tucker Russell
James Umbarger


Whether or not any of the unsigned commits will eventually sign remains to be seen. Possible some of these are walk-ons

[1972Shocker]

Austin is transfer from Mclennan Junior College in Waco, Texas. Nothing overly impressive in his juco stats. He pitched 22.2 innings for MClennan in 2021 and then redshirted last year (injury related?): https://twitter.com/GoShockersBSB/st...95141197660575

High school rankings: https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/...aspx?ID=654080

Not much too go on that I can find. I guess at this point this is a commitment announcement. Didn't even get a wheat woody.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

PG rated 8.5.

OF/2B - SS from Overland Park (Blue Valley West HS).

https://www.perfectgame.org/players/...aspx?ID=583433

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/p...rez-7845601329

[Kung Wu]

KeeeeRACK said the bat!

[1972Shocker]

Johnson County Stats: https://www.jcccathletics.com/sports...w=career&pos=h

I already have him on the Class of 2024 recruiting list above. I don't know if this tweet means he has signed.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

[ShockBand]

Maybe its just because I'm getting older, but he looks like he's about 13 years old!

[1972Shocker]

Maybe its just because I'm getting older, but he looks like he's about 13 years old!

6'6" and 220 lb. with a 92 mph fastball. He sounds grown up enough for me.

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/p...er--0145692873

There was a Jim Umbarger who was a 6'6", 200 lb who appeared in 133 MLB games from 1975 to 1978. Grandfather maybe????

Action from first outing for Lansing HS this spring:

Looks like some nice raw material to work with.

[ShockBand]

6'6" and 220 lb. with a 92 mph fastball. He sounds grown up enough for me.

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/p...er--0145692873

OK, then he needs to grow a beard.

[1972Shocker]