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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