< Previous University of Louisville n gocards.com 78 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALL Eli Hoyt Junior | RHP | R/R | 6-0 | 205 | Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha South HS/Madison College) CAREER HONORS n 2024 NJCAA Baseball USA All-Star Team 2024 (Madison): Made eight appearances on the mound with six starts … Posted a 2-1 record with a 3.52 ERA … Struck out 26 in 23.0 innings and limited opponents to a .227 average … Struck out five in two perfect innings against Waubonsee CC (4/19) … Struck out eight in six scoreless innings for the win against Rock Valley College (5/17). 2023 (Madison): Made two starts on the mound … Took a medical redshirt after suffering an injury. 2022 (Madison): Pitched in 10 games, making seven starts … Finished 7-1 with a 1.40 ERA help- ing Madison to a 50-win season and runner-up fin- ish at the NJCAA Division II World Series … Struck out 53 in 45.0 innings … Held opponents to a .194 average … Worked 3.2 scoreless innings in his col- legiate debut at Mesa (3/11) … Struck out eight in five scoreless frames against Bryant & Stratton (4/12) … Allowed just one earned run over 14.1 innings in his final three starts, striking out 18. High School: Three-sport (baseball, football, track & field) athlete and 10-time letterwinner at Waukesha South High School … Named first team all-conference first baseman in the Classic 8 as a se- nior … WIAA State Qualifier in the 1600m relay as a sophomore ... Region champion in 300m hurdles... served as T&F Team Captain as a junior and senior ... Named all-conference in Classic 8 Conference in football as a junior. Personal: Parents are Shelly and Jim Hoyt … Has two siblings – Emmitt and Easton … Enjoys having a good time with friends, playing guitar and listen- ing to music … Favorite movie is Cars … Fan of the Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers … Favorite TV show is The Boys. Matt Klein Junior | C/1B | L/R | 6-2 | 210 | Louisville, Ky. (Trinity HS) CAREER HONORS n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Played in 44 games, making 33 starts (27 at C, 5 at 1B, 1 at DH) ... Finished with a .297 average, 10 doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Drove in 24 runs and scored 24 times ... Matched his career high with three hits against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 23 ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in two in the win over Youngstown State on March 2 ... Homered as part of a two-hit game against Northwestern on March 9 ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer and double against Virginia Tech on March 16 ... Drove in a career high three in the win over Bellar- mine on March 19 ... Tallied three hits in the win over Cincinnati on March 26 ... Hit a pinch-hit three-run homer against Virginia on April 14 ... Notched three hits against Clemson on April 28 ... Picked up mul- tiple hits in two games at Boston College, matching his career high with three RBIs on May 2. 2023: Played in 10 games with six starts before suf- fering a season-ending injury ... Hit .300 with a double, home run and five RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut starting at catcher against Bucknell on Feb. 18, reach- ing base three times at the plate ... Drove in his first career run with a sacrifice fly against EKU on Feb. 28 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit with a double against No. 10 TCU at Minute Maid Park on March 4 ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, three runs scored and his first career home run in the win at Cincinnati on March 28. High School: Lettered five years in baseball at Trinity High School … 2022 First-Team All-State … 2021 Johnny Bench Award winner, honoring the top high school catcher in the state of Kentucky … Helped team to 2021 state title, the first in school history … Rated as the No. 1 catcher and No. 2 over- all player in Kentucky and the No. 48 catcher in the nation by Perfect Game. Personal: Parents are Lisa and Scott Klein…Sister is Courtney … Chose Louisville over Western Ken- tucky, Cincinnati, and Murray State … Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career … Enjoys golfing in his free time … Favorite TV show is Friends. Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2023 .300 10 6 20 4 6 1 0 1 5 10 .500 5 1 4 0 .444 1 0 0 0 57 6 2 .969 2024 .297 44 33 118 24 35 10 2 3 24 58 .492 15 4 21 6 .388 2 0 0 0 257 16 6 .978 TOTAL .297 54 39 138 28 41 11 2 4 29 68 .493 20 5 25 6 .398 3 0 0 0 314 22 8 .977 Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2022* 1.40 7 1 10 7 1 0 2 0 45.0 31 11 7 23 53 0 0 1 186 .194 2 3 0 0 0 2023* 5.06 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 24 .250 1 0 0 0 0 2024* 3.52 2 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 23.0 20 12 9 12 26 0 1 3 102 .227 8 2 0 0 0 Total 2.33 9 2 20 15 1 0 2 0 73.1 56 26 19 39 87 0 1 4 312 .209 11 5 0 0 0 * Madison College Statisticsgocards.com n University of Louisville 79 BASEBALL Junior | OF | R/R | 6-3 | 235 | Whitefish Bay, Wis. (Whitefish Bay HS) Michael Lippe CAREER HONORS n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Played in 31 games, starting 12 (4 in LF, 4 in CF, 4 at DH) ... Finished with a .345 aver- age, three doubles and a home run ... Drove in eight and scored 14 runs ... Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement against Xavier on Feb. 21 ... Drew his first colle- giate start on Feb. 23 against St. Bonaventure in left field, going 2-for-5 with three RBIs ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two in the win over Youngstown State on March 2 ... Tallied three hits, including his first career home run, while scoring five runs in the win over Morehead State on March 6. 2023: Did not make an appearance. High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Whitefish Bay High School … 2022 First-Team All- State … Two-time First-Team All-Metro District … Two-time First-Team All-North Shore Conference … Rated as the No. 1 outfielder and the No. 4 overall player in Wisconsin and the No. 48 outfielder in the nation by Perfect Game. Personal: Parents are Jayme and Wendy Lippe … Siblings are JJ, Kayla, and Brittney … Brother and cousin played college football … Chose Louisville over Vanderbilt, LSU, North Carolina, TCU, and Alabama … Credits his mom as having the great- est influence on his athletic career … Enjoys play- ing basketball, pool, and ping-pong in his free time … Favorite TV show is Naruto … Favorite athlete is Conor McGregor. Junior | RHP | R/R | 6-3 | 215 | Los Angeles, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep/Northwestern) Peter Michael 2024 (Northwestern): Made 12 relief appearances on the mound … Finished 0-1 with a 15.68 ERA … Struck out eight in 10.1 innings … Worked a scoreless inning at Tulane (2/17) … Struck out four in two scoreless innings against Pur- due (4/27). 2023 (San Diego): Appeared in 10 games, in- cluding two starts … Went 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA across 7.1 innings, striking out seven... Struck out two in a perfect inning at Oregon (3/4). High School: Three-year letterwinner at Chami- nade College Preperatory … Set a Mission League record with a 17-strikeout no-hitter as a senior ... Led the Mission League in strikeouts as a senior and was named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American ... Also played for PNT National baseball club. Personal: Parents are Greg and Lisa Michael … Has one sibling – Sabrina … Chose Louisville over Cal, San Diego State and Rice … Hobbies include film, golf and surfing … Favorite movie is Back to the Future … Fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Favor- ite athlete is Clayton Kershaw … Favorite TV show is Game of Thrones … Favorite music artist is Zach Bryan. Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2024 .345 31 12 58 14 20 3 0 1 8 26 .448 7 0 22 0 .415 0 2 2 2 22 1 1 .958 TOTAL .345 31 12 58 14 20 3 0 1 8 26 .448 7 0 22 0 .415 0 2 2 2 22 1 1 .958 Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2023* 9.82 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 8 8 10 7 0 0 4 40 .222 1 3 0 0 0 2024$ 15.68 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 18 18 10 8 1 0 7 58 .378 5 2 0 0 1 Total 13.25 0 1 22 2 0 0 0 0 17.2 23 26 26 20 15 1 0 11 98 .319 6 5 0 0 1 * San Diego $ Northwestern Statistics University of Louisville n gocards.com 80 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALL Jake Munroe Junior | INF | R/R | 6-2 | 230 | Champaign, Ill. (Champaign Central HS/John A. Logan) CAREER HONORS n 2024 NJCAA Baseball USA All-Star Team n 2024 NJCAA All-America Third Team n 2024 NJCAA Region XXIV Player of the Year n 2024 GRAC Player of the Year 2024 (John A. Logan): Played in 58 games, starting 55 … Led John A. Logan in nearly every offensive category finishing with a .415/.510/.881 slash line … Tallied 17 doubles, 23 home runs and drove in 81 … Set John A. Logan’s single season and career home run record … Walked 40 times to just 22 strikeouts … Ranked fifth in NJCAA DI in home runs, eighth in total bases, ninth in slug- ging percentage and 11th in RBIs … Recorded four multi-homer games and seven contests with four or more RBIs … Had 22 multi-hit performances, including a four-hit, five-RBI game at Frontier CC (4/20). 2023 (John A. Logan): Played in 52 games with 50 starts as a freshman … Hit .339 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 54 RBIs … Tallied 17 multi-hit games … Drove in four against Jackson State CC (2/5) in his third career collegiate contest … Hit his first two career home runs in back-to- back games against Muskegon CC (2/24) and South Suburban College (2/25). High School: Three-year letterwinner at Cham- paign Central High School … Two-time All-State selection. Personal: Parents are Anne and Kevin Munroe … Has two siblings – KJ Munroe and Treka Bur- rows … Chose Louisville over Illinois … Wants to go into sports medicine after baseball … Hobbies include basketball and video games … Favorite athlete is LeBron James … Fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Favorite food is orange chicken and fried rice … Favorite TV show is The Office. Justin West Junior | LHP | R/L | 6-3 | 195 | Paducah, Ky. (Paducah Tilghman HS) 2024: Made 12 appearances with two starts ... Finished 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA and one save ... Struck out 23 hitters in 16.2 innings ... Worked three scoreless innings with three strikeouts for the save against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 24 ... Threw two shutout innings against Northwestern on March 9 ... Gave up just one run in three innings of work against Lipscomb on March 13 ... Earned his first career win, allowing just one run in two innings against WKU on April 23. 2023: Pitched in one game before missing the rest of the season due to injury ... Made his first collegiate appearance on Feb. 22 starting the midweek game against Xavier, throwing a scoreless inning. 2022: Enrolled at Louisville for spring semester. High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in soccer at Paducah Tilghman High School … 2021 First-Team All-State … Three-time Perfect Game preseason Underclass All-American…Six-time Perfect Game All-Tournament Team … 2021 All- District … Helped team to 2021 Kentucky 2A state championship, where he was named Most Valuable Player … Rated as the No. 1 left-handed pitcher and No. 4 overall player in Kentucky and the No. 97 left- handed pitcher in the nation by Perfect Game. Personal: Parents are Robyn and Keith West… Brother is Jacob … Chose Louisville over Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Miami … Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his athletic career … Favorite movies are The Bad News Bears and The Benchwarmers … Favorite team is the St. Louis Car- dinals … Favorite athletes are Clayton Kershaw and Kobe Bryant. Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2023 0.00 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 .250 0 0 0 0 0 2024 5.40 2 1 12 2 0 0 0 1 16.2 26 12 10 5 23 2 0 5 80 .356 0 2 0 0 0 TOTAL 5.09 2 1 13 3 0 0 0 1 17.2 27 12 10 6 24 3 0 5 85 .351 0 2 0 0 0 Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2023* .339 52 50 174 44 59 14 3 12 54 115 .661 33 12 30 2 .466 4 0 8 9 30 64 8 .922 2024* .415 58 55 193 69 80 17 2 23 81 170 .881 40 6 22 2 .510 8 0 13 13 38 86 11 .919 Total .379 110 105 367 113 139 31 5 35 135 285 .777 73 18 52 4 .489 12 0 21 22 68 150 19 .920 * John A. Logan Statisticsgocards.com n University of Louisville 81 BASEBALL Sophomore | INF | S/R | 5-8 | 165 | Milwaukee, Wis. (St. Thomas More HS) Alex Alicea CAREER HONORS n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Played in 47 games dur- ing his freshman season, starting 36 (35 at 2B, 1 at SS) ... Finished with a .291 average, 11 doubles, two triples and one home run ... Drove in 25 and scored 27 times ... Tallied more walks and HBPs (23) than strikeouts (18) ... Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement against UConn on Feb. 16 ... Drew his first start on Feb. 23 at second base against St. Bonaventure ... Recorded six hits and three multi- RBI games in the four-game series vs. St. Bonaventure ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in three in the series opener against Youngstown State ... Tallied a career-best three hits with two RBIs against Kentucky on April 16 ... Gave the Cardinals the lead with a bases-clearing three-run double at Miami on April 19 ... Notched his second three-hit night in the win over Miami on April 20 ... Had a pair of hits and drove in three against Clemson on April 28 ... Hit the first home run of his ca - reer in the series opener at North Carolina on May 10. High School: Lettered three years in baseball at St. Thomas More High School … Three-time All-State and All-District selection … 2023 Metro Classic Conference Player of the Year … 2023 PBR Wisconsin Player of the Year … 2023 WBCA Di- vision 2 Player of the Year … Hit over .500 in all three varsity seasons … Was a perfect 57-for-57 in stolen bases as a senior, setting the school record … Ranked as the No. 11 overall player in Wisconsin by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of Juan Carlos and Lilly Alicea … Has two older siblings – Christina and Jazmine … Chose Louisville over Michigan, Indiana, Miami (Ohio), Kansas State and Iowa … Enjoys video games and golf … Favorite movie is Speed Racer … Fan of the Milwaukee Brewers … Favorite athlete is Jon Jones … Likes to garden and be outside … Favorite food is chicken wings. Sophomore | C | L/R | 6-1 | 200 | Waldorf, Md. (Pro5 Baseball Academy) George Baker 2024: Did not see game action. High School: Attended Pro5 Baseball Academy in Holly Springs, N.C. … Participated in the 2022 Hank Aaron Invitational at Truist Park … Ranked No. 248 in the 2023 class by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of George and Amy Baker … Has two older siblings – Jaelyn and Brianna … Father, George, played at Liberty and George Washington before spending time in the Orioles and Marlins mi- nor league systems … Sisters, Jaelyn and Brianna, played softball at Delaware State … Chose Louisville over Ohio State, Miami, Michigan, TCU and Vander- bilt … Favorite movie is Bad Boys for Life … Fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dallas Cowboys … Fa- vorite athletes are J.T. Realmuto and Yasiel Puig … Enjoys water sports, riding bikes and spending time with his friends. Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2024 .291 47 36 127 27 37 11 2 1 25 55 .433 18 5 18 2 .397 1 3 4 4 51 87 3 .979 TOTAL .291 47 36 127 27 37 11 2 1 25 55 .433 18 5 18 2 .397 1 3 4 4 51 87 3 .979 Statistics University of Louisville n gocards.com 82 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALL Parker Detmers Sophomore | RHP | R/R | 6-4 | 235 | Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood HS) 2024: Made 14 appearances as a freshman, starting two games ... Finished with a 2-1 record and a 7.23 ERA ... Struck out 17 bat- ters in 18.2 innings ... Made his first collegiate debut on Feb. 23 against St. Bonaventure, getting the start and allowing just two runs over four innings of work ... Struck out three over 1.2 scoreless in his first relief outing against Youngstown State on March 3 ... Pitched two scoreless innings with three strike- outs against Cincinnati on March 26 ... Worked 1.2 shutout innings in relief at WKU on April 9 ... Threw a scoreless inning to finish off the win over WKU on April 23 ... Turned in 2.2 scoreless innings over relief work for the win against Clemson on April 27. High School: Lettered four years in baseball and three in basketball at Glenwood High School … Was a two-time All-State and three-time All-Conference selection … 2023 State Journal-Register’s Large School Baseball Player of the Year … As a senior, went 7-1 with a 0.45 ERA … Allowed just 20 hits and three earned runs in 46.1 innings with 77 strike- outs … Also hit .324 with seven doubles and four home runs … Ranked No. 64 overall player by Prep Baseball Report and No. 113 by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of Kris and Erica Detmers … Has two older brothers – Reid and Drew … Father, Kris, pitched six years in the St. Louis Cardinals organiza- tion … Brother, Reid, played at Louisville from 2018- 20 and was the No. 10 overall pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2020 … Brother, Drew, played baseball at Millikin University … Favorite movie is 42 … Fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Bulls and Chicago Bears … Favorite athletes are Zac Gallen and Walker Buehler … Favorite foods are steak and pizza. Colton Hartman Sophomore | LHP | L/L | 6-3 | 220 | Lebanon, Ohio (Lebanon HS) 2024: Made 12 appearances on the mound as a freshman, in- cluding eight starts ... Finished 1-2 with a 5.90 ERA ... Struck out 37 batters in 29.0 innings ... Recorded the final four outs with two strike- outs in his collegiate debut against EKU on Feb. 27 ... Struck out two in a perfect inning of work against Morehead State on March 6 ... Made his first collegiate start against Bellarmine on March 19, striking out four and allowing just one run in 3.2 innings ... Retired all six batters he faced in two per- fect innings against WKU on April 23 ... Made his first career ACC start on May 4 at Boston College, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning and retiring 16 straight batters and striking out five ... Struck out a career-high seven over five shutout innings against Notre Dame on May 17 for his first collegiate win. High School: Lettered three years in baseball at Lebanon High School … 2023 Southwest Ohio Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year … As a senior, went 6-2 with a 1.18 ERA and 88 strike- outs in 53 innings … Threw a seven-inning no-hitter with 15 strikeouts against Walnut Hills as a senior … Went 4-3 with a 1.60 ERA and 114 strikeouts as a junior … Threw a no-hitter in the district semifi- nals with 14 strikeouts against Elder as a junior … Participated in the 2022 Perfect Game All-American Classic at Chase Field in Arizona … Ranked No. 42 overall player, No. 4 overall left-handed pitcher and No. 2 player in Ohio by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of Scott and Tiffany Hartman … Has one older sibling – Madison … Chose Louisville over Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Tulane and West Virginia … Favorite movie is Moana … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals … Fa - vorite athlete is Mike Trout … Enjoys fishing, hunt- ing, hanging out with friends and anything outside … Favorite food is crab legs. Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2024 7.23 2 1 14 2 0 0 0 0 18.2 21 17 15 14 17 5 0 1 88 .313 2 2 0 2 2 TOTAL 7.23 2 1 14 2 0 0 0 0 18.2 21 17 15 14 17 5 0 1 88 .313 2 2 0 2 2 Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2024 5.90 1 2 12 8 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 19 19 18 37 2 1 5 131 .227 2 2 0 0 1 TOTAL 5.90 1 2 12 8 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 19 19 18 37 2 1 5 131 .227 2 2 0 0 1 Statisticsgocards.com n University of Louisville 83 BASEBALL Sophomore | OF | L/R | 6-0 | 180 | Cincinnati, Ohio (Badin HS) Lucas Moore CAREER HONORS n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Played in 48 games in his first season, making 22 starts (19 in CF, 2 in LF, 1 at DH) ... Finished with a .318 average, six doubles and a triple ... Drove in 14 and scored 30 runs ... Went 17-for-21 in stolen bases, ranking sixth in the ACC during the regular season ... Made his Louisville debut on Opening Day, starting in left field against Indiana State ... Was the first Louisville true freshman to start in the season opener since Tyler Fitzgerald in 2017 ... Recorded four hits, four runs scored and three stolen bases in the win over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 25 ... Reached base and scored four times against EKU on Feb. 27 ... Drove in a career high five runs in the win over Morehead State on March 6 ... Tallied three hits in the series opener against Northwestern on March 8. High School: Lettered three years in baseball at Badin High School … Three-time All-State selection … Hit .426 for his three-year career with 27 dou- bles, 10 triples and 130 runs scored … Also stole 99 bases, including 51 during his sophomore season … Ranked No. 450 overall player and No. 9 in the state of Ohio by Prep Baseball Report. Personal: Son of Tobin and Brooke Moore … Has two siblings – Sydney and Cooper … Chose Louis- ville over Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia Tech … Fa- vorite movie is Shutter Island … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds … Enjoys golf, movies and friends … Favorite athlete is Enrique Bradfield … Favorite foods are piz- za, chicken and mac & cheese. Sophomore | OF/C | R/R | 6-1 | 210 | Chicago, Ill. (IMG Academy) Zion Rose CAREER HONORS n 2024 USA Collegiate National Team n 2024 Perfect Game Freshman All-America First Team n 2024 Baseball America Fresh- man All-America Second Team n 2024 D1Baseball Freshman All-America Second Team n 2024 All-ACC Freshman Team n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Played in 44 games as a freshman with 43 starts (30 at DH, 9 in CF, 2 in LF, 2 at C) ... Led the Cardinals with a .380 batting average, the top mark of any Power Five freshman during the regular season ... Finished with nine doubles, five triples and five home runs ... Drove in 32 and scored 42 times while going 10-for-13 on the bases ... Hit .396 in ACC play, second-highest mark of any player in the league ... Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 23 against St. Bo- naventure as the DH and hitting leadoff, going 2-for- 5 with three runs scored ... Hit his first home run against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 25 ... Picked up two hits against Northwestern on March 10 ... Recorded multi-hit games in each of his first two career ACC starts against Virginia Tech, including a home run in the finale on March 17 ... Hit a go-ahead solo home run at Wake Forest on March 22 ... Drove in the go- ahead runs with a two-run single in the seventh in- ning of the series finale at Wake Forest on March 23 ... Went 3-for-5 with two extra-base hits and three runs scored in the win over Cincinnati on March 26 ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the both the first and third games of the series sweep against NC State ... Tallied seven hits in the series at Miami, including his first career four-hit game in the series opener on April 19 ... Homered and drove in two in the win over WKU on April 23 ... Tripled twice and drove in three in the win over NKU on April 30 ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs against Miami on May 21 in the first pool play game at the ACC Championship. High School: Attended Brother Rice High School in Illinois before spending his last year at IMG Acad- emy … Helped IMG Academy to its first-ever unde- feated season at 25-0 and was named 2023 Max- Preps national champions … 2022 Daily Southtown Baseball Player of the Year … All-State selection as a junior in 2022 after hitting .496 with 12 doubles, four homers, 39 RBIs and 31 stolen bases … Partici- pated in the 2022 Hank Aaron Invitational at Truist Park … Ranked the No. 50 player and No. 3 catcher nationally by Prep Baseball Report. Personal: Son of Shaun and Karin Rose … Has two older siblings – Cyress and Jahari … Chose Lou- isville over Vanderbilt … Favorite movie is Black Panther … Fan of the Chicago Cubs … Favorite athlete is Willson Contreras … Enjoys listening to music, playing games with friends, walking and hot yoga … Favorite food is deep dish pizza. Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2024 .318 48 22 88 30 28 6 1 0 14 36 .409 10 8 23 0 .434 0 4 17 21 48 0 1 .980 TOTAL .318 48 22 88 30 28 6 1 0 14 36 .409 10 8 23 0 .434 0 4 17 21 48 0 1 .980 Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2024 .380 44 43 166 42 63 9 5 5 32 97 .584 19 4 18 3 .455 0 3 10 13 33 1 2 .944 TOTAL .380 44 43 166 42 63 9 5 5 32 97 .584 19 4 18 3 .455 0 3 10 13 33 1 2 .944 Statistics University of Louisville n gocards.com 84 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALL TJ Schlageter Sophomore | LHP | L/L | 6-2 | 215 | Romeoville, Ill. (Joliet Catholic Academy) 2024: Did not see any game action. High School: Lettered three years in baseball, three years in football and two in basketball at Jo- liet Catholic … 2023 Herald-News Baseball Player of the Year … Fin- ished high school career with a 20-3 overall record … Helped Joliet Catholic to back-to-back state titles as a junior and senior … As a senior, went 7-0 with a 1.47 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 52.1 innings … Ranked the No. 23 player and No. 2 left-handed pitcher in Illinois by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of Steve and Andrea Schlageter … He is a triplet – Ava and Alina … Father, Steve, played baseball at Kentucky from 1980-81 … Chose Louis- ville over TCU, Indiana, Alabama, Northwestern and Arizona State … Favorite movie is Miracle … Fan of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears … Favorite ath- letes are Michael Jordan and Nolan Ryan … Enjoys golf, bowling, basketball, ping pong and cornhole … Favorite musical artists are Bob Seger and Morgan Wallen. Ty Starke Sophomore | LHP | L/L | 6-6 | 175 | Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier HS) CAREER HONORS n 2024 All-ACC Academic Team 2024: Made 16 relief appear- ances in his first season ... Finished with a 1-0 record and 3.72 ERA ... Struck out 17 in 19.1 innings ... Made his collegiate debut with a scoreless inning against Xavier on Feb. 21 ... Picked up his first col- legiate win against Youngstown State on March 3 ... Retired all six batters he faced, three via strikeout, in two scoreless innings against Northwestern on March 8 ... Threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Kentucky on April 16. High School: Lettered three years in baseball at Saint Xavier High School … Helped St. X to a state championship in 2022 … As a senior, went 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 36.1 innings … Pitched a seven inning complete game with 12 strikeouts and just one unearned run allowed in regional semifinal win over Trinity at Jim Patterson Stadium … Earned All-Tournament honors at the National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C. after tossing a two-hit shut- out against Doral Academy … Was a perfect 7-0 as a junior with a 1.24 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 45.1 innings … Ranked as the No. 1 player in Kentucky by Perfect Game. Personal: Son of Marc and Jennifer … Has one younger sibling – Jake … Father, Marc, played base- ball at Kentucky Wesleyan … Chose Louisville over Georgia Tech, Tennessee and Tulane … Favorite mov- ies are Avatar 1 & 2 … Favorite athlete is Chris Sale … Enjoying fishing and golf … Favorite foods are pizza and steak. Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2024 3.72 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 19.1 19 11 8 11 17 3 0 1 89 .275 3 5 0 2 2 TOTAL 3.72 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 19.1 19 11 8 11 17 3 0 1 89 .275 3 5 0 2 2 Statisticsgocards.com n University of Louisville 85 BASEBALL Sophomore | C | R/R | 6-1 | 200 | Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Oceanside College Academy) Tagger Tyson 2024: Did not see any game action. High School: Lettered in base- ball and football at Oceanside Col- legiate Academy … 2023 SCBCA 2A Co-Player of the Year … As a senior, hit .474 with 19 extra-base hits, 40 RBIs and 12 stolen bases … Helped OCA to a 2A state championship as a senior … Hit a walk-off home run to send team to state finals … Ranked the No. 11 player and top catcher in South Carolina by Prep Baseball Report. Personal: Son of Torre and Jennifer … Has one younger sibling – Taryn … Father, Torre, played base- ball at Missouri from 1995-98 and was in the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees minor league systems from 1998-2002 … Father also managed the Charles- ton RiverDogs from 2007-09 and Tampa Yankees in 2010 … Chose Louisville over Georgia Tech, Tennes- see, Missouri, South Carolina and Clemson … Favor- ite movies are the Batman series with Christian Bale … Fan of the St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Cardinals and Bayern Munich … Favorite athlete is Drew Lock … Enjoys video games. Freshman | RHP | R/R | 6-4 | 210 | Paducah, Ky. (McCracken County HS) Ross Aldridge High School: Four-year letter- winner at McCracken County High School … Two-time All-State selec- tion … Helped McCracken County to state runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2024 … 24-5 career record with 236 strikeouts. Personal: Parents are Jared and Jessica Aldridge … Has one sibling – Owen … After college, wants to play professional baseball or become an orthopedic surgeon … Hobbies include fishing, spending time with family and going to church … Favorite TV show is Peaky Blinders … Fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys … Favorite athlete is Adam Wain- wright … Favorite food is anything Italian. University of Louisville n gocards.com 86 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALL Jack Brown Freshman | RHP | R/R | 6-1 | 210 | Noblesville, Ind. (Fishers HS) High School: Four-year let- terwinner at Fishers High School … Four-time All-Conference and three-time All-State selection … 2024 IHSBCA Indiana South All- Star selection … Helped Fishers to a runner-up finish in the 4A state championship in 2021 … Ranked No. 100 nationally and No. 5 overall player in Indiana by PrepBaseball- Report. Personal: Parents are Todd and Cristina Brown … Has one sibling – Lucy … Chose Louisville over Indiana … Hobbies include maps, batman, coffee, video games and eating … Favorite movie is The Dark Knight … Fan of the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers … Favorite athlete is Gerrit Cole … Favorite TV show is Stranger Things … Favorite musical artist is Lana Del Ray. Kyle Campbell Freshman | OF | R/R | 6-4 | 190 | Louisville, Ky. (Trinity HS) Cole Crafton Freshman | OF | L/R | 6-3 | 215 | Manhattan, Ill. (Lincoln-Way West HS) High School: Graduated from Trinity High School … Helped Trinity to the state semifinals as a senior … KHSBCA All-State second team selection in 2024 … Rated the No. 12 player in Kentucky by PrepBaseballReport. Personal: Parents are Bernice and Neil … Has one sibling – Caroline … Would like to become a lawyer after baseball … Enjoys concerts and the lake … Favorite movie is Miracle … Fan of the New York Yankees … Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter … Favorite music artist is Luke Combs … Favorite food is chick- en alfredo. High School: Four-year starter in baseball and three-year starter at quarterback in football at Lincoln- Way West High School … Three- time All-Conference selection in baseball … 2022 SWSC Red Base- ball Athlete of the Year … All-Con- ference selection in football … 2022 SWSC Red Foot- ball Offensive Athlete of the Year … Missed senior season of baseball due to football injury … Ranked No. 95 overall player, No. 20 outfielder nationally and No. 8 player in Illinois by PrepBaseballReport. Personal: Parents are Dave and Kim Crafton … Has two siblings – Cade and Caelen … Father, Dave, was a 16th round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 1993 MLB Draft … Chose Louisville over Indiana … Hobbies include lifting, fishing and video games … Favorite movie is Step Brothers … Fan of the Chicago White Sox … Favorite athlete is Bryce Harper … Fa- vorite TV show is Supernatural.gocards.com n University of Louisville 87 BASEBALL Freshman | OF | L/L | 5-10 | 180 | Cranston, R.I. (Bishop Hendricken HS) Griffin Crain High School: Four-year letter- winner in baseball and hockey at Bishop Hendricken High School … 2024 Gatorade Rhode Island Base- ball Player of the Year … 2024 Per- fect Game High School All-Amer- ica Third Team … 2024 ABCA/ Rawlings High School All-America Second Team … 2023 ABCA/Rawlings High School Gold Glove Team … 2023-24 All-USA TODAY HSSA Boys Hockey Team … All-State selection in baseball and hockey … Helped BHHS to three consecutive state champi- onships in hockey and the 2024 state championship in baseball … Hit a walk-off double in game one of the baseball state finals and threw a complete game in game two … Hit .431 with seven doubles as a se- nior, while going 8-0 with a 1.12 ERA on the mound … Was the top scorer in hockey Division I with more than 40 points as a senior … Ranked as No. 2 player in Rhode Island by Perfect Game. Personal: Parents are Kathy and Tom Crain … Has three siblings – Owen, Cullen and Mason … Father, Tom, played baseball at Brown University … Mother, Kathy, ran track at Brown University … Chose Lou- isville over Virginia … Hobbies include music and watching movies … Favorite movie is Star Wars: Epi- sode III – Revenge of the Sith … Fan of the New York Yankees … Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter … Favor- ite TV show is Game of Thrones … Favorite food is chicken lo mein. Freshman | RHP | R/R | 6-3 | 225 | Manchester, Ky. (Clay County HS) Brandin Crawford High School: Four-year letter- winner in baseball and golf at Clay County High School … Also let- tered two years in fishing and one in basketball … Two-time 13th Re- gion Player of the Year and All-State selection … 2024 Eli Hill Award Winner … Finished with a career average of .453 with 22 home runs and 159 RBIs … On the mound, had 23 career wins with a 1.77 ERA and 366 strike- outs in 202 innings … Ranked No. 494 overall and No. 5 in Kentucky by PrepBaseballReport. Personal: Parents are Edith and Brad Crawford … Has two siblings – Nathaniel Huff and Treyson Crawford … Mother, Edith, played basketball and softball at Lee’s Community College … Cousin, Kari Sams, played basketball at Union College … Chose Louisville over Kentucky … Hobbies include fishing, golfing, baseball card collecting, kayaking and camp- ing … Favorite movie is Forrest Gump … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Jacksonville Jaguars … Favorite athlete is Ken Griffey Jr. … Favorite music artist is Ty- ler Childers. Freshman | LHP/1B | L/L | 6-4 | 225 | West Chester, Pa. (Malvern Preperatory School) Tague Davis High School: Four-year let- terwinner in baseball, two in basketball and one in football at Malvern Preperatory School … Three-time First Team All-League and two-time All-State selection … Helped Malvern Prep to back-to- back PAISAA state titles … Hit .347 with six home runs and 37 RBI as a senior while going 7-1 with a 1.40 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 50 innings on the mound … Participated in the 2024 MLB Draft Com- bine in Arizona, posting the second highest exit ve- locity (112.3) and seventh-longest distance (426.7) on Day Two … Played in the 2023 High School All-American Game in Seattle … 2023 Area Code Games Home Run Derby Champion … Ranked No. 98 overall, No. 3 first baseman nationally and No. 5 player in Pennsylvania by PrepBaseballReport … Ranked No. 112 overall, No. 15 left-handed pitcher nationally and No. 4 player in Pennsylvania by Per- fect Game. Personal: Parents are Megan and Ben Davis … Has three siblings – Finley, Riley and Mickey … Fa- ther, Ben, was the second overall pick of the 1995 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres and played seven years in the big leagues with the Padres, Mariners and White Sox … Father now works as a color commen- tator on Philadelphia Phillies television broadcasts … Uncle, Glenn Davis, was a first round pick in 1997 of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Chose Louisville over Miami, Virginia, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt … Would like to follow his dad into sports broadcast- ing after baseball … Hobbies include hunting and fishing with family and anything outdoors … Favorite movie is The Natural … Fan of the big four Phila- delphia teams – Phillies, Eagles, Sixers and Flyers … Favorite food is deer steak … Favorite music artist is George Strait.Next >