Diamond Notes - Week 3

April 8, 2025
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.

Gabriel Kuerzi RHP / 1B / North Oldham High School / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 22 / POS: 8

6.0 IP | 5 H | 1 ER | 2 BB | 14 K | 1 W

.417 AVG | 5 H | 3 R | 5 RBI | 1 HR

Noah Cima OF / SS / Corbin HIGH SCHOOL / 2025

Rankings StateRank: 27 / POS: 6

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.615 AVG | 8 H | 5 R | 5 RBI | 2 2B | 1 HR | 13 TB | 1 BB | 1 SB

Jonathan Smith RHP / 2B / Frankfort High School / 2025

6.0 IP | 3 H | 1 ER | 3 BB | 8 K | 1 W

William Alexander OF / 1B / Warren East High School / 2025

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

Andrew Puckett 1B / C / ST MARY SCHOOL SYSTEM / 2028

1.000 AVG | 6 H | 5 R | 5 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB | 1 SB

Clay Cartledge RHP / OF / Oldham County high school / 2025

6.1 IP | 5 H | 1 ER | 3 BB | 7 K | 1 W

Eastern Kentucky University commit

Ryan Sanders RHP / OF / North Oldham High School / 2025

Rankings StateRank: 32 / POS: 12

5.0 IP | 3 H | 0 ER | 1 BB | 10 K | 1 W

.500 AVG | 6 H | 3 R | 5 RBI | 1 2B | 1 3B | 1 HR | 1 BB

Wabash Valley Junior College commit

Jackson Martin SS / 3B / Oldham County HIGH SCHOOL / 2025

Rankings StateRank: 129 / POS: 16

.333 AVG | 4 H | 4 R | 6 RBI | 1 2B | 1 HR | 4 SB

Tielor Howie 2B / RHP / George Rogers Clark HIGH SCHOOL / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 21 / POS: 1

.556 AVG | 5 H | 4 R | 5 RBI | 1 2B | 2 3B | 10 TB | 3 BB | 6 SB

(4/1/25 walk-off RBI triple!)

Jax Lee OF / LHP / McLean County high school / 2025

7.0 IP | 5 H | 1 ER | 3 BB | 7 K | 1 W

Brayden Tussey RHP / INF / Prestonsburg High School / 2026

7.0 IP | 4 H | 0 R | 1 BB | 4 K | 1 W

Evan Schallert SS / RHP / Bowling Green High School / 2025

Rankings StateRank: 86 / POS: 12

.637 AVG | 7 H | 2 R | 1 RBI | 2 2B | 1 BB

Layden Bozarth SS / RHP / Mclean county HIGH SCHOOL / 2026

5.0 IP | 2 H | 1 ER | 3 BB | 6 K | 1 W

.400 AVG | 6 H | 3 R | 6 RBI | 2 2B | 1 HR | 2 BB | 1 SB