The Northeast Indiana Baseball Association has compiled its watch list for the Dick Crumback/NEIBA High School Player of the Year award. The watch list features 64 players from various Northeast Indiana counties; such as Allen, DeKalb, Adams, Whitley and Wells. The award winner will be announced on May 26th and will be honored at a later Tincaps’ game. That date is yet to be confirmed. Area high school coaches were asked to send in names of players that they believed deserved to be nominated for the award.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, high school baseball season was canceled last spring, and there was no player of the year award handed out. The last player of the year was South Adams’ Grant Besser in 2019.
The list of nominees includes players from Fort Wayne teams such as Bishop Dwenger, Bishop Luers, Carroll, Homestead, and Northrop. It also includes athletes from fellow Allen County schools such as Leo and New Haven. The watch list can be viewed below. It can also be viewed at the following link: http://neibaseball.org/blog/crumback-neiba-hs-player-of-the-year/
Player Name Player Grade High School Coach’s Name Justin Bultemieier n/a Adams Central Dave Nuenschwander Chase Murray n/a Adams Central Dave Nuenschwander Alex Currie n/a Adams Central Dave Nuenschwander Blake Heyerly n/a Adams Central Dave Nuenschwander Tanner Hirn 12 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Tyler James 12 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Kobe Baker 11 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Magnuss Lee 11 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Ethan Garner 11 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Trevor Walker 11 Bellmont HS Tom Montgomery Brenden Lytle 12 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Sam Pesa 12 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Callan Stauffer 12 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Xavier Nolan 12 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Jack Tippmann 11 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Brayton Thomas 9 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Beau Jacquay 11 Bishop Dwenger Jason Garrett Lukas North 12 Bishop Luers Jeff Stanski Jerod Handshoe 12 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Cameron Niedens 12 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Alex Smith 11 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Conner Miller 12 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Josh Kuhns 12 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Jaycob McCullough 12 Carroll High School Dave Ginder Brayten Gordon 12 Churubusco Jordan Turner Evan Snyder 12 Churubusco Jordan Turner Keenan Hendricks 11 Churubusco Jordan Turner Callahan Ostrowski 11 Churubusco Jordan Turner Seth Abel 12 Churubusco Jordan Turner Sam Gladd 11 Columbia City High School Rob Bell Adin Miller 11 Columbia City High School Rob Bell Preston Henschen 12 Columbia City High School Rob Bell Steele Jackson 12 DeKalb HS Tim Murdock Brayden Risedorph 11 East Noble Aaron Desmonds Owen Willard 11 Eastside Aaron Willard Dylan Herig 12 Eastside Aaron Willard Wade Miller 12 Eastside Aaron Willard Jack Buchanan 11 Eastside Aaron Willard Gage Smith 12 Garrett High School Jason Richards Trey Richards 11 Garrett High School Jason Richards Graham Kelham 11 Garrett High School Jason Richards Dalton Wasson 11 Heritage Jr./Sr. High School Dean Lehrman Carter Mathison 12 Homestead Nick Byall Luke Palmer 12 Homestead Nick Byall Kaleb Kolpien 12 Homestead Nick Byall Graham Kollen 12 Homestead Nick Byall Grant Simmons 12 Homestead Nick Byall Cole Elkins 12 Homestead Nick Byall Jayden Lepper 12 Homestead Nick Byall Tyler Papenbrock 12 Leo Gary Rogers Coley Stevens 12 Leo Gary Rogers Damien Gudakunst 12 Leo Gary Rogers Quinten Peters 12 Leo Gary Rogers Gannon Brown 12 Leo Gary Rogers Michael O’Brien 12 Leo Gary Rogers Dakota Patterson 12 Leo Gary Rogers Jacob Kortenber 12 New Haven Dave Bischoff Augie Difederico 12 New Haven Dave Bischoff Tarron White 12 Northrop Matt Brumbaugh Luke Siren 11 Northrop Matt Brumbaugh Rocco Hanes 12 Norwell High School Dave Goodmiller Eli Riley 12 Norwell High School Dave Goodmiller Adam Besser 12 South Adams High School Brad Buckingham James Arnold 12 South Adams High School Brad Buckingham AJ Dull 11 South Adams High School Brad Buckingham Conner Young 11 South Adams High School Brad Buckingham Tanner Johnson 12 Southern Wells Blade Rheinhart Bryce Tucker 12 Whitko Jr/Sr High Jorell Tucker Evan Wilson 12 Whitko Jr/Sr High Jorell Tucker
