UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

[uconnbaseball]

First UConn recruit for that year. This article mentions that Joe Wozny was getting interest from Arizona State, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Who Is Joe Wozny? - aXcess Baseball

Apparently interest from MLB scouts, too. National level recruit.

 

[dbmill]

Perfect Game has another commit for UConn:

Kevin Ferrer - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Kevin Ferrer, righty hitting outfielder, currently a class of 2018 senior at Stonington High School.

 

[huskymedic]

Brendan C. Hall@BHallESPN 6 hours ago
St. John's Prep 2018 3B Mike Yarin just committed to UConn, per head coach Dan Letarte
Also a DB/RB on SJP's Football Team.

Perfectgame.org lists other schools that were involved with Mike Yarin. Bryant, Virginia, and Wake Forest.

Michael Yarin - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Hope somebody lets Edsall know

 

[dbmill]

Hope somebody lets Edsall know

One to keep an eye on:

Mike Yarin – QB / S – St. John’s Prep – Yarin stands 6’1″ and 180 pounds and has already committed to U Conn to play baseball. Another terrific all around athlete he played on both offense and defense last season and was utilized all over the field. Despite his commitment to U Conn, Yarin has indicated that he is open to being recruited for football and with his play this season he will likely attract interest from schools. Yarin displays great charisma and leadership from the quarterback position and this bodes well for SJP next season. Football highlights

Not a total surprise, as indicated by the above posting from back in February. Yes, a disappointment, but I'm guessing this news made room for the recent commitment from Kevin Ferrer.

 

[Stainmaster]

Chris Brown - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Trumbull High SS Chris Brown - HS c/o 2019.

 

[dbmill]

Chris Brown - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Trumbull High SS Chris Brown - HS c/o 2019.

 

[dbmill]

Per Pefect Game, UConn baseball has another commit:

Montana Semmel - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Montana Semmel, 6'2'' catcher/pitcher from Westhill in Stamford, high school class of 2019.

Good group of schools involved with him, Arizona State, Clemson, Florida State, Tulane, Arizona.

Also confirmed on his twitter page:

Montana Semmel (@pride271) | Twitter

 

[uconnbaseball]

Great get. Anytime you're landing kids with an 8 or higher PG grade, you are landing a highly recruited kid. He looks like he has a great arm.

 

[kris1]

 

[dbmill]

Pat Winkel is not alone:

Vincentian Academy‏ @VinAcademy 3h3 hours ago
Congrats Kyler Fedko on signing his Letter of Intent! @UConnBaseball getting a great one! #NLI #UConnNation @VA_RoyalsBall @NorthEast_BBall

 

[dbmill]

Adam Schwartz signs as well:

News 11 Sports‏ @News11Sports 3h3 hours ago
A pair of @GoEHSMounts athletes sign college letters of intent today! Hear from them at 5pm @mounts_baseball

 

[dbmill]

Westerly Sun article from October 1 on Kevin Ferrer's verbal commitment to UConn baseball.

STONINGTON — Add Kevin Ferrer’s name to the area pipeline from southeastern

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Cowboy Up]

UCONN's HS Recruits
Class of 2018

Players who have signed a pro contact are not counted towards recruiting ranking points

Nat Rank Name Drafted/Signed Pos Ht Wt B T High School Hometown St
99 Patrick Winkel
C 6-2 187 L R Amity Regional Senior Orange CT
151 Michael Burrows
RHP 6-2 183 R R Waterford Waterford CT
500 Adam Schwartz
OF 6-1 200 R R Ephrata Akron PA
500 Kyler Fedko
SS 6-2 200 R R Vincentian Acad/Duquesne Univ Gibsonia PA
500 Will Lucas
SS 6-0 175 R R Fairfield College Preparatory Fairfield CT
500 Jake Sanderson
RHP 6-1 185 R R St. John's Preparatory Burlington MA
500 Leif Bigelow
RHP 6-3 160 R R Brattleboro Sr. Uhsd #6 Brattleboro VT
500 Michael Yarin
3B 6-1 180 L R St John's Preparatory Winchester MA
T-1000 Colin Sparaco
RHP 6-2 185 R R Valley Regional Ivoryton CT
T-1000 Tim Pfaffenbichler
RHP 5-11 165 R R Windsor Locks Windsor Locks CT
T-1000 Kevin Ferrer
OF 5-10 185 R R Stonington Pawcatuck CT


UCONN RECRUITING CLASS OF 2018 RANKED #44 Per Perfect Game

 

[uconnbaseball]

44 is pretty damn solid, but I suspect it might be underselling this class significantly. There are a lot of very good players coming in.

 

[Yonick]

Is Yarin still with baseball or is he going with football

 

[UCCornelius]

Yes, Yarin Decommitted and indicated he wanted to pursue football in college (whether division 1, 2 or 3).

 

[dbmill]

UCONN's HS Recruits
Class of 2018

Players who have signed a pro contact are not counted towards recruiting ranking points

Nat Rank Name Drafted/Signed Pos Ht Wt B T High School Hometown St
99 Patrick Winkel
C 6-2 187 L R Amity Regional Senior Orange CT
151 Michael Burrows
RHP 6-2 183 R R Waterford Waterford CT
500 Adam Schwartz
OF 6-1 200 R R Ephrata Akron PA
500 Kyler Fedko
SS 6-2 200 R R Vincentian Acad/Duquesne Univ Gibsonia PA
500 Will Lucas
SS 6-0 175 R R Fairfield College Preparatory Fairfield CT
500 Jake Sanderson
RHP 6-1 185 R R St. John's Preparatory Burlington MA
500 Leif Bigelow
RHP 6-3 160 R R Brattleboro Sr. Uhsd #6 Brattleboro VT
500 Michael Yarin
3B 6-1 180 L R St John's Preparatory Winchester MA
T-1000 Colin Sparaco
RHP 6-2 185 R R Valley Regional Ivoryton CT
T-1000 Tim Pfaffenbichler
RHP 5-11 165 R R Windsor Locks Windsor Locks CT
T-1000 Kevin Ferrer
OF 5-10 185 R R Stonington Pawcatuck CT


UCONN RECRUITING CLASS OF 2018 RANKED #44 Per Perfect Game

Of course, there is always a chance that Pat Winkel and Michael Burrows will get drafted and go pro.

 

[kris1]

Of course, there is always a chance that Pat Winkel and Michael Burrows will get drafted and go pro.

Winkle will be a Husky unless he’s given a significant signing bonus. Education is highly valued in his case.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Cowboy Up]

Pretty sure all the kids on the list value education. I think it's part of the character check before being asked to play UCONN Baseball. Nobody knows for sure, but my guess is we keep all of them and the schools ranked above lose quite a few........thinning the heard.....and leaving us that much stronger.

 

[kris1]

 

[Cowboy Up]

My apologies.. did not mean to offend. Just saying with top ranked pitchers and catchers especially it goes without saying these days.........

"Insert player name" will be a "insert college name" unless he’s given a significant signing bonus.

So.........Huskies @ #44 will be in a good place after the draft. Vanderbilt (the #1)has 10 of the top 50 players committed. I KNOW they won't be keeping all of there players. "That"......was my point. Did not mean to Passover your point in the process. My bad.

 

[dbmill]

Kevin Ferrer signs with UConn.

Stonington athletics: Hall (Southern New Hampshire), Ferrer (UConn) make it official

 

[huskymedic]

Nice article by NEBJ on Baseball Recruiting (w/ Justin Blood mentions): Recruiting: ‘It’s an arms race’

UConn recruit list on page B3

Springer Article as well.

 

[dbmill]

Fairfield Prep baseball players signing letters of intent to play college baseball, including Will Lucas with UConn:

Five Prep baseball players commit to college

 

[hardcorehusky]

Add in the JUCO's and this class is stacked

 

[JCL2554]

Fairfield Prep baseball players signing letters of intent to play college baseball, including Will Lucas with UConn:

Five Prep baseball players commit to college

 

[dbmill]

From what I have observed over the last few years, December through April is usually a very slow time for announcing baseball recruiting commitments. As such, it would seem to be a good time to post a summary of future UConn baseball recruiting commitments that have been mentioned in this thread:

2019 season

Patrick Winkel - C
Will Lucas - SS
Kyler Fedko - SS
Adam Schwartz - OF
Kevin Ferrer - OF

Michael Burrows - RHP
Tim Pfaffenbichler - RHP
Leif Bigelow - RHP
Jake Sanderson- RHP
Colin Sparaco - RHP

2020 season

Gavin Kee - OF/C
Tyler Griggs - 3B
Chris Brown - SS
Montana Semmel - C

Andrew Marrero - RHP
Max Nielsen - LHP
Zach Donahue - RHP
Sam Favieri - RHP

2021 season

Joe Wozny - RHP