Alumni Impact #3: Velocity Dominates Early High School Season
COLLEGE UPDATE
Pepperdine’s Brad Anderson (Baseball Factory Premium Video Program) was named the WCC Player of the Week after hitting .571 with 2 2B and 5 RBIs. The first baseman went 3-4 with 4 RBIs in a win over USC and 3-3 in a win over Houston.
Wake Forest freshman 3B Will Craig (Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout) was named ACC Player of the Week after hitting .615 with 2 home runs and 5 runs driven in. He is riding a 10-game hitting streak.
Third baseman Nick Flair (Baseball Factory Premium Video Program, Cape Cod Select Training & Competition, Arizona Senior Fall Classic, Under Armour All-America Pre-Season Tournament) is off to an impressive start this season for Gulf Coast State College. He is hitting .441 with 8 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 25 runs scored and 35 driven in.
Jeff Gray (Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout) had a big week for Hampden Sydney. The first baseman hit .556 with a double, a home run, 2 runs scored and 3 runs batted in.
RHP Brent Honeywell (Under Armour All-America Pre-Season Tournament) is leading the NJCAA in strikeouts and tied for the national lead in wins for Walters State CC. He is currently 5-1 with 54 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched, helping to lead Walters State to a 19-5 record.
Casey Mulholland (Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout, Team One South, Under Armour All-America Game) was named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after throwing 8 scoreless innings in South Florida’s win over Northwestern. The righty allowed only 3 hits and struck out 8 in the game.
LSU’s Aaron Nola (Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout) continues his dominance, now stretching his streak of not allowing an earned run to 53 innings. He was again named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after 8 shutout innings in a win against Purdue in which he struck out 12.
Phil Pietro (Baseball Factory Premium Video Program), a catcher and outfielder, is off to a hot start for Hagerstown CC. He is currently hitting .577 with 2 doubles, 2 triples, a home run, 5 runs batted in and 7 stolen bases.
RHP Joel Seddon (Team One South) closes for the top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks. He has been nearly perfect so far, with 5 saves in his 9 appearances. He has thrown 9.2 innings and is yet to allow a hit or run while punching out 13.
Kevin Swick (Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout, Baseball Factory’s Christmas Camp & Tournament) (3B) went 7 for 12 last week (.583) and is hitting .364 on the season for USC. In a win over Cal Poly he went 3-4 with 2 2B, 3 runs scored and 3 RBIs. His play earned him Pac 12 Player of the Week honors.
HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE
Former Under Armour All-American Brady Aiken created quite a stir while pitching in his first game action of the season – a scrimmage against Rancho Bernardo. The LHP touched 96 mph with his fastball.
Fellow Under Armour All-American Milton Ramos continues to swing the bat well this spring. The acrobatic SS is hitting .500 so far with 2 triples, 2 home runs, 10 runs driven in and 5 stolen bases.
The theme of the high school season to this point has been velocity, and RHP Tyler Kolek (2013 Under Armour All-America Game) has been leading the charge. Reports from his last start had Tyler’s first pitch clocked at 100mph and his second at 102mph. The radar gun read triple digits a dozen times in the game.
Other big velocity reports during the week came from Michael Kopech (2013 Under Armour All-America Game) in Texas (98 mph) and JB Bukauskas (2013 Team One South) in Virginia (97 in his first scrimmage of the season).
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