Highlighting the team selections are South pitchers Alex Meyer (Greensburg) and Blake Monar (South Spencer), the only two Indiana high school players selected in this year’s Major League Baseball draft. Meyer is signed on at Kentucky next year, while Monar is headed to Bloomington to play for Indiana.
Leading the North squad are shortstop Ryan Wright (Homestead) and catcher Josh Ludy (Jay County). Wright was a two-time 4A All-State selection who will employ his services at Louisville. Ludy is another 4A All-State performer and will compete in the Big XII next year for Baylor.
Below are the full rosters for the 2008 North-South All-Star Series:
North Roster
# Player High School College
PITCHERS:
24 Blake Mascarello Crown Point Purdue Univ.
4 Tyler Nadar Wheeler Purdue-North Central
16 Lincoln Rassi Northridge Univ. of Toledo
10 Zach Schroeder Heritage Franklin College
12 Ryan Baker Bellmont Purdue Univ.
30 Luke Zinsmaster Logansport Wabash College
18 Elliott Rowe Caston Bethel College
7 Ethan Tribolet Huntington North Huntington Univ.
8 Emilio Domondon West Lafayette Purdue Univ.
CATCHERS:
19 Josh Ludy Jay County Baylor Univ.
5 Rhett Goodmiller Norwell Central Michigan Univ.
22 Eric Tippy McCutcheon Univ. of Dayton
FIRST BASE:
26 Ian Nielsen LaPorte Ball State Univ.
29 Daniel Ranschaert Mish. Marian Wabash College
SECOND BASE:
3 Jake Hansen Westfield Purdue Univ.
21 Bryan Brudi Churubusco undecided
SHORTSTOPS:
13 Ryan Wright Homestead Univ. of Louisville
28 Zachary Tanner Yorktown Lincoln Trail J.C.
THIRD BASE:
6 Matt Bugajski Highland St. Joseph College
14 Griffin Richeson Laf. C.C. Butler Univ.
OUTFIELDERS:
2 J.J. Short Jimtown IPFW
15 Tyler Spillner F.W. Northrop Purdue Univ.
20 Tyler Watts F.W. Luers undecided
17 Bryce Robinson Kokomo Georgia Tech
9 James Reed Northwestern Indiana Univ.
COACHING STAFF:
27 Head Coach Gary Rogers- Ft. Wayne Luers
23 Asst. Coach Lea Selvey- Jay County
25 Asst. Coach Chip O’Neil- S.B. Clay
11 Asst. Coach Dave Goodmiller- Norwell (asst)
South Roster
# Player High School College
PITCHERS:
28 Alex Meyer Greensburg Univ. of Kentucky
17 Blake Monar South Spencer Indiana Univ
14 Matt Bayes Austin undecided
5 Shawn Mattingly Decatur Central Franklin College
15 Andrew Swart Crawfordsville Wabash Coll.
22 Brad Hook Franklin Univ. of South Alabama
10 Brandon Gehl Jac-Cen-Del carpenter’s apprenticeship
26 Sean Collins Pendleton Hts Purdue Univ.
2 Cody Johnson North Harrison Oakland City Univ.
CATCHERS:
13 Joe Meggs TH North Indiana State Univ.
32 Michael Tucker Zionsville undecided
16 Bo Benham Crawford County Lincoln Trail J.C.
FIRST BASE:
27 Derek Bailey Bloomington South Wabash College
23 John Dury Chatard Univ. of Indpls
SECOND BASE:
12 Trent Barrett Pike Central undecided
8 Mitch Strobl East Central DePauw Univ.
SHORTSTOPS:
7 Jason Cruse New Albany Vincennes Univ.
4 Koby Kraemer TH South Indiana State Univ.
THIRD BASE:
29 Andrew Spleth Lawrence North Pasco Hernando C.C.
9 Jared Broughton Indpls. Lutheran undecided
OUTFIELDERS:
6 Jordan Chavis Evans. Harrison Univ. of Evansville
3 Joshua Reintjes North Knox Hanover College
24 Nathan Koontz Brebeuf Ball State Univ.
11 Matt Serfling Bloomington North Indiana Univ.
21 Justin Zeller North Central Wheaton College
COACHING STAFF:
25 Head Coach Phil Webster- Decatur Central
30 Asst. Coach Kyle Kraemer- TH South
31 Asst. Coach Clark Reeves- Avon
18 Asst. Coach Rhett Welliever- Crawfordsville (asst)