{"id":14105,"date":"2017-07-19T11:36:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14105"},"modified":"2023-06-25T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:26:21","slug":"2017-prep-baseball-update-4-player-of-the-year-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14105","title":{"rendered":"2017 Prep Baseball Update #4: Player of the Year Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14250\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Yankees signee and Riverdale Baptist alum Harold Cortijo is the inarguable player of the year in the area for 2017. Photo via WP\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CortijoHarold-riverdalebaptist-via-wp.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yankees signee and Riverdale Baptist alum Harold Cortijo is the inarguable player of the year in the area for 2017. Photo via WP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Final HS Post of the 2017 year.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rough schedule of posting and what we&#8217;ll cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13843\">DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff<\/a>.\u00a0 Covers: MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals.<\/li>\n<li>#2: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13852\">Maryland State Champs, Northern VA Regional\u00a0Champs crowned<\/a>.\u00a0 Covers: MD state finals, VA regionals finals. \u00a0Usually publishes\u00a0first week of June.<br \/>\n#3: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13943\">Virginia State Champions crowned<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>.\u00a0 Covers: VA state tourneys, recaps MD, DC, Private School results.\u00a0 Publishes mid-June once the Va state tourney wraps up.<\/li>\n<li>#4: Players of the Year\/All-State lists and final rankings (<strong>this post)<\/strong>; publishes early July once all the all-state lists are published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have finally passed all the &#8220;All-Everything&#8221; lists start getting published. \u00a0Here&#8217;s my tracker of them. \u00a0I try to note the player of the year in each case. \u00a0If i&#8217;m missing something, please let me know. \u00a0I&#8217;ve put results in red that I either cannot find or are behind a paywall or seem to have been discontinued. \u00a0I realize this is kind of anti-climactic at this point; lots of these players mentioned were drafted weeks ago and may already be playing. \u00a0But it takes some of these orgs til late June\/early July to announce.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Individual Player Accolades Announced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to being playoff-baseball time, this is also the time of the year that we start to see player awards. \u00a0I&#8217;ll put these in as they publish, but we won&#8217;t expect most of these until the end of June.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/poy\/winner\/state\">Gatorade announced their player of the year awards<\/a> on 5\/29\/17:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/poy\/poy\/assets\/writable\/39494\/2017_BB_HCartijo.pdf\">Maryland<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong>, RHP\/OF from Riverdale Baptist. \u00a0Committed to play at Seminole State, drafted in the 14th round by the New York Yankees; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MitchCooksey\/status\/876171305514610688\">signed on 6\/18\/17<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/poy\/poy\/assets\/writable\/39470\/2017_BB_JRoberts.pdf\">Washington DC<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Jack Roberts<\/strong>, RHP\/SS from St. Johns. \u00a0Committed to play at Elon. \u00a0Undrafted.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatorade.com\/poy\/poy\/assets\/writable\/39542\/2017_BB_AAbbott.pdf\">Virginia<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong>, LHP from Halifax County HS. \u00a0Committed to play for UVA. \u00a0Drafted in 36th round by the New York Yankees; likely to go to school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Louisville Slugger All-Americans:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">not sure if being named any longer<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) All Mid Atlantic Region: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">can&#8217;t find a link<\/span> but has apparently been named as per MaxPreps bios on Cortijo and Abbott.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/news\/mdebDIGy0UaqsWKFGvRa0w\/maxpreps-2017-high-school-baseball-all-american-teams.htm\">MaxPreps High School All-Americans<\/a>;\u00a0named 7\/3\/17. \u00a0<strong>Jordon Adell<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>National player of the year. \u00a0Cortijo, Abbott<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/high-school\/high-school-america-team-gore-adell-lead-top-preps\/#s0agcJo9OL4Viyff.97\">Baseball America High School All-Americans<\/a>:\u00a0named 6\/27\/17. \u00a0<strong>Jordon Adell<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>National player of the year. \u00a0 No DC\/MD\/VA players on any of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd team this year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2017\/2017-american-family-insurance-all-usa-baseball-teams\">USA Today\/American Family All-USA teams<\/a>. \u00a0named 6\/13\/17. \u00a0 <strong>Jordon Adell<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>National player of the year. \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong> named to 3rd team All-USA.<\/li>\n<li>American Baseball Coaches Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/abca.org\/awards\/all-americans\/High_School\/2017\">ABCA)\/Rawlings High School All Americans<\/a>: named 6\/22\/17. \u00a0<strong>MacKenzie Gore<\/strong> POTY. \u00a0<strong>Danny Hosley<\/strong>\u00a0from Langley and\u00a0<strong>Kody Milton<\/strong>\u00a0from Severna Park named to 3rd team.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballnews.com\/collegiate-baseballs-2017-hs-americans\/\">Collegiate Baseball High School All-Americans<\/a>: named 6\/16\/17:\u00a0<strong>Tanner Burns<\/strong> is POTY. \u00a0<strong>Jose Rivera<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong>, and\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>named.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/Articles\/View.aspx?article=13863\">Perfectgame.org\/Rawlings All-Americans<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Jordon Adell<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>MacKenzie Gore<\/strong> were their National Player and Pitcher of the year (both were upper 1st round picks)\n<ul>\n<li>Maryland:\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Washington DC: none named.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/2017-spring-allmet\/baseball\/?utm_term=.6945571bdcbb\">Washington Post All-Met teams<\/a>:\u00a0Announced 6\/9\/17. \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong>, RHP\/OF from Riverdale Baptist is All Met player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/high-school\/bal-all-metro-baseball-2017-player-and-coach-of-the-year-first-and-second-teams-20170617-storygallery.html\">Baltimore Sun\u2019s All-Metro Team<\/a>:\u00a0Announced 6\/25\/17. \u00a0<strong>Kody Milton<\/strong> a Jr. 3B from Severna Park, is POTY. \u00a0Early commit to UMaryland.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/the-all-metro-baseball-team\/article_2685f398-5b6a-11e7-965c-c71800212eb4.html\">Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro Team<\/a>:\u00a0announced 6\/27\/17. <strong>Evan Justice<\/strong>&#8211; Collegiate School, a LHP from Richmond committed to NC State.<\/li>\n<li>Virginian Pilot <a href=\"https:\/\/pilotonline.com\/sports\/high-school\/baseball\/baseball-all-tidewater-selections\/article_bdad3a79-f052-51d7-9d6d-a4ab4ec2838f.html\">All-Tidewater team<\/a>: \u00a0<strong>Hunter Gregory<\/strong>, DH\/RHP from Hickory is the POTY. \u00a0Committed to ODU.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All 6-A North Regional team<\/a>: Langley&#8217;s <strong>Danny Hosley<\/strong> is player of the year (no PG profile\/unknown college commit). \u00a0Madison&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jake Nielsen<\/strong> pitcher of the year (a Junior w\/o a current college commitment).<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All 6-A South Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Austin Cabone<\/strong> from Cox and\u00a0<strong>Hunter Vay<\/strong>\u00a0 a Catcher from Thomas Vale co-players of the year. \u00a0 Cabone is commited to George Mason, Vay to Virginia Commonwealth\/VCU.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All 5-A North Regional team<\/a>: <strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong>, LHP from Halifax County HS player of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia All 5-A South Regional team:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">certainly named, cannot find link<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All 4A West Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Will Merriken<\/strong>\u00a0OF from Kettle Run player of the year. \u00a0Committed to Roanoke College.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All 3A East Regional team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Daniel Brooks<\/strong> SS from Spotsylvania player of the year. \u00a0 Committed to GMU.<\/li>\n<li>Other Virginia All-Regional teams: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pending\/unknown<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li>Northern Virginia All-District teams: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">Available at this link at Novabaseballmagazine.com<\/a>, thanks to\u00a0<strong>Joey Kamide<\/strong> for all his hard work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/news_article\/show\/804585?referrer_id=3252642\">NovaBaseballMagazine Nova-<\/a>NINE:\u00a0<strong>Michael Ludowig<\/strong> is the Northern Virginia player of the year; Wake Forest commit.<\/li>\n<li>PrepBaseballReport <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/MD\/PBR-Maryland-All-State-Team-Announced-9802314576\">All Maryland Team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Harold Cortijo<\/strong>, RHP\/OF from Riverdale Baptist is POTY.<\/li>\n<li>PrepBaseballReport <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepbaseballreport.com\/news\/VA\/VADC-Team-of-the-Year-Hitter-of-Year-Pitcher-of-the-Year-7408269315\">All Virginia\/DC Team<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong>, LHP from Halifax County HS is POTY.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/about.vhsl-all-state-selection.all-state-base\">VHSL All-State Teams<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-6A-team.pdf\">6-A<\/a>: <strong>Austin Cabone<\/strong>\u00a0RHP from Cox\u00a0is player of the year. \u00a0GMU commit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-5A-team1.pdf\">5-A<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abbott<\/strong>, LHP from Halifax County HS is Player of the Year, UVA commit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-4A-team1.pdf\">4-A<\/a>: <strong>Will Merriken<\/strong> OF from Kettle Run is POTY. \u00a0Roanoke College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-3A-team1.pdf\">3-A<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Justin Showalter<\/strong>, RHP from Turner Ashby, is POTY. \u00a0JMU commit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-2A-team.pdf\">2-A<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Hunter Brown<\/strong> OF from John Battle HS is POTY. \u00a0? commit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhsl.org\/doc\/upload\/base-all-state-2017-1A-team.pdf\">1-A<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Austin Smallwood<\/strong>, RHP from Eastside HS is POTY. \u00a0? commit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>VISAA\u2019s All-State teams:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-VISAA-BASEBALL-DIVISION-I-ALL-STATE-TEAMS-COACH-OF-THE-YEAR.pdf\">Division I All State Team<\/a>\u00a0with several Paul VI and Flint Hill players. \u00a0Player of the Year:\u00a0<strong>Evan Justice<\/strong>&#8211; Collegiate School, a LHP from Richmond committed to NC State.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-VISAA-BASEBALL-DIVISION-II-ALL-STATE-TEAMS-COACH-OF-THE-YEAR.pdf\">Division II All State Team<\/a>. \u00a0Player of the year:\u00a0<strong>Ethan Murray<\/strong>&#8211; Miller School, a Junior SS\/RHP who sports a 4.0 and is an early commit to Duke.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-VISAA-BASEBALL-DIVISION-III-ALL-STATE-TEAMS-COACH-OF-THE-YEAR.pdf\">Division III All State Team<\/a>. \u00a0 Player of the Year:\u00a0<strong>Carter Davis<\/strong>&#8211; Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot, a C from Powhattan committed to\u00a0St. Andrews Presbyterian College.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maryland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.varsitysportsnetwork.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19431:2017-all-miaa-baseball&amp;catid=31:feature&amp;Itemid=1\">All-MIAA All-State teams<\/a>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">behind a paywall<\/span> that i&#8217;m tired of fighting \ud83d\ude42\n<ul>\n<li>MIAA A division: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">behind a paywall<\/span><\/li>\n<li>MIAA B division:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">behind a paywall<\/span><\/li>\n<li>MIAA C division:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">behind a paywall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/anne-arundel\/cgnews-2017-all-county-baseball-20170610-htmlstory.html\">Anne-Arundel County All-Baseball team<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Kody Milton<\/strong> a Jr. 3B from Severna Park, is POTY. \u00a0Early commit to UMaryland<\/li>\n<li>All <a href=\"http:\/\/varsitysportsnetwork.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19438:2017-baltimore-city-baseball-&amp;catid=31:feature&amp;Itemid=1\">Baltimore-City 2017 Baseball team<\/a>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">behind a paywall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All WCAC 2017<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Jack Roberts<\/strong>, RHP\/SS from St. Johns player of the year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All MAC 2017<\/a>: no POTY named; if you asked me I&#8217;d probably go\u00a0<strong>Carter Bosch<\/strong>, P\/SS from the Potomac School, who was All-Met 1st team as a junior.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novabaseballmagazine.com\/2017honors\">All IAC 2017<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Randy Bednar,\u00a0<\/strong>SS from Landon is IAC POTY. \u00a0Committed to UMaryland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I missed an award, or if you know of something I don&#8217;t, don&#8217;t hesitate to post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final HS Post of the 2017 year. Here&#8217;s the rough schedule of posting and what we&#8217;ll cover: #1: DC\/MD\/VA District High School Tournament Report: post-season kickoff.\u00a0 Covers: MD regionals, VA district brackets, Private school tourney updates.\u00a0 Usually publishes the week before Memorial day tournament finals. #2: Maryland State Champs, Northern VA Regional\u00a0Champs crowned.\u00a0 Covers: MD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4558,2411],"tags":[3517,3676,3555,3681,3574,3530,3570,3573,3529,3275,3680,3545,3677,1773,3571,3572,3289,3675,3679,3673,3581,3678,3500,3674,3508],"class_list":["post-14105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school","category-local-baseball","tag-andrew-abbott","tag-austin-cabone","tag-austin-smallwood","tag-carter-bosch","tag-carter-davis","tag-daniel-brooks","tag-danny-hosley","tag-ethan-murray","tag-evan-justice","tag-harold-cortijo","tag-hunter-brown","tag-hunter-gregory","tag-hunter-vay","tag-jack-roberts","tag-jake-nielsen","tag-joey-kamide","tag-jordon-adell","tag-jose-rivera","tag-justin-showalter","tag-kody-milton","tag-mackenzie-gore","tag-michael-judowig","tag-randy-bednar","tag-tanner-burns","tag-will-merriken"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14105"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14265,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14105\/revisions\/14265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}