High school baseball: Great Lakes region batting average leaders

A look at the top hitters in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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By Eric Frantz

Jun 20, 2023, 8:00am

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Which high school baseball players were tops in batting average in the Great Lakes region in the spring of 2023? The list of leaders is below...

Illinois Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Joshua Villegas - Jr Little Village (Chicago, IL)	.721
2	Joel Diaz - So Intrinsic (Chicago, IL)	.679
3	Anthony Sosa - Sr Prosser (Chicago, IL)	.672
4	Rafael Vargas - Sr Hubbard (Chicago, IL)	.667
5	Andrew Anaya - So Rauner (Chicago, IL)	.657
6	Carlos Villase?or - Sr Back of the Yards College Prep (Chicago, IL)	.639
7	Jathan Hernandez - ITW David Speer Academy (Chicago, IL)	.595
8	Christian Roman - Sr Intrinsic (Chicago, IL)	.587
9	Charlie Parcell - Sr Maine West (Des Plaines, IL)	.566
10	David Holmes - Sr Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL)	.558
11	Nathan Herrera - Fr Lake View (Chicago, IL)	.556
12	Landon Malkowski - Fr Parkview Christian Academy (Yorkville, IL)	.556
13	John Wubben - Galena (IL)	.554
14	Daymian Arroyo - Sr Chicago Academy (Chicago, IL)	.551
15	Xavier Lopez - Sr Mather (Chicago, IL)	.550
16	Rafael Montoya - Jr Intrinsic (Chicago, IL)	.548
17	Nathan Brinkmeier - Sr Pearl City (IL)	.536
18	Jaylen Orr - Jr Mather (Chicago, IL)	.536
19	David Pryor - Sr Englewood Stem (Chicago, IL)	.536
20	Cameron Steinbaugh - So Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman (Georgetown, IL)	.534
21	Cooper Hathaway - Aquin Catholic (Freeport, IL)	.532
22	Mario Recio - Sr UIC College Prep (Chicago, IL)	.531
23	Derick Ibarrondo - Jr Back of the Yards College Prep (Chicago, IL)	.529
24	Kamryn Link - Sr Gillespie (IL)	.528
25	Nathan Torres - Sr Chicago Academy (Chicago, IL)	.527

Indiana Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Canaan Miller - Sr Purdue Polytechnic (Indianapolis, IN)	.661
2	Jake Dill - Sr Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (Indianapolis, IN)	.647
3	Max Clark - Sr Franklin Community (Franklin, IN)	.646
4	Brody Rice - Sr North Vermillion (Cayuga, IN)	.600
5	Luke Grundberg - Sr Culver Academies (Culver, IN)	.591
6	Corbin White - Jr Lakewood Park Christian (Auburn, IN)	.590
7	Bryce Bryant - Jr Morristown (IN)	.583
8	Nate Mendoza - Indianapolis Arsenal Technical (Indianapolis, IN)	.569
9	Nathan Rudik - Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis, IN)	.567
10	Philip Kahn - Jr Shawe Memorial (Madison, IN)	.564
11	Brycen Hannah - Sr Glenn (Walkerton, IN)	.561
12	Garrett Grim - Sr Blue River Valley (Mt. Summit, IN)	.552
13	Kin Chow - So Purdue Polytechnic (Indianapolis, IN)	.549
14	Kaleb Short - Jr River Forest (Hobart, IN)	.542
15	Quinton Frasure - Sr North Judson-San Pierre (North Judson, IN)	.540
16	Joseph Greene - Sr Hammond Central (Hammond, IN)	.538
17	Avery Seegers - Sr South Decatur (Greensburg, IN)	.538
18	Josh Newton - Fr University (Carmel, IN)	.533
19	Austin McKimmy - So Hammond Academy of Science & Tech (Hammond, IN)	.529
20	Brady Yeryar - Shakamak (Jasonville, IN)	.526
21	Cade Riley - Sr Henryville (IN)	.523
22	Carter Mullen - Jr Muncie Burris (Muncie, IN)	.523
23	Nick Sobczynski - Jr Hobart (IN)	.521
24	Jethro Hochstetler - Sr Northridge (Middlebury, IN)	.519
25	Drew Walker - Jr Loogootee (IN)	.517

Michigan Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Kyle Heltunen - Jeffers (Painesdale, MI)	.623
2	Shane Keys - Clintondale (Clinton Township, MI)	.620
3	Nick Moss - Sr Montague (MI)	.604
4	Kyler Maiorana - Parkway Christian (Sterling Heights, MI)	.604
5	Kendall Russell - Fr Redford Union (Redford, MI)	.597
6	Aiden Speigl - So Charlevoix (MI)	.571
7	Levi Frahm - Jeffers (Painesdale, MI)	.550
8	Hunter Krugh - Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg, MI)	.538
9	Kyle Berk - Bellevue (MI)	.538
10	Chad Fisher - Annapolis (Dearborn Heights, MI)	.537
11	Deshaun King - Sr Ecorse (MI)	.536
12	Dennell Kemp - Jr Ecorse (MI)	.532
13	Andrew Hardwick - Jr Redford Union (Redford, MI)	.532
14	Alex DiDio - Whitmore Lake (MI)	.529
15	Ben Meyers - Jr North Muskegon (MI)	.527
16	Frank Collins III - Parkway Christian (Sterling Heights, MI)	.519
17	Jacob Frederick - Sr Lake Shore (St. Clair Shores, MI)	.500
18	Asante Parker - Jr Ecorse (MI)	.500
19	Max Orozco - Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, MI)	.500
20	Noah Etnyre - Sr Plymouth Christian Academy (Canton, MI)	.492
21	Joey Mcgraw-Allen - Jr Perry (MI)	.489
22	Jordan Heroux - Harrison (MI)	.489
23	Nate Long - Sr Portage Central (Portage, MI)	.489
24	Jordan Scott - Sr Plymouth Christian Academy (Canton, MI)	.485
25	Zane Gregg - Whitmore Lake (MI)	.483

Minnesota Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Will Zellmann - Bemidji (MN)	.594
2	Mark Olberding - Roseville (MN)	.552
3	Jordan Dahlof - Roseville (MN)	.533
4	Brady Schafer - Rocori (Cold Spring, MN)	.519
5	Kovash Evan - Sr Perham (MN)	.482
6	Eric Anderson - Madelia (MN)	.463
7	Levi Franta - Jr New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm, MN)	.460
8	Beck Loesch - Rocori (Cold Spring, MN)	.444
9	Gavin Miller - Maple Lake (MN)	.440
10	Ben Grabau - Fr Pine Island (MN)	.435
11	Justin Walters - Sr Park Center (Brooklyn Park, MN)	.434
12	Ethan Biehn - Bemidji (MN)	.433
13	Keenan Hjermstad - Sr Big Lake (MN)	.424
14	Mason Eckes - Sr Andover (MN)	.421
15	Melgard Brock - Jr Perham (MN)	.417
16	Kyle Seidl - Sr New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm, MN)	.410
17	Kaelin Huebert - Byron (MN)	.405
18	Dylan Grev - Madelia (MN)	.396
19	Jack Spanier - Rocori (Cold Spring, MN)	.394
20	Zach Olson - So Houston (MN)	.393
21	Dan Clusiau - Bemidji (MN)	.393
22	Landon Jasper - South St. Paul (MN)	.391
23	Jimmy Bartsch - Hermantown (MN)	.389
24	Isaac Wenszell - Lourdes (Rochester, MN)	.385
25	Max Israel - Hill-Murray (Maplewood, MN)	.385

New York Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Nathaniel Gilbert - Sr City Honors (Buffalo, NY)	.731
2	Xavier Mann - Sr City Honors (Buffalo, NY)	.698
3	Scotty Lynch - Mechanicville (NY)	.647
4	John Freitag - Jr Calhoun (New York, NY)	.633
5	Salvatore Timpani - Sr Harley Allendale Columbia (Rochester, NY)	.612
6	Julian Roman - Jr Hutchinson-Central Tech (Buffalo, NY)	.600
7	Brian Croom - Sr Olmsted (Buffalo, NY)	.595
8	Sadiel Rodriguez - So East Ramapo [Ramapo/Spring Valley] (Spring Valley, NY)	.588
9	Derek Payne - Newark Valley (NY)	.583
10	Gavin Brignall - Sr Geneva (NY)	.574
11	Sean Thody - Jr Harley Allendale Columbia (Rochester, NY)	.565
12	Ricaldo Valdez - So Hutchinson-Central Tech (Buffalo, NY)	.562
13	John Ondus - Sr Gowanda (NY)	.559
14	Ty Van Epps - Sr Greece Olympia/Greece Odyssey (Rochester, NY)	.553
15	Logan Bulman - Jr Sodus (NY)	.549
16	Nathan Mulligan - So Hutchinson-Central Tech (Buffalo, NY)	.548
17	Braeden Johnson - Jr Unatego (Otego, NY)	.545
18	Adalberto Frias-Lemo - Mount Vernon (NY)	.543
19	Henry Hawkinson - Fr School of the Arts (Rochester, NY)	.542
20	Ajay Garcia - Sr Monsignor Scanlan (Bronx, NY)	.536
21	Zachary O'Connell - Sr Peru (NY)	.533
22	Tristan Allen - Homer (NY)	.531
23	Steven Kolm - Sr Valley Stream Central (Valley Stream, NY)	.528
24	Joseph Platt - Fr Olmsted (Buffalo, NY)	.528
25	Kaden Milliman - North Rose-Wolcott (Wolcott, NY)	.528

Ohio Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Home Runs
1	Mason Johnson - Sr Calvert (Tiffin, OH)	9
2	Colt Emerson - Sr John Glenn (New Concord, OH)	8
3	Cael Cipollone - Westlake (OH)	6
4	Aidan Orr - Sr Indian Creek (Wintersville, OH)	5
5	Jase Kennedy - Sr Clay (Oregon, OH)	4
6	Tyler O'Brien - Jr Otsego (Tontogany, OH)	4
7	Dominic Brancel - Hawken (Gates Mills, OH)	4
8	Will Heisler - Woodridge (Peninsula, OH)	4
9	AJ Ewing - Springboro (OH)	4
10	Caden Sheridan - Sheridan (Thornville, OH)	4
11	Landon Converse - North Union (Richwood, OH)	4
12	Jack Amis - Sr Indian Creek (Wintersville, OH)	4
13	Colin Coblentz - Hiland (Berlin, OH)	3
14	Max Mesler - Sr Talawanda (Oxford, OH)	3
15	Brody Wood - Elgin (Marion, OH)	3
16	Dane Ebel - Lincolnview (Van Wert, OH)	3
17	Garrett Grinstead - Sr Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown, OH)	3
18	Jake Winland - Monroe Central (Woodsfield, OH)	3
19	Connor Gendron - Jr North Central (Pioneer, OH)	3
20	Josh Moore - Open Door Christian (Elyria, OH)	3
21	Grady Monigold - Hiland (Berlin, OH)	3
22	Tucker Miller - Bradford (OH)	2
23	Thomas Zuccaro - Sr St. Paul (Norwalk, OH)	2
24	Kole Maxwell - St. Paul (Norwalk, OH)	2
25	Aiden Hines - Jr Seneca East (Attica, OH)	2

Pennsylvania Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Gianni Pietrafitta - Sr Constitution (Philadelphia, PA)	.704
2	Jovan Vega - Jr Bodine (Philadelphia, PA)	.700
3	Jalil Bonano - Jr Bodine (Philadelphia, PA)	.667
4	Luis Laboy - Sr Constitution (Philadelphia, PA)	.667
5	John Hughes - Jr Springdale (PA)	.649
6	Zakaa Richardson - Sr Bodine (Philadelphia, PA)	.646
7	Dane Harvey - Sr Southern Fulton (Warfordsburg, PA)	.645
8	Anthony Maseto - Sr Harmony Area (Westover, PA)	.644
9	Cole Guy - Fr Bristol (PA)	.634
10	Michael Pascoe - Sr Panther Valley (Lansford, PA)	.632
11	Mason Raup - Sr Danville (PA)	.625
12	Henry Shaffer - Sr Saegertown (PA)	.614
13	Sam Laux - Dock Mennonite (Lansdale, PA)	.594
14	Brook Williamson - Sr Forest Hills (Sidman, PA)	.593
15	Keyir Burwell - Sr Constitution (Philadelphia, PA)	.591
16	Brady Hull - Fr Eden Christian Academy (Pittsburgh, PA)	.588
17	Brady Wilson - Sr Shikellamy (Sunbury, PA)	.587
18	Lincoln Pack - Sr Waynesburg Central (Waynesburg, PA)	.579
19	Marvin Wells - So Bodine (Philadelphia, PA)	.574
20	Eli Fontanez - Jr Kiski School (Saltsburg, PA)	.571
21	Max Forgione - So Dunmore (PA)	.566
22	Gio LoNero - Seton LaSalle (Pittsburgh, PA)	.565
23	Mason Gump - Sr Jefferson County Christian (Mingo Junction, OH)	.561
24	Caleb Emswiler - Jr Eden Christian Academy (Pittsburgh, PA)	.561
25	Matthew DeSimone - Jr Youngsville (PA)	.559

Wisconsin Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Batting Average
1	Jaden Stuhr - Marion (WI)	.611
2	Mitchell Meinke - Westfield Area (Westfield, WI)	.595
3	Landon Buerger - So Wright (Ironwood, MI)	.594
4	Elijah Sprague - Jr Wright (Ironwood, MI)	.593
5	Gage Banfield - Darlington (WI)	.569
6	Reed Knecht - So Spencer (WI)	.548
7	Jacob Brabender - Sr Wisconsin Heights (Mazomanie, WI)	.540
8	Breylin Goebel - Darlington (WI)	.538
9	William Jensen - Jr Amery (WI)	.536
10	Lucas Miller - Denmark (WI)	.535
11	Jay Brei - Marion (WI)	.535
12	Caydon Lomas - Wauzeka-Steuben (Wauzeka, WI)	.535
13	Ethan Hindle - Arrowhead (Hartland, WI)	.533
14	Derek Adler - Sr Wisconsin Heights (Mazomanie, WI)	.523
15	Vidal Colon - University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)	.520
16	Alex Pluta - Germantown (WI)	.512
17	Garin Schoenemann - Sr Wisconsin Heights (Mazomanie, WI)	.511
18	Alex Alicea - Sr St. Thomas More (Milwaukee, WI)	.510
19	Nick Leberg - Assumption (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)	.510
20	Shea Luckey - Lancaster (WI)	.510
21	Max Mueller - Sr Chilton (WI)	.506
22	Camden Kuhnke - Hortonville (WI)	.500
23	Tye Crist - Darlington (WI)	.500
24	Luke Noel - West Salem (WI)	.500
25	Owen Karpinsky - Fr Milwaukee School of Languages (Milwaukee, WI)	.500

High school baseball: Great Lakes region batting average leaders

A look at the top hitters in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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