UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

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An article about George Welch from this spring while pitching for Southern New Hampshire University.

Welch's move to bullpen making life easier for SNHU

May 17—IT'S NOT OFTEN you see a starting pitcher with a 5-0 record move to the bullpen, but that's what happened to Southern New Hampshire University's George Welch last month. Welch, a Derry resident, was 5-0 in late April when he offered to become a reliever. It wasn't a new role for Welch...

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[huskymedic]

Much more accessible to Campus



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Much more accessible to Campus



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Logan Charbaneau returns to playing baseball in Connecticut. We'll see if he continues playing in Connecticut a few years down the line.

 

[CtBaseball]

If we eventually join the Big 12, do you all think that would have a positive effect on baseball recruiting?

 

[huskymedic]

If we eventually join the Big 12, do you all think that would have a positive effect on baseball recruiting?

Yes

 

[HookC22]

If we eventually join the Big 12, do you all think that would have a positive effect on baseball recruiting?

By leaps and bounds. 1000%

 

[UConNick]

We've already made some inroads in the last 10 years, but there's still this whole class of player in Connecticut that it feels like is going to pick an ACC school or Vanderbilt over us 95% of the time (Winkels being the chief outliers).

Think Matt Scott at Stanford, Chad Knight at Duke, Jake Deleo at Georgia Tech, Langhorne who went to Vandy initially, etc. And yes, not only it, but I am talking a lot about Fairfield County, as all the above guys are from there.

Those are the guys we're going to have a great shot at keeping in-state if we're able to give them power conference baseball, imo.

Probably don't need to elaborate on this as we all here already know it, but Connecticut punches well above its weight when considering location and size, in terms of baseball talent. If we can keep even more of those players, and the best of those players, consistently at home... it's a dream scenario.

 

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We've already made some inroads in the last 10 years, but there's still this whole class of player in Connecticut that it feels like is going to pick an ACC school or Vanderbilt over us 95% of the time (Winkels being the chief outliers).

Think Matt Scott at Stanford, Chad Knight at Duke, Jake Deleo at Georgia Tech, Langhorne who went to Vandy initially, etc. And yes, not only it, but I am talking a lot about Fairfield County, as all the above guys are from there.

Those are the guys we're going to have a great shot at keeping in-state if we're able to give them power conference baseball, imo.

Probably don't need to elaborate on this as we all here already know it, but Connecticut punches well above its weight when considering location and size, in terms of baseball talent. If we can keep even more of those players, and the best of those players, consistently at home... it's a dream scenario.

Coach Penders in a number of interviews in the past has mentioned more than once hoping to keep the the best baseball players in the state and hopefully bring them to Storrs to play. He has mentioned how he thinks such a team would be one that would likely make June trips to Omaha for the NCAA Tournament.

 

[CtBaseball]

By leaps and bounds. 1000%

Thought folks might say this, and I agree.

Selfishly, as an appreciator of all UConn teams -- but particularly hardcore fan of HookC -- I am pulling hard for us to join the Big 12. I know it wouldn't come without some very real drawbacks, but damn, it feels like it could really supercharge an already thriving HookC program.

Will all be moot, of course, if we never get an invite.

 

[BaseballDog]

Cameron Mayer RHP Graduate Transfer from Tufts (D3) will be playing at UConn next year.

 

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Cameron Mayer RHP Graduate Transfer from Tufts (D3) will be playing at UConn next year.

Cameron Mayer's Twitter page appears to shows him playing for UConn in the 2024 season.

https://twitter.com/cameronmayer_?lang=en

Mayer's info from the Tufts baseball website:

Cameron Mayer - 2023 - Baseball - Tufts University

Cameron Mayer (17) P - 2023 (Senior): Pitcher for the Tufts University baseball team...Appeared in 12 games ands started 1...Pitched 36.2 innings tossing 34 strikeouts

gotuftsjumbos.com

 

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New UConn additions for the D1Baseball.com Transfer Portal listings. In addition to the players previously mentioned who are transferring to UConn, D1Baseball.com now lists George Welch of Southern New Hampshire and Cameron Mayer of Tufts as transferring to UConn.

 

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[PASTE04038!]

He may not make it to Storrs. Big frame big arm projectable as hell. He's got 100 mph in his future.

 

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Owen Norrell is a high school Class of 2024 LHP from Austin, Texas. Not the usual high school recruiting territory for UConn baseball, that's for sure.

Owen Norrell Class of 2024 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Owen Norrell Class of 2024 Perfect Game Player Profile

www.perfectgame.org

 

[CtBaseball]

Owen Norrell is a high school Class of 2024 LHP from Austin, Texas. Not the usual high school recruiting territory for UConn baseball, that's for sure.

Owen Norrell Class of 2024 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Owen Norrell Class of 2024 Perfect Game Player Profile

www.perfectgame.org

Can’t help but wonder if MacDonald shared some insider info about UConn’s future conference…? Texas… ya know?

 

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I think this is the first reference on his twitter account about his coming to UConn which was previously mentioned in these threads.

 

[kris1]

No real surprise here. He’s likely a high draft pick and he’s leverage it against big NIL money to fall back on. Smart move on his part.

 

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I had thought that Anthony Belisario was coming to Storrs for the coming school year. However, there are a couple of tweets and other info out there that make him out as a High School Class of 24, including the above tweet. It would seem Belisario is still a year away from arriving at UConn and joining the baseball team.

 

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Bryce Detwiler, INF/RHP, High School Class of 2025. Incoming UConn freshman Tyler Minick went to the same high school.

 

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Gov. Mifflin's Bryce Detwiler named Pennsylvania Player of the Series at Big 26 Baseball Classic

Jul. 23—Gov. Mifflin's Bryce Detwiler was named the Player of the Series for Pennsylvania at the Big 26 Baseball Classic Sunday following Maryland's series-winning 11-1 victory at Harrisburg's FNB Field. Detwiler, a rising junior, keyed Pennsylvania's 11-7 victory on Saturday with three RBIs and...

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