Scott County...6'3 205 1B/3B . Watchd a segment on he and his very supportive grandma. Been a u6 commit since his sophomore year and said it was hard because he was raised a UK fan and his entire family was BIG BLUE. . Mingione and staff(will they be there) need to step up and kids like this belong in KPP!!! Very disappointing.
Trace Willhoite...
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The story is to be about Janet, his grandmother and her photography, not Trace going to U of L vs UK. Don’t turn this story about recruiting. It was a feel good story, nothing really to do with baseball.
If you know the Willhoite family you would know about Traces’ recruitment
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Yes, it was about the grandmother , but he talked about his recruitment and the fact that his family were UK fans and it was a difficult decision...did you not catch that part of it if you watched it? So, are you willing to share the story behind his recruitment?
I don't feel it's my business to share his recruitment journey, just wanted to make a point that the story was more about his grandmother and not about his recruitment.
Ok...but it covered both. Great to have a grandma like that and I didn't know much about his recruitment and it was at a "high time" for the Mingone staff. Just curiosity and seems like a head scratcher. Thanks.
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And being a favorite to make the CWS again this year why UK is playing for a chance to even make the SEC tourney.
I know the family. Great player and even better kid. Louisville was on him hard and early. Hard to compete with their track record of winning and player development to the next level.
Mingione and staff have missed out on numerous high D1 kids just in the Central KY 11th Region alone.
Mingione and staff have missed out on numerous high D1 kids just in the Central KY 11th Region alone.
Yes they have ...had great momentum with evertthing in place...it is why MB needs to cut bait and go offer Williams a big fat raise so there isn't another couple years wasted like the last two!!
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Who are some of these elite talents they've missed on? Not saying Perfect Game is the Bible, but according to there rankings UK has signed plenty of the higher ranked talent from Central KY.
Well since you mention Perfect Game, here are they 2019 Rankings Top 15 in KY:
1 232 Ryan Hawks
6-3 205 R/R RHP Bowling Green, KY Louisville Warren East East Coast Sox
East Coast Sox Select
Up to 90 mph at WWBA Underclass
2 359 Trace Willhoite
6-3 205 R/R 1B Georgetown, KY Louisville Scott County Kentucky Baseball Club
Kentucky Baseball Club 2019
3 449 Jackson Haga
6-1 208 R/R RHP Bowling Green, KY Liberty Bowling Green Kentucky Prospects
North East Baseball National
4 500 Drew McGowan
6-1 165 L/R OF Pembroke, KY Mississippi State University Heights Academy Kentucky Prospects
Kentucky Prospects 17U - Donald
5 500 Kyle Harbison
6-0 195 R/R C Georgetown, KY Indiana State Scott County Kentucky Baseball Club 17U Prime
Kentucky Baseball Club 2019
6 500 AJ Hacker
6-4 195 L/R RHP Morehead, KY Morehead State Rowan County Senior Kentucky Baseball Club 17U Prime
Kentucky Baseball Club 2019
7 500 Chase Estep
6-0 190 L/R 3B Corbin, KY Kentucky Corbin Indiana Mustangs Blue
Indiana Mustangs
8 500 Jackson Webb
5-11 205 R/R C Elizabethtown, KY Eastern Kentucky Elizabethtown Knights Platinum North
Knights Baseball North 17U
9 500 Wyatt Stevenson
5-11 190 L/R 3B Gracey, KY Louisville Christian County Kentucky Prospects
Kentucky Prospects
10 500 Colin Burgess
5-10 180 R/R C Lexington, KY Wichita State Tates Creek Midland Redskins
Midland Redskins
11 500 Jacob Curtis
6-2 185 R/R C Franklin, KY Austin Peay Franklin-Simpson Evansville Razorbacks
North East Baseball
12 500 Jared Gadd
6-2 185 R/R MIF Lexington, KY Xavier Paul Laurence Dunbar Kentucky Baseball Club
Kentucky Baseball Club 2019
13 500 Tyeler Hawkins
6-0 160 R/R OF Lexington, KY Louisville Bryan Station Elite Baseball Club
5 Star National
14 500 Tyler Wood
6-2 215 R/R C Radcliff, KY Western Kentucky Central Hardin Kentucky Prospects
Kentucky Prospects 17U - Donald
Good job... thank you. Any info what UK'S status us with these guys? Know Estep has already signed. How many of them are considered SEC talent because I know we have very few at the present time.
Good question. Most are signed already as they are all seniors. One is signed to Miss St and several to UofL. Those guys could all play SEC if they can play for UofL.
Also- Indiana, Wichita St, and Liberty have been NCAA postseason clubs of late.
Hacker may end up being the best pitcher of the bunch. He leads the state in K’s and is a prime draft prospect.
Hacker may end up being the best pitcher of the bunch. He leads the state in K’s and is a prime draft prospect.
Sorry, I see where they were either signed or ccommitted...so you are the flagship university and your arch rival rival has four of these guys with NONE from Louisville , one from YOUR BACK DOOR with another signing with an SEC school. PITIFUL!!!
Thanks for the research. 2019 is indeed a question mark for in-state recruiting. In 2018, UK signed 4 of the top 7 in-state and 2017 had 6 of the top 16. UK has 4 in-state commitments in the class of 2020 with 3 of those ranked top 10.
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CD, what is your source you are using for 2020 class...just looked and saw u6 has 1-3-6 players... 1 from Louisville, 1 from PAINTSVILLE and one from OWENSBORO two supposedly BBN strongholds! McDonald is so far ahead of Mingione that I'm beginning to believe the only hope UK has is for him to get hired away and I don't see that happening unfortunately !!
The ranking that I found was from Prep Baseball Report. I don't have a subscription to Perfect Game so I couldn't see their rankings from 2019 and beyond. PBR has UK with 2, 5 and 10. Granted theses rankings were posted in August of 2017. Things may have changed. And I completely agree that McDonnell and UL is way ahead of Mingione and the Cats. And it will be hard for UK to close that gap unless he leaves Louisville.
I hate u6, but MacDonald has done amazing things there. Would like /hope to have pitching coach Williams at UK next year. No longer see Mingione getting it done here.
Louisville has 2 guys who could be talented head coaches on their staff- William and Snider. Mingione doesn’t have that. Fanning is obviously losing in recruiting and his reputation on the road during tournaments and showcases is a joke. Bellinger has struggled to put together a good staff (although young).
Most of the 2017 kids are gone or buried in the depth chart. They were Henderson’s kids and Mingione didn’t really want them. They were mostly asked to leave this year and pursue other options. The 2020 class will be interesting to see if Fanning can hold it together. Hard to sell a dream when you are progressively taking steps backwards each year. Two years without NCAA play and if they miss the SEC this year...frustrating for us....could be damaging for them
Back to the original topic. Saw this on a Twitter about Willhoite from Scott County:
@oaksi72
Final regular season offensive numbers for Scott County 1B/3B/RF/P Trace Willhoite:
.460 AVG (100 AB), .556 OBP (126 PA), .770 SLG, 46 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 38 RBI, 42 R, 17 BB, 10 K, 7 HBP, 9 SB.
34.0 IP, 4-1, 48 K, 0.636 ERA, .143 BAA
Looks like UofL got a good one from our backyard. The 11th Region is stout
@oaksi72
Final regular season offensive numbers for Scott County 1B/3B/RF/P Trace Willhoite:
.460 AVG (100 AB), .556 OBP (126 PA), .770 SLG, 46 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 38 RBI, 42 R, 17 BB, 10 K, 7 HBP, 9 SB.
34.0 IP, 4-1, 48 K, 0.636 ERA, .143 BAA
Looks like UofL got a good one from our backyard. The 11th Region is stout
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