Bio Edited
Wiss & Seabass became our
#4
and
#5
alums drafted after this year’s MLB Draft.
We began in 2013. Had our 1st in 2018.
2018 Cam Alldred - Univ of Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Pirates - 24th Round
2019 Jeremy Randolph - U of Alabama
St. Louis Cardinals - 26th Round
2022
We are excited to announce HIMMY IS BACK! After spending time as a full time recruiting coordinator and currently now an Associate MLB Scout.
@coachhimmy
is returning to take over the organization after the end of this summer season. Please join us in welcoming him back!
Just a scrappy little group of kids from up north....Hats off to these guys, couldn’t be more proud of the effort all weekend. Saw some great baseball! Dropped 6-3 in the championship game. 17/18 takes 2nd place out of 36 teams 🤙🏽
Thank you
@LakePointSports
@PBRGeorgia
Congratulations to ‘21 Zachary Monnin who has chosen to make the ultimate commitment - he will be going to serve in the United States Army 🇺🇸
Zach will catch for our 18u team this summer before heading out to basic training. Thank you Zach 👍
#MoonDawg
Congrats to former Miami Valley Prospect Ben Ross on being selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the MLB draft! Congrats
@benross1512
Senior RHP Will Sowder from Tecumseh HS has committed to furthering his 📚 and ⚾️ career at Urbana University! He tossed 31.2 innings on the mound while posting a 2.65 ERA for us last summer. He has a good 3 pitch mix with heavy AS run. Good fit for the Blue Knights! Congrats!!!!
End of an era!
18u drops their semifinal game.
Proud of each and every one of these guys. Played the game hard & well. True joy to watch.
Seniors: wishing you the very best as you move on.
Thank you players, families, & coaches. Heck of a ride!
30-6 during the 2020 summer.
18U wins the Miami Valley Veterans Appreciation Tourney!!! 🏆
Sebastian Gongora goes the distance with 5 K’s on the mound.
Kyle Lane 1-3 2B, RBI
Jake Cox 1-2 RBI
Gongora 2-3
Cody Borchers 1-2
Clay Jacobs 1-3
They move to 10-1 on the summer!
16U coming home with some hardware! 🏆
Going 5-1 on the weekend & playing at some great college venues up in the Great Lakes area, 16U takes home the ship beating the Midwest Marlins National 4-2 in the title game of the PBR Great Lakes Underclass! 🔥
🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
This guy has one of the highest ceilings of anyone we’ve had. Coming off a dominant summer/fall. +++ command 3 pitch mix, loose arm, long build and has been 82-85 as of late. Congrats to 6’4 RHP Jaren Slusher and his family on his commitment to
@SinclairBB
Alum:
Jack Olberding made debut tonight on the mound for Toledo University vs Wofford. Coming off a gruesome ankle injury.
Scoreless inning of relief for Jackie O!
15U wins the Ohio Summer Blast Championship in Cincy courtesy of a Hayden Frey 4 hit CG, 6 Ks 🎲
Mitchell Davis gave us a shutout in semis w/ 11 K’s 🧀
Mickey Anderson 2-3, 2 RBIs
Bryce Harris 2-3
Christian Gongora 1-2, 2 RBIs
Mitchell Strehle 2B
Connor Apple 2B
Great job boys!
18u wins Gold Bracket with a 10-4 W!
Sebastian Gongora CG, 3 ER, 7 K’s & 4-4 @ plate w/ a 3B, 2 RBIs
Logan Case 3-4, 2 2B, RBI
Kyle Lane 2-4, 2B
Cooper Cole 2-4 RBI
Kyle Evans 1-3, 2B, RBI
Clay Jacobs 1-2, 2B, RBI
Kevin Bellamy 1-3, 2B, RBI
Jordan Wolfe 1-1
Now 17-3 this summer
Happy to announce we have hired
@skipMeyers17
as our full time Pitching Coordinator
- coaches at & is an alum of
@reddevilbball
- former HC at Franklin-Monroe
- former 17U coach for MVP
- former RHP at
@SinclairBB
Glad to have Ed on staff! Great coach but an even better person
15U Champs of the PBR Cincy Flames Queen City Classic!
8-7 win in the 8th!
Connor Apple 2 IP, Tim Moore (W) 5 IP, 1 R, Mitchell Davis (SV) K’s side in bottom of 8th.
Joel Rasor 2-4, RBI
Mickey Anderson 2-4
Mitchell Strehle & Braden Burgbacher 1-4
Bryce Harris & Davis 2 RBIs each
Congrats to ‘21 CIF/OF Alex Daugherty from Northmont HS on his commitment to the University of Northwestern Ohio! The Racers are getting a versatile player with some pop in his bat! Effort never a concern and will do anything to win! Congrats to Alex and his family!
#UNOH
15u finished last weekend 23-10 overall, 3 titles, and a whole lot of growth!
Top AVG
Connor Apple .322
Hayden Frey .308
Luke Hamaker .306
Mickey Anderson .305
Sam Mitchell .295
Top ERA
Caleb Akins 0.99
Mickey Anderson 1.35
Hayden Frey 1.62
Mitchell Davis 3.04
Tim Moore Jr 3.09
18U picks up a 7-0 win over the Warren County Bulls
Sebastian Gongora 1-2 3B, BB, SB
Clay Jacobs 1-1, 2B 2 BB
Kyle Evans 1-3
Jordan Wolfe 2 BBs, SB
Jaren Slusher - 5 IP, 14Ks, 1 BB, 1 H
Kyle Lane - 2 IP, 5 Ks
🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
This guy has to be the most improved player I’ve been around in a 3 year span. Testament to his great work ethic.
Congratulations to INF
@KyleAndrewLane1
and his family on the commitment to Sinclair Community College!
#TartanPride
Congrats to ‘21 UTIL Kyle Evans on his commitment to Wright State-Lake! He has worked tirelessly since walking thru our doors, plays the game hard, & has proven to be one of our toughest outs at the top of the order. Lakers getting a good one! Congrats to the Evans family 📚⚾️
Meet our 15u staff!
Head Coach - Darren Himsworth
Darren is in his 5th year as the Director of Player Development at MVP. He played at Notre Dame College and hails from
@butler_baseball
. Darren is currently the infield coach at Wittenberg University.
Hard work pays off!
Uncommitted 2021 RHP Steven Jones made it the PBR list of ‘Biggest Risers’ in the state.
Jumped to being the 70th (was 149th) ranked overall player in Ohio and the 21st (was 39th) ranked pitcher.
This guy has worked his tail off day in and day out.
🚨 2020 Commitment Alert 🚨
One of the better all around athletes we’ve had come through here. Plays a + infield and swings with some pop from the left side. Congratulation to Clay Jacobs and his family on his commitment to
@SinclairBB
#tartanpride
Didn’t take long for these coaches to try to start sniping our guys mid season from the PBR event tonight 😂…one even acknowledged that he’s already with us 😂 these guys lucky I cropped their names out…almost to the point of publicly calling em out though. Never once done this
Several years ago I remember saying Jack was the best defensive player I’d seen at 15. Battled through injury, worked hard. Now he’s also 1 of the best hitters in the area and was up to 89 on the mound at Toledo yesterday. Special 5 tool player. Congrats to Jack and his family!!!
This weekend marks the end of an era for MVP, we’ve been fortunate to have 2 great coaches at the 17u level and as our hitting & pitching coordinators for the whole program. Thank you
@BronMarlett
&
@skipMeyers17
for a great 3 years
#youwillbemissed
Congrats to SR Andrew Yeary on his commitment to
@DiamondChargers
another guy who never misses a workout! Competes every day! He led the team in IP last year at 30.2 & bolstered a 5-2 record w/ a 3.42 ERA & 28 Ks and a staggering 81.2% GO/FO ratio! Hit .333 @ the dish too! ⚡️⚾️📚
MVP veteran Blais Hale goes deep to tie the game on his senior day. The kid has been thru the trenches bouncing back from surgery on both shoulders, deserves the moment! Next stop: Cedarville U
I am extremely excited to announce I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Northern Kentucky university. I would like to thank my coaches and the NKU coaching staff for helping with this decision
1st 2019 guy off the board! 17U INF/OF Blais Hale has accepted an offer from Cedarville University to continue his academic and baseball career! He fought hard to get back from labrum surgery this fall to have a great summer season. Well deserved. Congrats to Blais & his family!
Bittersweet day as winter workouts have finished! Can’t wait to see our guys go be DUDES in the spring! They’ve worked their tails off this winter. Happy 1st day tomorrow everyone....posting top exit velos tonight per team after today’s test day!
Two former Prospects' brothers, Ben Hughes & Aaron Hughes take on each other in a fall friendly tomorrow night as the University of Dayton visits Ohio State University!
PBR released list of remaining sleepers in the ‘20 class & at the top of list is
@20jackolberding
Legit 2 way prospect. Under radar after missing summer w/ back problems. Velo has jumped every year and turned into 1 of more dangerous hitters in SW OH
.
@willsowderrr
made his college debut last weekend on the mound for Urbana U vs Lee University. Tossed a scoreless frame in his first outing in over a year after surgery
2024 17u Roster 🔥🔥🔥
Excited to add 5 new pieces to an already extremely talented roster! This group is full of athletes! 👀
Head Coach: Darren Himsworth
- Former RC at Wittenberg University
- Current AS for the Texas Rangers
- Director of Development for MVP
AVIATORS WIN! Butler (25-2) beats Orange (23-3) 3-2 under the lights. Kaden Echeman (8-0) went the distance punching out 7 with just 4 hits allowed. Carson Clark & the defense was clutch all night for Butler. Mike Masters & Kaden Echeman had key RBI's, Boston Smith had 2 runs.
2019 MIF Ben Ross from Springfield Shawnee has committed to Notre Dame College (OH)...one of most sure handed infielders we’ve had. Falcons getting a good one
@NdcBaseball
@PBR_Ohio
Best of luck to our guys in state semifinals today!!
Nick Wissman
Sebastian Gongora
Jake Hieatt
Dylan Snyder
Jack Huffman
&
Jack Olberding
Represent the area proud!
Alum Alert 🚨: RHP Jaykob Cave-Stevens got his feet wet in his first collegiate appearance for
#9
Johns Hopkins vs
#1
ranked Wooster. Kob tossed a scoreless frame in relief, struck out 1. Atta boy Kob!
@KobKoberson
Happy to announce
@CoachCam05
as our Player Development Coordinator. Very knowledgeable young coach who played at
@cjeaglesBB
...loyalty/dependability is sometimes tough to find and Cam has fit the bill. In his 4th year as coach of our 16u & currently coaches at
@LCCavsBaseball
🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
One of the top players in Ohio in the 2020 class. 2x state champ. A 6’4 LHP/1B, been 83-87 on the mound and a force at the plate. Congrats to Sebastian Gongora and his family on his commitment to
@SinclairBB
#TartanPride
18u boys - RUNNER UP at The Marucci Championships in Johnson City, TN. Congrats fellas. Always a tall task when we go south! Final day was at ETSU which was one of the many beautiful venues our guys got to play at this weekend.
On to next week’s tourney at Wright State 👊 ⚾️ 🔥
.
@DiamondChargers
commit 6’4 RHP Jaren Slusher from
@MVPROSPECTS
showing great command of 3 pitch mix. Slider has been devastating.
FB 84-86
SL 75-77
CH 72-75
Last night marked our final night of off-season training. Thanks to the players & parents for another great fall/winter. Spring ball starts today! Best of luck to our guys and their programs! 😎 ✌️
18u finishes 21-10-1
Top AVG:
.403 Kaden Echeman
.373 Bitty Hendricks
.364 Seth Hale
.353 Jake Nichols
.333 Matt D’Amico
.321 Kyle Evans
.302 Alex Daugherty
.300 Andrew Yeary
Top ERA:
1.08 Jaren Slusher
1.47 Andrew Yeary
1.86 Kaden Echeman
1.88 Steven Jones
2.86 Bitty Hendricks
15u takes 1st overall place out of 38 teams in Grand Park’s Freedom Classic
🏆 👏
These guys dominated in every facet of the game. Scoring 43 runs and only giving up 4.
Final game of the weekend was a 12-2 victory over the Indiana Nitro.
Great outing from Cayden Brown
5 IP,
The final out from Connor Fiegly’s CG no hitter to push us to the title game.
@skipMeyers17
called a gem & a half,
@cfieg24
tossed it! Defense was phenomenal,
@bittyhen06
with a Willy Mays style catch in deep CF to keep it in tact!
Congratulations to ‘21 OF Cameron Hendricks on his commitment to the
@DiamondChargers
“Bitty” has been one of our all-time most consistent players at the plate, hitting above .300 each season for a career .311 AVG in 211 plate appearances. Congrats to him and family! ⚡️⚾️ 📚
Congratulations to 2024 UTIL/RHP Caleb Akins on his commitment to Millikin University (IL)! The Big Blue land not only a terrific athlete but a great person and teammate. Congratulations to
@akins10_caleb
and his family 📚 ⚾️
🚨 ‘21 RHP Steven Jones has committed to the University of Indianapolis to further his education and baseball careers! 1 of the more live arms we’ve had, has worked extremely hard to get where he’s at. The Greyhounds are getting a good one! Congrats to Stevie & his family!
Last week Cole Weaver made his first start on the mound for
@wittbaseball
He threw - 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K’s
to help Witt beat Rockford University 11-0
Class of ‘27 PBR Rankings have been updated to the Top 50
S/o to our guy
@BrodyHoke
on his recognition. Rankings don’t mean everything but it’s nice to be rewarded for hard work.
31st overall in OH
4th catcher in OH
Brody’s work ethic is top tier and he’s coming off a summer
What a game! Capped off by a Kaden Echeman 2 RBI wall-off double! Brendan Hosler with a great start on the mound kept us in it. Hunter Warner wedged the gap in relief. Cameron Hendricks picks up the W.
Jake Nichols with the big 💣 in the 1st to get the offense rolling
Best of luck to our high school guys and coaching friends as OHSAA baseball begins today! Some begin their journeys today, some in the middle, and some this is the last hoorah! Enjoy the ride!
A lot of sleepless nights last night I’m sure!
⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️
Hunter Warner from
@FairbornBSBL
broke our 16U all-time Exit Velo last night with a 93! (previous 90) 🔥
Jack Olberding from
@MinsterBaseball
took the season 17U lead with a 95 🔥
Big bats throughout the program 🍿 🎥
17u takes down Louisville Elite 7-1 to start the hometown weekend off at WSU
Hunter Steinke was masterful
6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 13 Ks
FB was 85-87, 88 twice, T89
James Niemeyer closed the door down
1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks
FB was 84-87, hit 88, T89
Aiden Keller 2-3, HR 🏃♂️, 3
Devils win! Varsity baseball takes down Indian Lake tonight 3-0 behind Steve Jones no hitter! They roll into the District Finals this Wednesday v. TBD.
Top 10 guys who’ve made substantial jumps in exit velo since being in the program:
Kyle Lane 72—>92
Logan Case 67—>84
Jordan Wolfe 70—>86
Nate Cory 68—>81
Cooper Cole 80—>92
Sam Smith 58—>69
Connor Hutchinson 68—>79
Jack Mullenix 57—>68
Matthew Stark 67—>77
Jack Olberding 83—>93
Alum Kyle Lane stopped over for a bullpen on Sunday. Just finished his 1st semester at Edison St.
A testament to where hard work will get you....was topping at 65 in August of 2017. Was low 80s last year. I’ll put his full numbers from then in a reply.
@TheKL27
@DiamondChargers
ALUM ALERT 🚨 for Urbana U today: Cole Weaver tossed 4 innings of relief, 0 ER, 5 Ks
Ryan Townsend tossed 0.2 scoreless in game 1 and 0.1 scoreless in Game 2
For UNOH: FR Derek Coverstone has started 7 games hitting .286 so far
Nice job fellas!
🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
*Anotha One*
Late night commitment from one of the better back stops we’ve had in our short program history. Congratulations to catcher
@lane_t_j_19
and his family on his commitment to Wittenberg University!
#TigerUp
Finished up fall ball today with our Halloween game!
The Goody Bag Goblins defeated The Werewolfys 10-6
Next up:
Winter workouts beginning this Sunday!