By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting  Director

The year of 2016 was a busy year for Prep Baseball Report Arkansas. We hosted 12 showcase events, scouted 3 tournaments during high schools season and 8 during the summer. Our staff saw over  100 games during the high school season. Over the next 10 days I want to review the top ten stories from 2016.

Today we review the 2016 graduate that committed to play college baseball. 25 players in this class committed to NCAA Division I colleges. The total number of commitments reached 87 players.  It was a solid class lead by LHP/OF Evan Lee who committed to Arkansas and was named PBR Arkansas Player of the year as he helped lead Bryant High School to the 7A State Championship, as a dual threat player, even hitting a decisive home run in the state championship game. 

Below is a complete list of college commitments from the 2016 class.

NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	COMMITMENT
Erick Aguirre	Lakeside	C	Arkansas Baptist JC
Austin Allen	Searcy	RHP	Harding University
Ben Bailey	North Little Rock	C	Arkansas
Luke Bandy	Providence	SS	Dallas Baptist
Bryce Bartlett	Searcy	RHP	Central Arkansas
Brayden Bebee	Arkadelphia	RHP	Henderson State
Quentin Bowling	Morrilton	RHP	Arkansas Tech
Cole Boyd	Horatio	C	Southern ArkansaS
Hunter Brantley	Junction City	LHP	Southern ArkansaS
Carter Brown	Bentonville	RHP	Arkansas-Little Rock
Thomas Broyles	Fayetteville	OF	Dallas Baptist
Ron Burchell	Crossett	SS	Henderson State
Darien Burns	Hamburgh	OF	Garden City CC
Gipson Burrow	Lake Hamilton	3B	Henderson State
Collin Cahill	Conway	LHP	Arkansas State
Cade Cambell	McCrory	RHP	Harding University
Cade Canada	White Hall	RHP	Union University
Caleb Carr	White Hall	OF	Central Arkansas
Austin Cross	Ashdown	LHP	Henderson State
Ryan Czanstkowski	Mountain Home	RHP	Connors State JC
Blake Daniels	Marked Tree	C	Crowder JC
Angus Denton	Beebe	RHP	Arkansas
Drew Dyer	Benton	LHP	Central Arkansas
Ryan Fielder	Arkansas Baptist	OF	Ouachita Baptist
Patrick Flanagan	Texarkana	RHP	Crowder JC
Kasey Ford	Bentonville	RHP	Kansas State
DJ Franklin	Fairview	SS	Henderson State
J. Paul Fullerton	Harding Academy	C	Harding University
Tyler Gilbert	Murfreesboro	LHP	Henderson State
Ty Gordon	Greene County Tech	RHP	Three Rivers CC
Christian Goshen	North Little Rock	RHP	Missouri Southern
Brandon Hall	Lakeside	1B	Arkansas Baptist JC
Joe Hampton	Little Rock Christian	OF	Arkansas
Lance Harville-Thomas	Catholic	OF	Crowder JC
Dylan Hays	Little Rock Christian Academy	RHP	Arkansas
Harrison Heffley	Rogers	LHP	Arkansas
Gavin Heltemes	Prairie Grove	RHP	Coffeyville CC
Jakob Henry	Conway Christian	LHP	Central Arkansas
Garry Hill	Star City	RHP	Arkansas State
Noah Holt	Harding Academy	OF	Harding University
Logan Huneycutt	Ouachita High	SS	Ouachita Baptist
Dylan Hurt	Bryant	C	Arkansas-Fort Smith
Zach Jackson	Bryant	RHP	Arkansas
Cutter Jester	Arkadelphia	SS	Ouachita Baptist
Austin Jones	Arkadelphia	OF	Henderson State
Michael King	Har-Ber	RHP	Northeastern
Cooper King	Harrison	2B	Crowder JC
Ty Koster	Arkadelphia	3B	Central Arkansas
Chase Kyzer	Cabot	RHP	Arkansas-Monticello
Zach Langston	Batesville	OF	Central Arkansas
Hunter Lansdell	Horatio	RHP	Arkansas Tech
Evan Lee	Bryant	LHP	Arkansas
Hunter Lewis	Gurdon	LHP	Southern ArkansaS
Brandon Matros	Arkadelphia	LHP	Ouachita Baptist
Cole Muckleroy	Star City	OF	Arkansas-Monticello
Joe Myers	Catholic	SS	Henderson State
Brody Ninemire	Viola	C	Harding University
Colten Nix	Benton	OF	Arkansas State
Chase Nix	Benton	LHP	Arkansas State
Greyson Pinkett	Conway	C	Independence CC
Austin Powell	Star City	C	Arkansas State
Luke Price	Dover	OF	Crowder JC
Grant Prichard	Pocahontas High School	RHP	Harding University
Keiandre Purifoy	Smackover	C	Southern ArkansaS
Caleb Reagan	Farmington	C	Connors State JC
Jordan Reed	North Little Rock	OF	Henderson State
Matt Robbins	Mountain Home Career Academies	C	Three Rivers CC
Ross Rogers	Fordyce	RHP	Central Arkansas
Adam Scoggins	Har-Ber	LHP	Crowder JC
EJ Scott	Central	LHP	Crowder JC
Mackenzie Seats	Sylvan	SS	Arkansas Baptist JC
Alex Shurtleff	Bryant	RHP	Harding University
Jake Slunder	Cabot	OF	Murray State
Gunnar Smith	Benton	RHP	Southern ArkansaS
Brent Southerland	Bigelow	RHP	Eastern Oklahoma State JC
Danny Joe Spradlin	Arkadelphia	C	Henderson State
Dakotah Stafford	Central	C	Crowder JC
Brandon Still	Har-Ber	1B	Kansas City Kansas CC
Drake Streeter	Hamburg	LHP	Arkansas-Monticello
Justin Swecker	Genoa Central	RHP	Arkansas-Monticello
Dylan Thompson	Catholic	LHP	Arkansas
Luke Van Dover	Little Rock Christian	2B	Harding University
Tanner Vaught	Horatio	RHP	Southern ArkansaS
Jordan Volner	Nettleton	1B	Northwest Mississippi CC
Sage White	Rogers	RHP	Harding University
Brinson Williams	Benton	C	Central Arkansas
Blake Wynn	Star City	SS	Arkansas State
Drew Young	Bentonville	RHP	Central Arkansas
Jon Youngblood	Lakeside	RHP	Henderson State

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