Rawlings Perfect Game All-Region team, led by five Great Lake Canadians
OF Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) is one of five Great Lake Canadians named to the Rawlings/Great Lake Canadian all-region team for Canada/Puerto Rico.
April 3, 2023
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
Matt Evans led a quintet of Great Lake Canadians named to the Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Canada/Puerto Rico Region all high school senior first team.
The Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region selections comprise players from nine regions around North America. Canada and Puerto Rico are in the same group and Great Lake -- run by Adam Stern, Chris Robinson and Jamie Romak -- had five first team selections, one more than the Sean Travers’ Mississauga Tigers program.
The All-Region Teams recognizes top senior high school athletes.
Besides OF Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.), who will head to the Nebraska Cornhuskers where Stern burned up the base paths as a collegian, also Division I bound are RHP Matthew Donnison (Niagara Falls, Ont.), off to Illinois State, and 3B Tyson Kaufman (Drumbo, Ont.), committed to Canisius College. OF Ashton Graff-Rowe (Waterloo, Ont.) heads to Crowder College and OF Noah Konings (Brampton, Ont.) to Cloud County Community College.
The Tigers had four players selected while the Academy Baseball Canada had three named, followed by the Ontario Blue Jays and Windsor Selects with two apiece.
The Mississauga foursome: RHP Kaleb Thomas (Hagersville, Ont.) to Missouri State, INF Cole Leclair (Toronto, Ont.) to St. John’s, as well as Lachlan Maude (Toronto, Ont.) to New Mexico Junior College and RHP Ryan Marton (Toronto, Ont.) to Midland College.
ABC had eight players gain honourable mentions status to lead the way, followed by the Ontario Astros Toronto Mets with seven, Great Lake Canadians with six and the Ontario Blue Jays with five.
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All High School Senior First Team
Canada/PuertoRico Region
Name Posistion Hometown High School Summer teams Commitment Drafted
David Alvarez RHP Woodbridge, Ont. Steel Scout Team Florida Atlantic
Mitchell Britton RHP Waterloo, Ont. Waterloo Tigers/Florida Pokers Vernon CC
Parker Burgess RHP Douro-Dummer, Ont. Toronto Mets/ TNXL Academy/Brewers Langley Blaze Illinois
Elliot Cadieux Lanoue LHP Saint-Pie, Que. Academy Baseball Canada Iowa
Cameron Chee-Aloy OF Toronto, Ont. P27 Academy Wow Factor National 18U Illinois
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Keaton Cottam C Burlington, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates Austin Peay State
Charles Davalan OF St-Bruno-De-Montarville, Que. Academy Baseball Canada/TNXL Academy Florida Gulf Coast
Matthew Donnison RHP Niagara Falls, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Illinois State
Ty Doucette 1B Dartmouth, NS Okotoks Dawgs Oregon State
Matt Evans OF Tillsonburg, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Nebraska
Angelo Franco 3B Port Moody, BC Coquitlam Reds
Great Lake’s OF Ashton Graff-Rowe (Waterloo, Ont.)
Ashton Graff-Rowe OF Waterloo, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Crowder College
Ty Hamilton OF Ottawa, Ont. Watson Elite Baseball Utah
Griffin Howell RHP Windsor, Ont. Windsor Selects Northern Kentucky
Tyson Kaufman 3B Drumbo, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Canisius
Noah Konings OF Brampton, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Cloud County CC
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Deiten Lachance C Sherbrooke, Que. Academy Baseball Canada McLennan CC
Cole Leclair SS Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers/TNXL Academy St. John’s
Jacob Malinauskas LHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Royals Missouri
Matthew Marsh LHP Havelock, Ont. Team Ontario Niagara
Ryan Marton RHP Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Midland CC
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Lachlan Maude C Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers/Etobicoke Rangers New Mexico JC
Myles Naylor SS Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Texas Tech
Keegan O’Hearn OF Oshawa, Ont. Terriers/Power5 Michigan
Brandon Paez SS Candiac, Que. Okotoks Dawgs Academy Utah
Matteo Pare RHP Lasalle, Ont. Windsor Selects/TNXL Academy/Florida Canes 2023 Scout Team Coastal Carolina
Jack Pineau RHP Thunder Bay, Ont. Toronto Mets Creighton
Matthew Sargeant RHP Ancaster, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays North Dakota State
Sam Shaw SS Victoria, BC Victoria Eagles/Langley Blaze Brewers Scout Team Xavier
Kaleb Thomas RHP Hagersville, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Missouri State
Reece Usselman LHP Langley, BC Langley Blaze Oregon
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Honorable Mention
Canada/Puerto Rico Region
Name Posistion Hometown HS Summer Team Commitment Drafted
Jacob Angell OF St Lazare, Que. École Secondaire Cité des Jeunes Vaudreuil
Thomas Anthony RHP Toronto, Ont. Terriers
Jacob Beaudoin LHP St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. Academy Baseball Canada Arkansas Tech
Ian-Olivier Beaulieu RHP Laval, Que. College Laval
Brodey Bitove OF Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets
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Xavier Boutin 1B Levis, Que. TNXL Academy
William-Alexis Brault RHP Blainville, Que. Academie Lafointaine
Seth Brown SS Hensall, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Vincenzo Bruno RHP Toronto, Ont. Bullettproof Prospects/Marucci Prospects Monroe College
Frank-Anthony Caietta RHP Bradford, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Brendan Clarke RHP Barrie, Ont. Team Ontario Astros Saint Leo
Gabriel D’Addario RHP Milton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Southwest Iowa CC
Noah Del Rosario RHP Delta, BC Delta Blue Jays
Olivier Deschamps RHP Mercier, Que. Academy Baseball Canada
Tristan Desrochers SS Barrie, Ont. Ontario Astros
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Cardel Dick C Abbotsford, BC Vauxhall Academy TG DBacks
Alexandre Dionne RHP Ancienne-Lorette, Que. Okotoks Dawgs Academy Dawgs 18U Black Howard College
Jimmy Dionne LHP St-Augustin, Que. Academie De Baseball Canada Howard College
Jack Ferguson RHP Otonabee, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Michael Floyd LHP Bowmanville, Ont. Toronto Mets
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Nick Frers RHP North Vancouver, BC North Shore Premier Twins
Connor Gaitens C Tillsonburg, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Evan Gunn 2B Oshawa, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
Tyrus Hall SS Victoria, BC Victoria Eagles
Asher Herbert C Burnaby, BC Brewers Langley Blaze
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Andrew Johnston C Toronto, Ont. IMG Academy San Jose State
Alex Kean 1B Woodstock, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Morehead State
David King 3B Newmarket, Ont. Ontario Astros
Nate King C Lindsay, Ont. Toronto Mets
Darren Lowe-Gaillard RHP Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers/Marucci Prospects
Cam MacLeod (North Vancouver, BC) of the North Shore Twins
Cam Macleod C North Vancouver, BC North Shore Twins
Mihir Manerikar C Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Rockies/Mid Atlantic Orioles
Olivier Martel RHP Marieville, Que. Academy Baseball Canada
Loic Massé C Lévis, Que. Loic Massé Academy Baseball Canada
John McDonald RHP Mississauga, Ont. Team Ontario Astros
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Parker McLean 2B Unionville, Ont. Toronto Mets
Hugo Ménard RHP St-Bruno, Que. Academy Baseball Canada
Ethan Mooser OF Mount Elgin, Ont. FieldHouse Pirates Northern Colorado
Jericho Morris-Johns 1B Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
BJ (Brodie) Peart SS Markham Ont. Toronto Mets Evansville
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Charles-Étienne Pelletier SS Rosemère, Que. Academy Baseball Canada San Francisco
Eli Press RHP Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays University of British Columbia
Kai Rempel RHP Calgary, Alta. Webber Wildcats
Lucas Roberts RHP Toronto, Ont. Team Steel National
Mac Robertson RHP Oshawa, Ont. Toronto Mets
Ontario Nationals RHP Sebastian Salazar (Waterloo, Ont.)
Sebastian Salazar RHP Waterloo, Ont. Ontario Nationals Jefferson (MO)
Camden Sanders OF London, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Niagara
Isaiah Scott 3B Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Nigel Sebastianelli SS St. Catharines, Ont. Bulletproof Prospects Niagara County CC Carter Shin MIF Burlington, Ont. Great Lake Canadians
Javee Tagudar OF Burnaby, BC Brewers Langley Blaze
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Édouard Tardif 1B Trois-Rivières, Que. Academy Baseball Canada
Anthony Unga RHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays
Hendrik Vandermeer 1B Simcoe, Ont. Great Lake Canadians South Carolina-Upstate
Alessandro Volpe OF Toronto, Ont. Toronto Cubs Lindenwood University
Calvin Warrillow OF Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets William & Mary