13 2018 baseball commitments for the Wave

[randymc]

Based on Twitter reports and Perfect Game listings here are 10 2018 baseball commitments for Tulane under head coach Travis Jewett.
The most recent, coming today, is C/RHP Blake Johnson of Gulfport, Miss., the south Mississippi Player of the Year.
also Metro Area Player of the Year Cade Beloso of John Curtis, 1B, is in the fold. Also interest from LSU, Auburn, Miss. State, Ala., Fla., Ole Miss.
Hudson Haskin, OF, of Avon Old Farms Conn., rated 8.5 by Perfect Game.
Ryan Wallace, LHP, Lake Worth, Fla.
Ethan Groff, SS, Orlando, Fla., rated 9 by Perfect Game. Also had interest from Baylor, Duke, Rice, Stanford, Michigan, Virginia, ND, Boston College.
Aaron McKeithan, C, Arden NC, rated 9 by Perfect Game.
Brandon Deskins, LHP, Friendswood, TX, rated 9 by Perfect Game. Also had interest from Rice, Vandy, Arkansas, Texas, Houston, TCU.
Logan Stevens, John Curtis, OF
Collin Burns, SS, De La Salle
Brendan Power, INF, Wellington, Fla., committed to Tulane a few days ago after earlier having been committed to Notre Dame.

[Tulane49]

Thanks for the update

[tjtlja]

Looks like solid class being put together. He better recruit his butt off.

[Tulane49]

Blake Johnson
https://twitter.com/ajgiardinawlox/stat ... 4545444864

[randymc]

Aaron McKeithan, an earlier recruit, also said Jewett was a big reason he picked Tulane. The young man's brother played on 2 Vandy teams that won 50+ games; and McKeithan said he has known Jewett for years and they talk frequently. Maybe the guy can recruit. From the Asheville Citizen-Times:

"McKeithan said that Tulane’s biggest draws were its reputation for baseball and its coach, Travis Jewett. McKeithan’s older brother, Joel, once played for Jewett at Vanderbilt. “I really like the campus down there (at Tulane),” McKeithan said. “It’s a baseball school. A lot goes into that. And Tulane had the degree that I wanted...”

College of Charleston and Missouri were among the other schools vying for McKeithan.

McKeithan was an All-MAC and All-WNC catcher this spring after batting .404 with 27 RBIs, five home runs and two triples. He hit a team-high 16 RBIs and was walked 23 times. McKeithan was the MVP of April’s IMG Classic tournament in Bradenton, Fla. Roberson has been invited back to that tournament for a third time in 2018."

[GSx]

Blake Johnson
https://twitter.com/ajgiardinawlox/stat ... 4545444864

30 on the ACT. That gets you some academic scholarship money as well (presuming they "stack")

[Johnny Mac]

I know this coach is ambitious and there's always attrition, but why on earth would we want commitments from over 102 thousand players?

[windywave]

Blake Johnson
https://twitter.com/ajgiardinawlox/stat ... 4545444864

After reading that tweet I'm craving a bagel and cream cheese

[MattK]

I know this coach is ambitious and there's always attrition, but why on earth would we want commitments from over 102 thousand players?

So we have enough players to have the proper number of offseason scrimmages, of course.

[gerryb323]

I know this coach is ambitious and there's always attrition, but why on earth would we want commitments from over 102 thousand players?

So we have enough players to have the proper number of offseason scrimmages, of course.

Sooooo zero?

[tjtlja]

Blake Johnson
https://twitter.com/ajgiardinawlox/stat ... 4545444864

30 on the ACT. That gets you some academic scholarship money as well (presuming they "stack")

They will stack academic money. No problems on this one.

[tjtlja]

I know this coach is ambitious and there's always attrition, but why on earth would we want commitments from over 102 thousand players?

So we have enough players to have the proper number of offseason scrimmages, of course.

Don't think you will ever see that again. Jewett admitted this one. Just a year too late.

[PeteRasche]

Blake Johnson
https://twitter.com/ajgiardinawlox/stat ... 4545444864

30 on the ACT. That gets you some academic scholarship money as well (presuming they "stack")

Heh... yeah, right. The money my academic scholarship earned went to Tulane in the form of being less money they paid towards my scholarship. "Oh, you still get your scholarship...." (as they deduct the amount of it from their expense report)

[Tulane49]

Commit number 11 for 2018

Kirshna Raj

https://twitter.com/k_raj99/status/888422501608456192

[Tulane49]

Commit number 12
Zach Goberville
Bats left throws right 3B
His dad played football for Tulane and now is an optometrist in Florida

Exited to announce that I have decided to commit to Tulane University #RollWave

[randymc]

https://twitter.com/OliverSpencer15

RHP who has touched 96 mph with fastball:
Spencer Oliver:
https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Pla ... ?ID=508116

[visualmagic]

https://twitter.com/OliverSpencer15

RHP who has touched 96 mph with fastball:
Spencer Oliver:
https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Pla ... ?ID=508116

I see 92 not 96.

PG has him top 200 nationally in his class. Should be a good one.

[Billow]

Tulane49, I don't recall a Goberville playing for Tulane in the last 50 years. Does his father have a different surname.

[randymc]

correct you are visual; wish I had your accurate vision. 92 mph fastball is exactly right, not 96 (yet) for Oliver.

[PeteRasche]

Tulane49, I don't recall a Goberville playing for Tulane in the last 50 years. Does his father have a different surname.

That was my thought (for the last 28, so admittedly the dad could have been before I arrived and therefore I didn't post).

[wavedom]

I know this coach is ambitious and there's always attrition, but why on earth would we want commitments from over 102 thousand players?

So we have enough players to have the proper number of offseason scrimmages, of course.

Don't think you will ever see that again. Jewett admitted this one. Just a year too late.

To be clear for everybody what he said was that we didn't have enough healthy pitchers and catchers to scrimmage as much as a team normally would in the fall. It wasn't a coaching decision. It was a decision driven by the situation he inherited.

[wavedom]

I have it from a good source that Beloso has rescinded his commitment.

[PeteRasche]

I have it from a good source that Beloso has rescinded his commitment.

Ah, LSU was able to clear some money from the "under the table illegal alumni donations for paying recruits" coffer, eh?

[randymc]

Zach Goberville's dad, Gary, did attend Tulane. Not sure about his football background.
http://eyesitevision.com/meet-the-optometrist.html

[Tulane49]

Zach Goberville's dad, Gary, did attend Tulane. Not sure about his football background.
http://eyesitevision.com/meet-the-optometrist.html

This is quote from his bio
Having finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida and Tulane and then going on to the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Dr. Goberville tells us, “I played a few years of football in college

This from his Twitter

Very proud my son. Great things to come. Beginning your college career at my alma mater. Go green wave
https://twitter.com/drggoberville/statu ... 0499820544
He didn't say he was an All American