2026 Diamond Notes - Week 6

April 30, 2026
Prep Baseball KY Staff

Back for another week of Diamond Notes, highlighting some of the top performers around the state based on submissions from Kentucky high school coaches! Check out this week's lineup of standout players around the Bluegrass State.

Dylan Hornback OF / North Bullitt High School, KY / 2026

Rankings StateRank: 5 / POS: 1 OverallRank: 480 / POS: 85

.538 AVG | 7 H | 8 R | 9 RBI | 3 2B | 2 HR | 9 SB | 4 BB

Set North Bullitt High School all-time home run record

Cody Pendleton C / OF / North Bullitt High School, KY / 2026

Rankings StateRank: 111 / POS: 14

.400 AVG | 4 H | 13 R | 12 RBI | 1 2B | 2 HR | 6 SB | 5 BB

Trace Cunningham LHP / OF / Warren East High School, KY / 2028

6.0 IP | 3 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 3 BB | 6 K | W vs Bowling Green

Tyler Fryman OF / SS / Beechwood, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 4 / POS: 2 OverallRank: 211 / POS: 41

.529 AVG | 9 H | 10 R | 6 RBI | 1 3B | 3 HR | 3 BB | 5 SB

Kendrick Dunning SS / C / McCracken, KY / 2026

Rankings StateRank: 11 / POS: 1

.714 AVG | 5 H | 3 R | 5 RBI | 1 2B | 2 HR | 2 BB

Tyler Giles RHP / SS / West Jessamine High School, KY / 2026

Rankings StateRank: 120 / POS: 36

8.0 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 2 BB | 5 K | CG W

Joaquin Acevedo OF / RHP / SAYRE Lexington, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 79 / POS: 14

.636 AVG | 7 H | 4 R | 3 RBI | 2 2B | 2 SB | 1 BB

Braxton Frankenburger 1B / LHP / West Jessamine High School, KY / 2028

Rankings StateRank: 13 / POS: 1

.444 AVG | 8 H | 1 R | 8 RBI | 4 2B | 1 HR

Brody Napier RHP / Prestonsburg High School, KY / 2027

8.0 IP | 2 H | 2 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 11 K | 1 CG | 2 W