Georgia Tech Baseball Signs Another Top-25 Class
Tech’s 2017 signing class features 13 incoming student-athletes
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech baseball head coach Danny Hall announced Tuesday the signing of 13 student-athletes – 12 from the state of Georgia – to National Letters of Intent to continue both their academic and athletic careers at Georgia Tech beginning in the fall of 2017.
The 2017 recruiting class is ranked No. 22 nationally by Perfect Game. Click Here for the full rankings.
“I really like this class. I feel like we’ve had two really good classes here in a row and this will be our third. We’ll sweat the draft a little bit on a few guys, which we do every year. I think we’ve added pitching depth, we’ve added infield depth, we’ve got outfielders and we’ve got a catcher so I think that this is a multi-faceted group. I think the fact that many of these young men are two-sport athletes gives us a chance to play guys at different positions which can really add to the depth of the team and I think that it increases their chances at getting playing time right away as a freshman,” stated Coach Hall. “All told, I think it is a really, really good and competitive class. We’re extremely excited about this class. Again, I think that the fact that we’ve put three really good classes in a row together gives us a chance to compete at a really high level not only in our league, but nationally.”
2017 Georgia Tech Baseball Incoming Class:
Oscar Serratos
Lawrenceville, Georgia - Grayson
6-3 * 195 * R/R
SS/RHP
East Cobb Astros
A middle infielder and right-handed pitcher, Serratos is ranked No. 4 overall in the state of Georgia at the shortstop position and No. 17 overall for the class of 2017 by Perfect Game. He is also ranked No. 36 overall at the shortstop spot and No. 181 overall nationally by Perfect Game in the class of 2017. A two-time Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American selection in 2015 and 2016, his Team Elite 17’s Prime team won the 2016 18U BCS Championships, while his East Cobb Astros team won the 2016 and 2014 WWBA Championships. He was named to the 2016 17U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 1 All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team and the 2015 15U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team. Last year as a junior, he hit .414 with 29 hits, 15 RBIs and 28 runs scored over 25 games for Grayson High School to pick up all-region and all-county honors.
Coach Hall on Serratos:
“Oscar is a two-way player for us because we like him as an infielder and we also like him as a pitcher. I think that he certainly has a really big upside. He’s really good defensively and can really pitch. He has great feel for pitching. We’re really excited to get him into our program.”
Kale Ledford
Oxford, Georgia - George Walton Academy
6-0 * 175 * R/R
C/3B
Georgia Jackets
Perfect Game ranks Ledford at No. 5 at the catcher position and No. 18 overall for the class of 2017 in the state of Georgia. The Oxford, Ga. native is ranked No. 21 nationally behind the plate and No. 185 overall by Perfect Game. A 2016 PG Underclassmen First-Team All-American and a 2015 PG Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American, Ledford hit .376 with six home runs, six triples, 12 doubles, 42 RBIs and 26 runs scored last season for George Walton Academy. He was named the 2016 Co-Player of the Year in Georgia’s Region 8-A and earned a spot on the 2016 Georgia Dugout Class A All-State First Team. Ledford was also named to the 2015 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase Top Prospect Team and the 2014 National Underclass Showcase Top Prospect Team. While playing with the Georgia Jackets, he earned a spot on the 2014 Perfect Game Elite Underclass Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2014 15U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team, the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA 14U national Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2013 Perfect Game 14U BCS All-Tournament Team.
Coach Hall on Ledford:
“Kale can play a lot of positions on the field. He played in a really good summer program in the Georgia Jackets. He has played third and can catch. He has one of the quickest releases from behind the plate probably in the country and he’s a good hitter. Kale’s played at a high level for a long time and we are excited to get him in here. We think that he can help us in a couple of different ways either in the infield or definitely behind the plate.”
Crews Taylor
Lawrenceville, Georgia - Archer
6-1 * 180 * L/R
SS/RHP
Mission Team
A 2016 Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American and a 2015 PG Underclassmen Honorable Mention All-American, Taylor is rated as the No. 19 best shortstop prospect out of the state of Georgia and No. 178 at the shortstop position nationally by Perfect Game. Taylor, who is also ranked as the No. 92 prospect overall for the 2017 class in the Peach State, earned a spot on the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 2 All-Tournament Team, the 2016 17U WWBA Qualifier All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U Super 28 All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U WWBA national Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2015 16U WWBA Qualifier All-Tournament Team. Last season as a junior, he hit .370 with 27 hits, 15 RBIs and 31 runs scored to earn all-state and all-county honors.
Coach Hall on Taylor:
“Crews is a middle infielder and a left-handed bat. He is a really competitive kid. He is one of those guys that because he is such a good athlete that he can play a lot of positions, but we see him as a middle infielder. We like the fact that he hits left-handed and we look forward to getting him here and working with him.”
Jake Brace
Suwanee, Georgia – North Gwinnett
5-11 * 170 * R/R
RHP/INF
Team Elite Prime
The senior hurler is ranked No. 15 in the state of Georgia and No. 293 nationally among right-handed pitchers by Perfect Game. Brace was a 2016 Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American his junior year after earning honorable mention accolades in 2015 as a sophomore. Last season as a junior, he led his North Gwinnett team to a 17-11 overall record and a 10-4 region record and earned 2016 Georgia Dugout Class AAAAAA All-State Honorable Mention recognition. He posted a 6-1 record in 10 appearances for North Gwinnett, turning in a 1.71 ERA over 49 innings of work his junior season to earn Gwinnett Daily Post First-Team All-County recognition. As a member of Team Elite 17’s Prime, his team won the 2016 18U BCS Championships. He was named to the 2016 WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2016 WWBA National Qualifier All-Tournament Team, both the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 1 and 2 All-Tournament Teams, the 2016 18U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2016 18U BCS Finals All-Tournament Team.
Coach Hall on Brace:
“Jake is a pitcher, just a pitch-ability guy. He’s not going to wow you with size and he’s not going to wow you with velocity, but he throws three pitches for strikes and is just a very efficient guy. He played at North Gwinnett High School and in the Team Elite program which is one of the best amateur programs in the country. He is also a really smart kid, I think he got a perfect score on the SAT in Math, so definitely a good fit for Georgia Tech.”
Baron Radcliff
Peachtree Corners, Georgia - Norcross
6-4 * 212 * L/R
OF
Ninth Inning Royals
Perfect Game ranks Radcliff as the No. 8 outfielder and the No. 13 overall prospect in the state of Georgia for the class of 2017. Radcliff, who is also a standout quarterback for the Blue Devils, is ranked No. 41 nationally at the outfield position and is ranked No. 161 overall for the class of 2017 by PG. Last spring, he drove in 28 RBIs for Norcross’ Final Four team that advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1963. A 2016 Georgia Dugout Class AAAAAA All-State Honorable Mention selection and a 2016 Gwinnett Daily Post All-County Second Team selection, Radcliff’s father Vic Radcliff was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and played professional baseball from 1995-2000. As a member of the Ninth Inning Royals team, he earned all-tournament team accolades at the 2016 17U PG Evoshield Classic, at the 2016 17U BCS Finals, at the 2016 17U WWBA Qualifier, at the 2016 17U PG/EC Invitational and at the 2016 18U Memorial Day at LakePoint event.
Coach Hall on Radcliff:
“Baron is a great athlete. Probably a little raw as a baseball player, but one of those guys that we look at and say ‘Man, I can’t wait to work with this guy’. He has kind of been split between doing mostly football and some baseball, and so to see that kid and say we got a chance to get him nine months out of the year playing baseball there is a lot to dream on. He has great size, a great throwing arm and has power. I like the fact that he is the quarterback at Norcross High School which is one of the best state high school football programs in Georgia which shows he is an elite athlete. I think that when he concentrates on baseball he has the chance to be a really, really good player.”
Tech’s 2017 signing class features 13 incoming student-athletes
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech baseball head coach Danny Hall announced Tuesday the signing of 13 student-athletes – 12 from the state of Georgia – to National Letters of Intent to continue both their academic and athletic careers at Georgia Tech beginning in the fall of 2017.
The 2017 recruiting class is ranked No. 22 nationally by Perfect Game. Click Here for the full rankings.
“I really like this class. I feel like we’ve had two really good classes here in a row and this will be our third. We’ll sweat the draft a little bit on a few guys, which we do every year. I think we’ve added pitching depth, we’ve added infield depth, we’ve got outfielders and we’ve got a catcher so I think that this is a multi-faceted group. I think the fact that many of these young men are two-sport athletes gives us a chance to play guys at different positions which can really add to the depth of the team and I think that it increases their chances at getting playing time right away as a freshman,” stated Coach Hall. “All told, I think it is a really, really good and competitive class. We’re extremely excited about this class. Again, I think that the fact that we’ve put three really good classes in a row together gives us a chance to compete at a really high level not only in our league, but nationally.”
2017 Georgia Tech Baseball Incoming Class:
Oscar Serratos
Lawrenceville, Georgia - Grayson
6-3 * 195 * R/R
SS/RHP
East Cobb Astros
A middle infielder and right-handed pitcher, Serratos is ranked No. 4 overall in the state of Georgia at the shortstop position and No. 17 overall for the class of 2017 by Perfect Game. He is also ranked No. 36 overall at the shortstop spot and No. 181 overall nationally by Perfect Game in the class of 2017. A two-time Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American selection in 2015 and 2016, his Team Elite 17’s Prime team won the 2016 18U BCS Championships, while his East Cobb Astros team won the 2016 and 2014 WWBA Championships. He was named to the 2016 17U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 1 All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team and the 2015 15U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team. Last year as a junior, he hit .414 with 29 hits, 15 RBIs and 28 runs scored over 25 games for Grayson High School to pick up all-region and all-county honors.
Coach Hall on Serratos:
“Oscar is a two-way player for us because we like him as an infielder and we also like him as a pitcher. I think that he certainly has a really big upside. He’s really good defensively and can really pitch. He has great feel for pitching. We’re really excited to get him into our program.”
Kale Ledford
Oxford, Georgia - George Walton Academy
6-0 * 175 * R/R
C/3B
Georgia Jackets
Perfect Game ranks Ledford at No. 5 at the catcher position and No. 18 overall for the class of 2017 in the state of Georgia. The Oxford, Ga. native is ranked No. 21 nationally behind the plate and No. 185 overall by Perfect Game. A 2016 PG Underclassmen First-Team All-American and a 2015 PG Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American, Ledford hit .376 with six home runs, six triples, 12 doubles, 42 RBIs and 26 runs scored last season for George Walton Academy. He was named the 2016 Co-Player of the Year in Georgia’s Region 8-A and earned a spot on the 2016 Georgia Dugout Class A All-State First Team. Ledford was also named to the 2015 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase Top Prospect Team and the 2014 National Underclass Showcase Top Prospect Team. While playing with the Georgia Jackets, he earned a spot on the 2014 Perfect Game Elite Underclass Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2014 15U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team, the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA 14U national Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2013 Perfect Game 14U BCS All-Tournament Team.
Coach Hall on Ledford:
“Kale can play a lot of positions on the field. He played in a really good summer program in the Georgia Jackets. He has played third and can catch. He has one of the quickest releases from behind the plate probably in the country and he’s a good hitter. Kale’s played at a high level for a long time and we are excited to get him in here. We think that he can help us in a couple of different ways either in the infield or definitely behind the plate.”
Crews Taylor
Lawrenceville, Georgia - Archer
6-1 * 180 * L/R
SS/RHP
Mission Team
A 2016 Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American and a 2015 PG Underclassmen Honorable Mention All-American, Taylor is rated as the No. 19 best shortstop prospect out of the state of Georgia and No. 178 at the shortstop position nationally by Perfect Game. Taylor, who is also ranked as the No. 92 prospect overall for the 2017 class in the Peach State, earned a spot on the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 2 All-Tournament Team, the 2016 17U WWBA Qualifier All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U Super 28 All-Tournament Team, the 2015 16U WWBA national Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2015 16U WWBA Qualifier All-Tournament Team. Last season as a junior, he hit .370 with 27 hits, 15 RBIs and 31 runs scored to earn all-state and all-county honors.
Coach Hall on Taylor:
“Crews is a middle infielder and a left-handed bat. He is a really competitive kid. He is one of those guys that because he is such a good athlete that he can play a lot of positions, but we see him as a middle infielder. We like the fact that he hits left-handed and we look forward to getting him here and working with him.”
Jake Brace
Suwanee, Georgia – North Gwinnett
5-11 * 170 * R/R
RHP/INF
Team Elite Prime
The senior hurler is ranked No. 15 in the state of Georgia and No. 293 nationally among right-handed pitchers by Perfect Game. Brace was a 2016 Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American his junior year after earning honorable mention accolades in 2015 as a sophomore. Last season as a junior, he led his North Gwinnett team to a 17-11 overall record and a 10-4 region record and earned 2016 Georgia Dugout Class AAAAAA All-State Honorable Mention recognition. He posted a 6-1 record in 10 appearances for North Gwinnett, turning in a 1.71 ERA over 49 innings of work his junior season to earn Gwinnett Daily Post First-Team All-County recognition. As a member of Team Elite 17’s Prime, his team won the 2016 18U BCS Championships. He was named to the 2016 WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team, the 2016 WWBA National Qualifier All-Tournament Team, both the 2016 WWBA SE Qualifier 1 and 2 All-Tournament Teams, the 2016 18U WWBA National Championship All-Tournament Team and the 2016 18U BCS Finals All-Tournament Team.
Coach Hall on Brace:
“Jake is a pitcher, just a pitch-ability guy. He’s not going to wow you with size and he’s not going to wow you with velocity, but he throws three pitches for strikes and is just a very efficient guy. He played at North Gwinnett High School and in the Team Elite program which is one of the best amateur programs in the country. He is also a really smart kid, I think he got a perfect score on the SAT in Math, so definitely a good fit for Georgia Tech.”
Baron Radcliff
Peachtree Corners, Georgia - Norcross
6-4 * 212 * L/R
OF
Ninth Inning Royals
Perfect Game ranks Radcliff as the No. 8 outfielder and the No. 13 overall prospect in the state of Georgia for the class of 2017. Radcliff, who is also a standout quarterback for the Blue Devils, is ranked No. 41 nationally at the outfield position and is ranked No. 161 overall for the class of 2017 by PG. Last spring, he drove in 28 RBIs for Norcross’ Final Four team that advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1963. A 2016 Georgia Dugout Class AAAAAA All-State Honorable Mention selection and a 2016 Gwinnett Daily Post All-County Second Team selection, Radcliff’s father Vic Radcliff was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and played professional baseball from 1995-2000. As a member of the Ninth Inning Royals team, he earned all-tournament team accolades at the 2016 17U PG Evoshield Classic, at the 2016 17U BCS Finals, at the 2016 17U WWBA Qualifier, at the 2016 17U PG/EC Invitational and at the 2016 18U Memorial Day at LakePoint event.
Coach Hall on Radcliff:
“Baron is a great athlete. Probably a little raw as a baseball player, but one of those guys that we look at and say ‘Man, I can’t wait to work with this guy’. He has kind of been split between doing mostly football and some baseball, and so to see that kid and say we got a chance to get him nine months out of the year playing baseball there is a lot to dream on. He has great size, a great throwing arm and has power. I like the fact that he is the quarterback at Norcross High School which is one of the best state high school football programs in Georgia which shows he is an elite athlete. I think that when he concentrates on baseball he has the chance to be a really, really good player.”
