2013 Commitments

Ty Kobylinski - Former Mid-Atlantic Mustang and current So Cal NTT Utility player (Heritage HS) has committed to play at Wake Forest.

Thomas Rogers has switched his commitment from UGA to UNC.

Two solid schools, A question if I may Redbird.

Is this done without ill feelings by any of the parties. For instance does one ask to be released from his commitment from UGA to then commit with UNC. OR does one just tell UGA they are changing.
Does a school like UNC still seek ballplayers regardless of if they have "committed" or not.

Just wondering why a ballplayer would commit early if he was still looking.

Saw Rogers pitch and his stock certainly went up with his last two starts.

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For instance does one ask to be released from his commitment from UGA to then commit with UNC. OR does one just tell UGA they are changing.

I believe Rogers "de-committed" from Georgia, then committed to UNC in a very short period of time.

These commitments are not binding on either end. The player and/or the school can walk away from it at any time until the papers are signed during the players senior year of high school.

It is a verbal, non-binding commitment. Each kid has his own reasons for moving on. I am not at liberty to talk about why Thomas decommitted from GA.

Schools, in general, have a gentleman's agreement to not pursue others' verbals. But, if they were "in" on a player before he committed, they usually tell the recruit to call them if anything changes, except for some schools who hang up on kids when they find out they "lost" them.

Frank Sturek (West Springfield, OF/RHP) has committed to Charleston Southern

Josh Lenig (Potomac, C) has committed to Mount St. Mary's.

Alex Gransback (Lake Braddock, OF) has committed to VCU

Sturek, Lenig and Gransback all played for the EvoShield Canes this summer. Congrats to these talented players!

Dalton Ruch out of Atlee H.S and IYG Spiders commits to University of Hartford and will sign a NLI in November. Congrats to Dalton and his family.

Congrats to Dalton and family! That is great news.

Jordan Sergent from Atlantic Shores Christian School just announced that he will be continuing his baseball career at West Virginia. I've had the privilege of watching Jordan play the past three years at Shores. WVU is not only getting an outstanding ball player, they're getting a great kid also.

Seargent is a great athlete.

You can see him here... http://www.playinschool.com/drillers/sergent.html

Rich
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Sam Sinnen, Kellam RHP, to ODU.

Congrats to Sam and the Sinnen family!

Congrats!

I think this Drillers roster may be one that we look back on in a few years and say wow.

See him here... http://www.playinschool.com/drillers/samsinnen.html

Rich
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We've had the pleasure of playing them, and it's a pleasure because they are talented and they play the game right. Every game is a dogfight, the way it ought to be.

Question: is Seargent going to WVU strictly as a LHP or as a 2-way guy?

Sergent is going to WVU as a 2 way player. Here's an article posted on his school's web-site:

http://westvirginia.247sports....he-Line-Player-86451

Congrats to Sammy and Jordan! proud of ya fella's!

might have missed this one in the thread but happy to see a local Southside kid moving on. alot of good kids go unnoticed in this part of the state

Luke Simpson from Tunstall HS and the Evoshield 'CaMes' commits to Longwood.

got a typo on the website
http://canesbaseball.net/uncat...simpson-to-longwood/

I heard Kyle Palmer from Patrick Henry to Radford. Not sure if correct. Can anyone confirm?

Yes. Kyle has committed to Radford.

You can see Kyle here. I'm assuming he will be going to pitch but unfortunately I dont have pitching film because he threw the day before. But he is a great athlete.

http://www.playinschool.com/co...rospects/palmer.html

Rich
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Congrats to Kyle and family. That is great news.

We are now up to almost 50 commitments from the Class of 2013!

Class of 2013 Commitments

You have James Stroud listed as a Bishop Sullivan 2013 grad. I'm pretty sure he's back at Kellam for his senior year.

Jordan Sergent is Atlantic Shores not Atlantic Christian

A couple EvoCanes from DC commit:

Chase Plebani, Sidwell Friends RHP, to Yale
Andrew Culp, Maret RHP, to Duke

Ryan Bickford RHP from Cosby HS and also a member of the Virginia Cardinals committed tonight to the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Congratulations Ryan!!!

Congrats to the Bickford's.

See Ryan here... http://www.playinschool.com/va...ls2012/bickford.html

Rich
www.playinschool.com

Congrats to Ryan and the Bickford family. That is great news.

Mike Sims from the Steward School and IYG Spiders comits to VMI. The keydets have gotten a good one. Way to go Mike

Congratulations to Michael and the entire Sims family. This kid would be an asset to any club!

See him here... www.playinschool.com/michael_sims

Rich
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Mike plays for the Evoshield Canes North. He is a great kid and a great catcher

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Originally posted by JF:
Mike Sims from the Steward School and IYG Spiders comits to VMI. The keydets have gotten a good one. Way to go Mike

Robby Lathrop from the Evoshield Canes committed to Old Dominiion University. A great young man and a suberb baseball player is on his way to the next level. Congrats to the Lathrop family and to his school Greenbriar Christian.

Mike Sims did play for the Canes but began playing for the Spiders some this summer and full time this fall.

Congrats to Blaine Lafin who has committed to VMI, Blaine is an OF/P for Culpeper.

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Mike plays for the Evoshield Canes North. He is a great kid and a great catcher

Not sure what's the story, but I just saw this kid playing for IYG on Sunday.

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Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Not sure what's the story, but I just saw this kid playing for IYG on Sunday.

There is no story. He played for the Canes this summer and is playing IYG for the fall.

Once a kid signs his scholarship they will leave their expensive showcase team to play for a cheaper team closer to home. Saves the family money.