Prep Baseball Report

Class of 2026 Signing Period: By The Numbers


Cooper Trinkle
Scouting Director

The early signing period has passed and our 2026 class rankings are set for another update. Our college-bound database totals are listed below :

Total Commits : 273

NCAA Division I : 56

NCAA Division II : 20

NCAA Division III : 65

NJCAA : 52

NAIA : 80

*Commitment totals are reflective of the Prep Baseball Database*

A quick 'tip of the hat' to the NAIA recruiters in this class, gobling up forty-seven players in our top 200, including twenty top 100 players. All twenty of our top 100 recruits heading to the NAIA level are choosing programs in-state, an exciting class to follow at the next level for programs within our borders. 

To find an in-depth breakdown to where the Divison I signees within our borders, click this link. Futhermore, enjoy some of the top 'small college' recruits from Indiana, ranked by where they are set to update in our upcoming rankings release on Tuesday, December 9th...


NCAA Division II

  • # of Indiana Recruits : 20
  • # of Recruits Ranked in the Top 200 (Indiana) : 13
  • DII Program with the most Indiana recruits : Indianapolis (3)
  • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : SS Aiden Phillips (Homestead)
  • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Hayden Werner (Maryville)
  • Top 10 DII Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
Hayden Werner 55 Fishers RHP Maryville
Aiden Phillips 61 Homestead SS Davenport
Bennett Hartford 75 Penn 3B Hillsdale
Dane Dudley 76 Batesville OF Lincoln Memorial
Chase Nickols 77 Cathedral 3B Florida Southern
Kaleb Hacker 90 Portage RHP Purdue Northwest
Ashton Castillo 93 Western RHP Indianapolis
Eason Woodrum 113 Carson-Newman RHP Floyd Central
Victor Villegas 143 Lake Central SS Roosevelt
Daniel Phillips 148 Brownsburg 1B Purdue Northwest

    NJCAA

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 52
    • # of Recruits Ranked in the Top 200 (Indiana) : 26
    • NJCAA Program with the most Indiana recruits : Glen Oaks CC (11)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : SS Trent Gill (John A. Logan)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Sam Gooch (Greencastle)
    • Top 10 Junior College Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Trent Gill 42 Valparaiso SS John A. Logan
    Jerron Miles 46 Silver Creek SS Wabash Valley
    Sam Gooch 51 Greencastle RHP Wabash Valley
    Jackson Trueblood 66 Seymour RHP Wabash Valley
    Reid Turner 73 Yorktown SS Lincoln Trail
    Ethan Glassman 78 Chesterton SS Kankakee
    Jaden Norris 79 Sullivan RHP Wabash Valley
    Joel Tracy 84 Center Grove C SWIC
    Jayden Adorno 89 Columbus North RHP Wabash Valley
    Josh Newton 102 Hamilton Heights OF Kaskaskia

    NAIA

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 80
    • # of Recruits ranked in the Top 200 (Indiana) : 47
    • NAIA Program with the most Indiana recruits : IU-Kokomo, Marian, & Indiana Welseyan (11)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : OF Colt Dehart (Taylor)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Lyrik Neal (Taylor)
    • Top 20 NAIA recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Colt Dehart 44 Indian Creek OF Taylor
    Karson Smith 47 Guerin Catholic SS Taylor
    Lyrik Neal 50 Harrison RHP Taylor
    Jacob Morris 56 New Palestine SS IU-Kokomo
    Quinton Brock 57 Warsaw RHP IU-Kokomo
    Reis Bellar 59 Peru OF Marian
    Nathan Sutherlin 60 Greencastle SS Marian
    Luke Arnett 62 Bloomingon South 1B Taylor
    Carson Paulik 65 Rochester RHP Taylor
    Brock Kintner 71 Columbus North OF Marian
    Reed Sawa 81 Center Grove OF Indiana Weslyan
    Tristan Yerman 83 Center Grove C Indiana Wesleyan
    Nolan Ratcliff 86 Guerin Catholic INF Marian
    Luke Grembelspacher 87 Guerin Catholic RHP Indiana Welseyan
    Eric McAtee 88 Center Grove RHP Saint Xavier
    Sully Kress 94 New Prairie RHP Saint Xavier
    Levi Lester 95 Barr-Reeve 2B Oakland City
    Maddox Huffman 96 Delta RHP IU-Kokomo
    Kendrick Pena 97 Harrison 3B Indiana Wesleyan
    Xavier Hemingway 98 Bloomington South RHP Marian

    NCAA Division III

    • # of Indiana Recruits : 65
    • # of Recruits ranked in the Top 200 (Indiana) : 21
    • DIII Program with the most Indiana recruits : Wabash (8)
    • Top Ranked Position Player (Indiana) : C Max Shreiner (Franklin)
    • Top Ranked Pitcher (Indiana) : RHP Luke Freel (Depauw)
    • Top 10 D3 Recruits (In order based on state rank) :
    Name  Rank School Pos. Commitment
    Luke Freel 49 Bloomington North RHP Depauw
    Max Shreiner 58 Elkhart C Franklin
    Tyler Denny 63 Mooresville OF Wabash
    Cooper Cammack 99 University 1B Case Western
    Brady Anderson 110 Vincennes Lincoln 3B/RHP Webster
    Kye Jacobs 115 Clinton Prairie SS Rose-Hulman
    Louis Gage 131 Andrean LHP Milwaukee Schol of Engineering
    Jake McCammon 134 Bloomington South C Franklin
    Ethan Kang 150 Noblesville LHP Rose-Hulman
    Beck Jordan 155 Westfield 3B Wabash


    Position Breakdown

    Position D1 JC D2 NAIA D3 Total
    RHP 22 18 5 32 20 97
    LHP 6 4 0 3 5 18
    MIF 9 9 3 19 12 52
    C 3 6 2 9 10 30
    OF 11 8 7 12 8 46
    3B 5 4 2 3 4 18
    1B 0 2 1 2 5 10