Hale Introduces Wildcats Baseball 2022 Signing Class

By Lolly Garcia On Nov 11, 2021

TUCSON, Arizona (KOLD News 13) – Arizona baseball head coach Chip Hale announced the Wildcats 2022 signing class on Wednesday November 10th, his first at the top of his alma mater’s program. The class consists of 19 high school and college grade players.

The 2022 class of incoming student-athletes – which includes four of the Arizona’s top 10 Perfect Game players, seven participants in the Area Code Games, and three participants in the Perfect Game National Showcase – is slated to join the Wildcats next August.

“I’m incredibly proud to call this group of outstanding men my first official book signing class in Arizona,” said Hale. “By adding this list of accomplished players to our already strong core of returners, this program is exceptionally well positioned for the 2023 season and beyond. This incoming group is full of winners in the field and in life – we expect Wildcats to be complete undergraduate athletes and I’m confident they can live up to that standard. Arizona baseball just got better today. “

The list of signatories includes four players from southern Arizona: Demetrio Crisantes (Nogales High School), Kiko Romero (Central Arizona College / Tucson), Nicholas Warren (Ironwood Ridge HS / Tucson) and Mason White (Salpointe Catholic HS / Tucson). The class also includes six players from the greater Phoenix area, three from California, two from New Mexico, and one each from Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Career highlights and superlatives of the individual signatories are listed below:

TJ Adams | FROM | Red Mountain HS | Mesa, Arizona

Perfect Game # 5 ranked player in Arizona.
2021 Perfect Game National Showcase participant.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (New York Yankees).
Career .348 hitter with 51 runs and 30 RBI in 58 games.

Andrew Carroll | RHP | Chaparral HS | Tulsa, Oklahoma

Perfect Game # 6 ranked player in Arizona.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Cincinnati Reds).
Posted a 6-3 record and 9.0 K / 9 over 55.1 career varsity innings.

Demetrio Crisantes | INF | Nogales HS | Nogales, Arizona

Perfect Game # 4 ranked player in Arizona (# 1 ranked Arizona shortstop).
2021 Perfect Game National Showcase participant.
2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
In 32 university games he reached 0.467 with 41 runs and 22 RBI.

Tyler Davis | RHP | Yavapai College | Peoria, Arizona

He attended Yavapai College in 2021 and scored 46 strikeouts in 38.0 innings.
Prepared in the Sunrise Mountain HS.
After high school, ranked # 1 right-handed pitcher in Arizona by Perfect Game.
2020 Perfect Game Preseaso Preseason Underclass All-American.
2018 and 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American

Kenan Elarton | RHP | Bravery Christian HS | Castle Pines, Colorado

Perfect game top 500 players.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Cincinnati Reds).

Xavier Esquer | INF | Palo Alto HS | Palo Alto, California

Perfect game top 500 players.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Oakland A’s).
Career .347 hitter with 39 runs and 21 RBI in 31 university games.
Son of Stanford baseball head coach David Esquer.

Kade Huff | C | Horizon HS | Scottsdale, Arizona

Perfect game top 500 players.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Cincinnati Reds).

Mason Kelley | RHP | Red Mountain HS | Mesa, Arizona

Perfect game top 500 players.
2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Over 10 varsity appearances went 5-1 with a 1.75 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 24.0 innings.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Cincinnati Reds).

Hayden Lewis | RHP | Chaparral HS | Scottsdale, Arizona

Perfect game top 500 players.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.

Aiden May | RHP | Pima Community College | Albuquerque, New Mexico

Perfect Game # 2 in New Mexico for the 2021 class.
Visit to Pima Community College.
2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American.
2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.

Maddox Mihalakis | INF | Hopkins HS | Hopkins, Minnesota

Perfect Game # 2 ranked player in Minnesota (# 1 ranked Minnesota shortstop).
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Career .354 hitter with 32 runs and 20 RBI in 49 games.

Lukas Möller | C | Wüstenberg HS | Scottsdale, Arizona

Perfect Game No. 1 of the Arizona catchers.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
In 59 university games he reached 0.410 with 59 runs and 45 RBI.
Participants in the Area Code Games 2021 (Cincinnati Reds).

Kiko Romero | 1B / OF | Central Arizona College | Tucson, Arizona

Logged two years at Central Arizona College, played in 87 games, and hit .330 with 87 runs and 83 RBI.
2019 Perfect Game Preseason All-American.
2017 and 2018 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Prepared at Canyon del Oro HS in Tucson.

Trevor Schmidt | 1B / OF | Servite HS | Anaheim, California

Perfect game top 500 players.
Recorded time in 32 university competitions, scored 16 runs and drove in 8 RBI.

Drew Sommers | LHP | Central Arizona College | Carlsbad, California

Made 24 appearances for central Arizona in 2021, going 2-2 with a 3.23 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 30.2 innings.
Perfect Game Top 500 Players for the Class for 2019.

Brendan Summerhill | FROM | Whitney Young HS | Chicago, Illinois

Perfect game top 500 players.
2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Logged 41 college games and hit .364 with 34 runs and 14 RBI.

Nicholas Warren | C | Ironwood Ridge HS | Tucson, Arizona

Perfect game top 500 players.
2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Registered time in 26 university games, .365 with nine runs and 15 RBI.

Mason White | INF | Salpointe Catholic HS | Tucson, Arizona

Perfect Game # 10 ranked player in Arizona (# 2 ranked Arizona shortstop).
2021 Perfect Game National Showcase participant.
2020 Perfect Game Underclass participant in the All-American Games.
2020 and 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American.
Made 28 varsity appearances through the junior year, beating .373 with 24 runs and 36 RBI.

Bradon Zastrow | LHP | Pima Community College | Farmington, New Mexico

Recorded two seasons at Pima Community College from 2020-21, finishing 6-2 with an ERA of 4.15.
Beat 70 clubs in 65.0 innings at Pima.