Class of 2026 Signing Period: By The Numbers
December 4, 2025
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 |
