San Diego Invitational Recap

Congrats to Our Champions!

14U Champion: CBA Victus San Diego 2028

15U Champion: CBA Victus San Diego 2027

16U Champion: 5 Star West SD RW

17/18u Champion: Idaho Prospects Baseball


Congrats to Our Award Winners:

14U MVP: Jaden Harris


14U Most Valuable Pitcher: Dylan Poukkula

15U MVP: Xander Molina

15U Most Valuable Pitcher: Charlie Kroning

16U MVP: Tristan Aquon

16U Most Valuable Pitcher: Jesse Grassa

17/18 MVP: Sascha Stoll

17/18U Most Valuable Pitcher: Owen Baker


All American Announcements

We named an astonishing 9 All Americans named this weekend including:

Cameron Davidson of the Marucci Athletics 2026 Elite went 7 for 11 Triple, Home Run, 5 runs, & 5 RBI.


Daniel Martinez of the Marucci Athletics 2026 Elite went 5 for 11 Home Run, 6 RBI, & 3 Runs. Daniel's performance at Thursday's showcase put him on our radar & he sealed the deal earning his invite during his play in the games.


Colton Mellinger sat low 80s & displayed great feel on the mound with his CB. Also showed well in the field & at the plate while also standing out at Thursday's nights showcase. All in all, Colton walks away from the SD Invite with an All American Invite: 

Drake Bothwell of WOW Factor West 16u went 2 for 6 with 2 Doubles, 6 BB & shined defensively behind the plate for his team. Drake also did really well at the showcase on Thursday night earning his AA invite.

Eli Stephens is a 2 Way prospect to keep an eye on for Legacy Baseball Group 16U Mission Vallejo. He went 5 for 9 with 5 Runs, HR, 2 RBI at the plate. While also going 4 IP, 1H, 1 BB, 0 R, & 3K topping out at 89.

Hunter Koehler of the Marucci Athletics 2026 Elite earned his invite after impressing going 6.2 IP, 10 K & 1Run Allowed.

Tre Hallberg of Marucci Athletics 2027 Ponce hit all week 8 for 12 with 7 RBI, 7 Runs, 3 Doubles, Triple, & HR.

Troy Tewers of Marucci Athletics 2028 Sting impressed at one of our AZ events prior so he was on our radar & he went off this week going10 for 17 with 4 Doubles, Triple, HR, 9 RBI, & 7 Runs. 

Taden Krogsgaard of Wow Factor West 16u is another 2 way prospect who's going to be a name schools want on their contact list in August when 2026's are able to be recruited. TK went 5 for 12 with a Double, Triple, 3 RBI along with 7 IP, 1H, 0 Runs, 2 BB & 11K’s topping 89.



Standout Players:

Some of our standouts during the 4 games of Pool Play were the following:

5 Star SD 2027: Jacob Lai (7 for 11)

5 Star SD 2028: Micah Mecucci (5 for 10 with 2 Doubles)

5 Star West SD RW: Ian Brooke (5 for 11 with 4 Doubles & 2 RBI)

BRG Pirates 2025: Trevor Hoff (7 for 13 with 4 doubles, 3 RBI, 3 Runs)

CBA Victus 2027: Braeden Casey (4 for 10 with 4 runs scored, Double, Triple, & 4 RBI)

CBA Victus San Diego 2028: Jayden Harris (5 for 10 with 2 Doubles & a Triple, 6 Runs & 2 RBI)

GBG San Diego 2027: Erick Villeda (6 for 12 with 2 doubles, 4 runs, & 5 RBI)

GBG Vegas: Grant Corder (5 for 9 with 3 Doubles, 1 Triple, 4 RBI & 3 runs)

Legacy Baseball 16U Mission League: Drew Kostich (5 for 11 with 4 Runs, Double, & 7 RBI)

Marucci Athletics 2025 Orange: Gunnar Thomas (5 for 14 with 3 Doubles, 2 HR, 6 Runs, & 6 RBI)

Marucci Athletics 2026 Elite: Gavin Schlink (7 IP, 10 K, 0 Runs 7 2 hits allowed)

Marucci Athletics 2026 Sting: Abram Sherrin (4 for 13 2 Doubles, 2 Runs, & 3 RBI)

NSA Baseball: Holden Jones (6 for 11 with 2 doubles, 3 Runs & 7 RBI)

Regis Jesuit 16U: Cody Hunt ( 8 for 13 with 2 Runs, a Double, 2 Triples & 4 RBI)

Saddleback Cowboys 2025: Drew Nelson (2 App, 4IP, 8K’s, allowing 1 hits, & 0 BB)

San Diego Show: Eric Shim (9 for 13 with 3 doubles, 1 Triple, 7 RBI & 7 runs scored);

San Diego Show: Nico Alcala (6 for 11 with double, 2 Runs, & 2 RBI)

Wow Factor West 16U: Alvaro Moreno JR ( 3 for 10 double, HR & 3 RBI along with 4IP 1 run & 5K’s); 

Wow Factor West 15U: J Franco (8 for 11 with  3 runs, 2 doubles & 2 RBI).