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2013 Under Armour All-America Pre-Season Tournament: 2014 Grad Honorable Mentions

With over 390 players participating in the 2013 Under Armour All-America Pre-Season Tournament, powered by Baseball Factory, our scouts were treated to players from across the country that had many tools from blistering foot speed, to rockets for arms on the mound and behind the plate. While we cannot honor everyone that attended we did want to highlight a few players that stood out.

The following are the 2014 Grads Honorable Mentions from the 2013 Under Armour All-America Pre-Season Tournament.

Players are listed alphabetically.

Kendall Adkisson | 3B | Savannah, TN | Hardin County
Kendall has a loose LH swing with great rhythm. He finds the barrel consistently and can flat out hit. At 3B he is athletic, moves his feet well and makes all the plays.

Khevin Brewer | OF | Richmond, TX | Ft. Bend Travis

Khevin is an OF who can really swing the bat and generates outstanding bat speed. He is one of a limited number of high school juniors with legitimate present power. Committed to Rice.

KJ Bryant | OF | Taylors, SC | Wade Hampton
KJ is an athletic young player with long legs and quick twitch actions. He is a true centerfielder with the ability to hit at the top of the order. Committed to South Carolina.

Maverik Buffo | RHP | Salem, UT | Spanish Fork
Buffo is an impressive young RHP. He runs his FB into the upper 80s with more to come and has tight spin on his breaking ball. He also has a feel for a change. Committed to BYU.

Myron Burton | RHP/OF | Lawrenceville, GA | Peachtree Ridge
Burton is a tremendous athlete who is also being recruited for football by several SEC schools. On the baseball field he runs his fastball into the upper 80s with little effort and is an excellent outfielder with a quick bat.

Ryan Day | RHP/SS | Phelan, CA | Los Osos
Ryan is an athletic 2-way player who can dominate high school hitters with his upper 80s fastball and sinking change due to his excellent command of both. He also is an advanced defender at SS with a contact bat. Committed to Duke.

Alex Debell | RHP | Lakewood, CO | Bear Creek

Alex has a clean, easy arm stroke that delivers upper 80s velocity from a low effort delivery. He rounds out his 3-pitch mix with a solid curveball and changeup. There is a lot of upside here.

Derek Dickerson | C | Cypress, TX | Cypress Ranch
Derek makes consistent hard contact with a simple, level stroke that flashes pull side power. He is also solid defensively with sure hands and times to 2B as low as 1.89.

Andrew DiLacqua | OF |Lakewood Ranch, FL | IMG Academy
Andrew is a physical young outfielder who swings the bat well. He has a rhythmic RH stroke that produces in game competition. He moves well in the OF and possesses an arm with good carry. Committed to Arizona State.

Jonathan Ducoff | SS | Kingwood, TX | Kingwood Park
Ducoff is a talented young infielder with solid tools across the board. Defensively he shows the range, hands and arm to stay at SS at higher levels. As a hitter he takes an aggressive hack with good bat speed leading to hard contact. Committed to Baylor.

Taylor Fajardo | 1B | Las Vegas, NV | West Tech Academy
Tyler is a power bat who will be a middle-of-the-order run producer. The ball comes off his bat loudly and the batspeed/leverage combination leads to plus power, as evidenced by his game HR on a large field at this event.

Aaron Fletcher | LHP/1B | Houston, TX | Langham Creek
Aaron is a 2-way player whose highest ceiling appears to be on the mound. He is a strike thrower with an under control, balanced delivery. He utilizes the inside of the plate very well for a young pitcher. He also flashes some power in his LH stroke at the plate.

Jonah Girand | C | Maitland, FL | Lake Highland Prep

Girand is an athletic leader behind the plate with an excellent feel for the game. He reacts quickly, has sure hands and displays a strong, accurate arm (1.98 to 2B in a game).

Daniel Goss | OF | Humble, TX | Westbury Christian
Daniel is a smooth, fluid athlete with a pretty RH swing that accelerates through the zone. He glides in the outfield and shows a ton of upside.

Tristan Hildebrandt | SS | Yorba Linda, CA | Esperanze
Tristan is a true, reliable baseball player with solid tools across the board. He makes plays at SS, has a high baseball IQ and handles the bat well at the plate with a line drive stroke. Committed to Oklahoma.

Jordan Howard | 2B | Stockbridge, GA | Eagles Landing Christian
Jordan is a switch-hitting middle infielder with a fluid, pretty swing from both sides of the plate. He has a line drive stroke with good barrel accuracy. Defensively he is a dependable fielder with above average range.

Ray Hutchinson | RHP/SS | Holden, LA | Holden

Ray is a 2-way player who showed best as a RHP in Arizona. He generates good velocity, touching 91mph with his fastball and throws a legitimate slider as his out pitch. He also shows a strong, balanced stroke at the plate and is a solid defender in the infield.

Blake Jones | SS | Bellevue, WA | Issaquah
Blake is a dynamic young player with quick-twitch actions and a quiet confidence on the field. He is smooth at SS with very good range, hands and arm strength. At the plate he has quick hands and a level path with very few holes in his swing. Committed to Washington.

Jeren Kendall | OF | Holmen, WI | Holmen
Jeren makes the game look easy. He is an outstanding defensive outfielder with CF range and a RF arm. His swing is short and quick relying on his quick hands and eye/hand coordination for barrel accuracy. Committed to Vanderbilt.

Garrett King | RHP | Orange, CA | Orange Lutheran
Garrett throws 3 pitches for strikes, understands how to attack hitters and mixes his pitches very effectively. This mature approach combined with quality stuff makes him very difficult on high school hitters. Committed to Nebraska.

Garrett Peek | RHP | Gulf Breeze, FL | Gulf Breeze
Peek is a RHP with an excellent frame and 3 quality pitches. He works both sides of the plate well and has the confidence in his upper 80s fastball to attack hitters with it and get ahead.

Andrew Sharpe | C | Odenton, MD | Riverdale Baptist
Sharpe is a solidly built catcher with a polished all-around game. His stroke is simple and repeatable leading to line drives to all fields. Behind the plate he receives with sure hands, blocks well and shows arm strength and a quick release. Committed to James Madison.

Ryan Sinzenich | C | Davie, FL | Archbishop McCarthy

Ryan is a physical young catcher with a loose, rhythmic swing that has leverage power. He is also athletic behind the plate with good flexibility, quick feet and soft hands.

Joey Swinarski | OF | Winter Park, FL | The First Academy

Joey is a talented young athlete with the rare speed/power combination. He is an excellent runner (6.76 in the 60) and his RH stroke has leverage and loft. He is a very projectable young outfielder. Committed to Mississippi State.

Seth Wall | C | Georgetown, SC | Georgetown
Wall is outstanding defensively with advanced receiving and blocking skills and plenty of arm strength. He also has an aggressive swing with strong hands and plus bat speed that lead to loud contact.

Be sure to check back because we will be posting other Top Tools and Players from the event.

All Top Players and event postings will be updated on the 2013 Event Page.

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