Jackson Sumrall, a senior at Lee’s Summit High School, recently announced his commitment to play baseball at Central Methodist University. The third baseman shares his recruiting experience along with his plans for preparing to play baseball in college.
Noah Briley shares his story about struggling through an injury-burdened college career and how that experience led him to find his calling, to serve youth players and help them avoid the same outcome.
Wyatt Clark (Blue Springs South High School, 2021) began his playing career as a catcher and last year changed his focus to pitching. The switch is paying off for the right-hander: his fastball is working up to 90 MPH, topping out at 89 at the 2020 Premier Baseball Winter College Showcase, and his curveball shows tight spin with late break. His performance this summer earned him an offer to play at his dream school, the University of Central Missouri.
Zach Dillman, a 2020 Lee’s Summit West graduate, has an interesting recruiting story. After failing to make the high school baseball team during his Sophomore year, a little over a year later he accepted an offer to play baseball at Missouri State University. We sat down with Zach to talk about his high school experience, recruiting, and what playing at Inside Edge has meant to him.
Charlie Roder, Rockhurst 2020 graduate, began playing with Inside Edge Baseball Academy when he was 14. Since then, the left-handed pitcher has enjoyed a remarkable career that gave him the opportunity to play at many of the top universities in Kansas and Missouri. His efforts culminated in an offer to play baseball at Drury University. We sat down with him to learn more about his recruiting experience and his plans for the future.
Gabe Howayek graduated from Lee’s Summit High School in 2019, and after playing three seasons with IE, is starting his first season playing baseball at Coffeyville Community College. The infielder shares what playing at Inside Edge meant to him and his development as a baseball player.
Dave Silvestri is recognized as the greatest shortstop to play baseball at Mizzou. His efforts earned him first-team all-American awards in 1987 and 1988. In 1988, he was also the starting shortstop on the U.S. Olympic team that won the gold medal at the Seoul Summer Games. His storied career continued after playing for three seasons at Mizzou when the Houston Astros drafted him. He played at the Major League level with the Yankees, Expos, Rangers, Rays, and Angels. After his playing career, Silvestri was a manager in the Tampa Bay Rays organization and the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Grant Geren is an all-around amazing athlete. In addition to setting the stolen bases record at Blue Springs South (2019) and being selected an All-Conference All-District, and All-State baseball player his senior year, he also runs a 4.3 40-yard dash in football. We sat down with the Maples Woods freshman to learn more about his experience playing baseball at Inside Edge.
Brock Stewart joined Inside Edge during our first season. His focus on grades (4.33 GPA, 33 ACT) and baseball turned into a great opportunity to attend and play baseball at Maryville University. We sat down with him to hear what it’s like to play baseball in college.
Rylie Rokusek has earned several awards playing baseball and basketball, but he says the greatest one so far is signing a letter of intent to play baseball at State Fair Community College. The Holden, MO native is set to play for the Roadrunners starting this fall and took time to tell his experience of making it to the next level…and a great fishing story.
