BA 500 Players Headed To College

[caption id="attachment_196620" align="alignnone" width="640"] Brady McConnell is the top position player not to sign. (Photo by Alyson Boyer Rode)[/caption] SEE ALSO: Gators, Vandy Have Had Big Hauls The passing of the draft signing deadline last Friday lays plain the course of the top unsigned prep players, as they will now head to school this fall. Below is a chart of all the high school players who ranked in the BA 500 who did not sign pro contracts, sorted by their college commitment. Alabama prep righthander Tanner Burns, who was No. 38 on the BA 500, was the highest-ranked player not to sign. He was drafted in the 37th round by the Yankees, but will instead uphold his commitment to Auburn. Burns reaches 96 mph with his fastball and pairs it with a plus breaking ball. His professional future is on the mound, but he is also a standout hitter and will be a two-way player for the Tigers. For the second straight year, the top position player not to sign is a Florida prep shortstop. A year after Drew Mendoza opted to turn down pro ball to play at Florida State, Brady McConnell (No. 39) will head to Florida instead of signing. McConnell joins Burns as the only players ranked in the top 50 not to sign this year, and has the tools to step right into the Gators lineup at shortstop. Vanderbilt leads all schools with 10 players from the BA 500 in its incoming freshman class. Arizona State brings in seven and Florida has six. Overall, 136 high school players in the BA 500 did not sign pro contracts, nine more than last year. Of those players, 48 are committed to schools in the Southeastern Conference, accounting for 36 percent of the unsigned BA 500 recruits. Atlantic Coast Conference schools will take in 25 unsigned BA 500 recruits, and the Pac-12 Conference will get 21.

Rank	Name, pos.	Commitment
325	Sam Praytor, c	Alabama
384	Blake Paugh, of/1b	Arizona
206	Alika Williams, ss	Arizona State
241	Boyd Vander Kooi, rhp	Arizona State
252	Zach Hogueisson, of	Arizona State
399	Trevor Hauver, ss	Arizona State
413	Drew Swift, ss	Arizona State
421	Adisyn Coffey, ss	Arizona State
436	Spencer Torkelson, of	Arizona State
73	Bryce Bonnin, rhp	Arkansas
128	Cole Turney, of	Arkansas
183	Jackson Rutledge, rhp	Arkansas
305	Casey Opitz, c/2b	Arkansas
499	Hunter Milligan, lhp	Arkansas
38	Tanner Burns, rhp	Auburn
114	Steven Williams, c/of	Auburn
439	Cody Greenhill, rhp	Auburn
451	Eduoard Julien, 2b	Auburn
461	Dalton Wingo, of	Central Florida
417	Austin Bates, c	Chipola (Fla.) JC
139	Spencer Strider, rhp	Clemson
215	Kier Meredith, of	Clemson
350	Sam Weatherly, lhp	Clemson
262	Zach McCambley, rhp	Coastal Carolina
482	Tor Sehnert, of	Coastal Carolina
454	Steve Mann, of	Duke
120	Gavin Williams, rhp	East Carolina
158	Spencer Smith, c	East Carolina
39	Brady McConnell, ss	Florida
88	Tommy Mace, rhp	Florida
135	Hunter Ruth, rhp	Florida
173	Jack Leftwich, rhp	Florida
251	Jordan Butler, lhp	Florida
307	Calvin Greenfield, c	Florida
328	Matt Golda, ss	Florida Atlantic
143	Logan Allen, lhp	Florida International
264	Christian Santana, rhp	Florida International
407	Gabriel Rodriguez, of	Florida International
472	Oraj Anu, of	Florida International
106	Shane Drohan, lhp	Florida State
109	C.J. Van Eyk, rhp	Florida State
310	Cooper Swanson, ss	Florida State
402	Reese Albert, of	Florida State
406	Austin Pollock, lhp	Florida State
164	Emerson Hancock, rhp	Georgia
473	Ivan Johnson, ss	Georgia
313	Oscar Serratos, ss/rhp	Georgia Tech
447	David Duarte, c	Grand Canyon
468	D'Mond LaFond, rhp	Houston
231	Brad Dobzanski, rhp	Kentucky
401	Ben Jordan, rhp	Kentucky
445	Kaden Polcovich, ss/2b	Kentucky
486	Austin Marozas, rhp	Kentucky
82	Daniel Cabrera, of	Louisiana State
214	Nick Storz, rhp/1b	Louisiana State
226	A.J. Labas, rhp	Louisiana State
266	Hayden Cantrelle, ss	Louisiana-Lafayette
372	Bobby Miller, rhp	Louisville
422	Reid Detmers, lhp	Louisville
425	Michael Kirian, lhp	Louisville
270	Randy Bednar, of	Maryland
76	Chris McMahon, rhp	Miami
199	Alex Toral, 1b	Miami
329	Gabe Rivera, of	Miami
440	Connor Allen, 1b	Miami
230	Jesse Franklin, of	Michigan
263	Jeff Criswell, rhp	Michigan
424	Danny Zimmerman, 1b	Michigan
428	Isaiah Paige, rhp	Michigan
209	Jordan Fowler, lhp	Mississippi
248	Tim Elko, 1b	Mississippi
221	Jordan Anderson, of	Mississippi State
470	Chad Bryant, rhp	Mississippi State
474	Owen Lovell, of	Mississippi State
190	Joe Lancellotti, rhp	North Carolina
299	Patrick Bailey, c	North Carolina State
127	Seth Lonsway, lhp	Ohio State
295	Cade Cavalli, rhp	Oklahoma
321	Tyler Hardman, 3b	Oklahoma
228	Mitchell Stone, lhp	Oklahoma State
320	Jonny DeLuca, of	Oregon
216	Kevin Abel, rhp	Oregon State
488	Brandon McCabe, rhp	Palm Beach State (Fla.) JC
388	Adam Kerner, c	San Diego
187	Daniel Ritcheson, rhp	San Diego State
335	Casey Schmitt, 3b	San Diego State
327	Tim Dillard, rhp	San Jacinto (Texas) JC
493	Braydon Weyer, rhp	Seattle
111	Noah Campbell, ss	South Carolina
154	Kyle Jacobsen, of	South Carolina
172	Carmen Mlodzinski, rhp	South Carolina
201	Logan Chapman, rhp	South Carolina
418	Ian Jenkins, of	South Carolina
475	Graham Hoffman, rhp	South Florida
94	Kyle Hurt, rhp	Southern California
259	Ben Ramirez, ss	Southern California
456	Jamal O'Guinn, ss	Southern California
498	Alex Cornwell, lhp	Southern California
337	Carlos Lomeli, rhp	St. Mary's
236	Christian Robinson, of	Stanford
288	Nick Brueser, 1b	Stanford
487	Zach Daniels, of	Tennessee
222	Kamron Fields, of	Texas
176	Asa Lacy, lhp	Texas A&M
239	Jack Conlon, rhp	Texas A&M
293	Zach DeLoach, of	Texas A&M
171	Caleb Sloan, rhp	Texas Christian
455	Russell Smith, lhp	Texas Christian
415	Cordell Dunn, c	Texas Tech
404	Trenton Denholm, rhp	UC Irvine
442	Cole Percival, rhp	UC Riverside
271	Jason Willow, 3b	UC Santa Barbara
489	Ben Fariss, rhp/of	UC Santa Barbara
62	Garrett Mitchell, of	UCLA
380	Sam Glick, lhp	UCLA
435	Chase Farrell, rhp	UCLA
75	Greg Jones, ss	UNC Wilmington
344	Nick Jodway, rhp/3b	UNC Wilmington
69	Jake Eder, lhp	Vanderbilt
134	Austin Martin, ss	Vanderbilt
167	Philip Clarke, c	Vanderbilt
213	Tyler Brown, rhp	Vanderbilt
242	Jayson Gonzalez, 3b	Vanderbilt
275	Joe Gobillot, lhp	Vanderbilt
326	Hugh Fisher, lhp	Vanderbilt
364	Pat DeMarco, of	Vanderbilt
368	Cooper Davis, of	Vanderbilt
437	Mason Hickman, rhp	Vanderbilt
174	Griff McGarry, rhp	Virginia
212	Devin Ortiz, ss/rhp	Virginia
224	Andrew Papantonis, ss	Virginia
267	Tanner Morris, ss	Virginia
443	Michael Ludowig, of/lhp	Wake Forest
448	D.J. Poteet, ss	Wake Forest
412	Stephen Emanuels, rhp	Washington
311	Clayton Keyes, of	Washington State