Auburn baseball boasts No. 6 recruiting class according to Baseball America

AUBURN – Auburn baseball, which is coming off its second trip to the College World Series in three seasons, has the nation’s No. 6 recruiting class, according to Baseball America.

The No. 6 ranking is the fifth highest in program history, trailing only the No. 4 ranked class from 2017 and No. 5 classes from 1996, 2007 and 2016.

Thompson has now had his hand in four of Auburn’s top five recruiting classes and has secured 15 top-10 recruiting classes since 2003.

Highlighting the class are four top-100 recruits according to Perfect Game, trailing only LSU (six) for the most top-100 recruits to make it to campus.

Consisting of 24 newcomers, including 14 high schoolers, six junior college transfers and four four-year transfers, Auburn’s complete class is listed below.

No.		Name		Pos.		Class		Hometown (Previous School)
1		Caden Green		IF		Jr.		Tulsa, Okla. (Seminole State)
3		Chris Stanfield		OF		Fr.		Tallahassee, Fla. (Chiles HS)
4		Carter Wright		C		Jr.		Blairsville, Ga. (Iowa Western)
10		Brody Wortham		IF		Gr.		Wedowee, Ala. (West Georgia)
11		Gavin Miller		IF		Fr.		Oakdale, Pa. (West Allegheny HS)
12		Drew Nelson		LHP/OF		Fr.		Troy, Ala. (Pike Liberal Arts School)
14		Justin Kirby		OF		Gr.		Alpharetta, Ga. (Kent State)
15		Rom Kellis		IF/C		Fr.		Lexington, S.C. (P27 Academy)
18		Ike Irish		IF		Fr.		Hudsonville, Mich. (St. Mary’s Prep)
19		Caleb Pittman		RHP		Fr.		Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle HS)
21		Will Turner		LHP		Fr.		Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle HS)
22		Hayden Murphy		RHP/IF		Fr.		Chula, Ga. (Tiftarea Academy)
25		Tanner Bauman		LHP		Jr.		Jacksonville, Fla. (St. John’s River State)
26		Cooper McMurray		IF		R-So.		Tulsa, Okla. (Kansas)
28		Elliott Bray		RHP		Fr.		Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle HS)
29		Christian Herberholz		RHP		Sr.		Scottsboro, Ala. (Southern Union State)
33		Will Cannon		RHP		So.		Orange Park, Fla. (Northwest Florida State)
36		Jackson Hilton		LHP		Fr.		Columbus, Ga. (St. Anne-Pacelli School)
44		Ryan Olson		RHP		Fr.		Auburn, Ala. (Auburn)
47		Cameron Keshock		RHP		Fr.		Spanish Fort, Ala. (Spanish Fort HS)
49		Tommy Vail		LHP		6th		Seattle, Wash. (TCU)
50		Alex Wade		OF		Fr.		Decatur, Ala. (Madison Academy)
51		Ty Mauldin		IF		Jr.		Trussville, Ala. (Snead State)
77		Zach Crotchfelt		LHP		Fr.		Jackson, N.J. (Jackson Memorial HS)

Fans can get their first look at the new Tigers when the team begins fall practice on Sept. 22 at Plainsman Park.