THE FLATS – Highlighted by 11 players ranked in the top 10 for their state, Georgia Tech baseball announced its 2022 signing class, rated as the No. 3 recruiting class in the country by Perfect Game. The Yellow Jackets’ third-ranked class is their highest-ranked class in Perfect Game’s history and the highest-rated signing class in the Atlantic Coast Conference this year.
Georgia Tech has now signed top-5 classes in two of the last four years, top-10 classes in three of the last four years, and four-straight top-20 recruiting classes, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in all categories.
Already a lauded recruiting class, Collegiate Baseball also ranked the group as the No. 5 class in the country, topping the ACC.
Bolstering the 16 talented freshmen this season will be five transfers – Terry Busse, Drew Byers, Angelo DiSpigna and Nathan Smith.
Georgia Tech has now signed top-5 classes in two of the last four years, top-10 classes in three of the last four years, and four-straight top-20 recruiting classes, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in all categories.
Already a lauded recruiting class, Collegiate Baseball also ranked the group as the No. 5 class in the country, topping the ACC.
Bolstering the 16 talented freshmen this season will be five transfers – Terry Busse, Drew Byers, Angelo DiSpigna and Nathan Smith.
2022 Georgia Tech Baseball Newcomer Class
Name | Height | Weight | B/T | Position | Hometown/High School (Previous School) |
Carson Ballard | 6-1 | 180 | R/R | RHP | Alpharetta, Ga./Wesleyan |
Brant Baughcum | 6-2 | 200 | R/R | IF | Buford, Ga./Buford |
Jayce Blalock | 5-10 | 205 | R/R | OF | Grantville, Ga./Trinity Christian |
Logan Bogue | 6-3 | 195 | R/R | RHP | Habersham, Ga./Habersham Central |
Parker Brosius | 6-2 | 180 | R/L | OF | Suwanee, Ga./Lambert |
Terry Busse | 6-3 | 198 | R/R | RHP | Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso (John A. Logan JC) |
Drew Byers | 6-1 | 204 | R/R | RHP | Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth (Samford) |
Demitri Diamant | 5-11 | 195 | R/R | INF/RHP | Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman |
Angelo DiSpigna | 6-6 | 229 | L/R | INF | Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood (Mercer) |
Jackson Gaspard | 6-0 | 185 | R/R | UTL/INF | Flowery Branch, Ga./Buford |
Caden Gaudette | 6-0 | 197 | R/R | RHP | Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta |
Davis Green | 5-11 | 185 | R/R | OF | Blackshear, Ga./Pierce County |
Aidan Jolly | 5-9 | 180 | R/R | C | Acworth, Ga./Allatoona |
Carsten Sabathia | 6-4 | 240 | R/R | INF | Alpine, N.J./Bergen Catholic |
Noah Samol | 6-7 | 225 | L/L | LHP | Mason, Ohio/William Mason |
Kenneth Schaedel | 6-4 | 205 | R/R | OF | Virginia Beach, Va./Cape Henry Collegiate School |
Luke Schmolke | 6-0 | 180 | R/R | RHP | Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman |
Nico Senese | 6-3 | 175 | R/R | INF | Senoia, Ga./East Coweta |
Nathan Smith | 6-0 | 200 | R/R | C | Buford, Ga./Buford (Tennessee) |
Riley Stanford | 6-4 | 235 | R/R | OF | Gainesville, Ga./Buford |
Jackson Vaughan | 5-8 | 183 | S/R | RHP | Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield (Pacific University) |