• P Nelson Berkwich, a senior transfer at SUNY-Binghamton, is a new addition to JBN’s list of D-1 players. Now enjoying his first season as a starter, the Florida native is 2-4 with 5.77 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, and 8.86 strikeouts per 9 innings. A former ballplayer at U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt U., Berkwich won a gold medal with USA Baseball’s 15-and-under team at the 2017 Pan-Am Games (4/17/2024)
  • IF Jake Rainess, a senior transfer playing his first season at U. of Houston, is a new addition to JBN’s list of D-1 players. The Maryland native is hitting .237 (22-for-93) with 3 HRs, 15 RBIs, 8 stolen bases, and a .321 OBP. As a redshirt junior at U. of Maine, Rainess was a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which honors the country’s top college shortstop. That year, Rainess hit .321 with 16 HRs, 47 RBIs, 38 SBs, a .448 OPB, and 1.071 OPS (4/17/2024)
  • P Eric Orloff, a junior reliever at #21-ranked U. of Arizona, is 1-2 with a 4.02 ERA, slim 1.15 WHIP, and 9.77 strikeouts per 9 innings. During his senior year of high school, Perfect Game named Orloff the #1 prospect in Illinois among left-handed pitchers in his class. The 6’3″ southpaw majors in literacy learning and leadership with an emphasis on community education (4/15/2024)
  • IF Michael Snyder, a 6’4″ redshirt senior who transferred from U. of Washington to U. of Oklahoma after 2023 season, is hitting .316 with 6 HRs, a team-leading 12 doubles, OBP of .424, and 1.030 OPS. Snyder’s 37 RBIs are #1 both among his teammates and among all Jewish players at D1 colleges (4/12/2024)
  • P Charlie Beilenson, a second-year grad student at Duke U., is his team’s closer. The 24-year-old is 2-2 this season with a 2.70 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and 12.3 strikeouts per 9 innings. Meanwhile, his 8 saves are tied for #3 among all Division 1 pitchers. Beilenson played for Brown U. as an undergrad, and in 2023, his first season at Duke, he broke the school record for appearances with 39 (4/11/2024)
  • C Ethan Swidler, a sophomore at Lafayette College, is hitting .295 (28-for-95) with 5 HRs (tied for #1 on team), 21 RBIs (#2), 33 walks (#1), strikeout-to-walk ratio of 0.61 (#1), OBP of .473 (#1), and 1.010 OPS (#1). In 4/7/2024 win over Navy, Swidler went 1-for-1 with 4 walks and an RBI, while teammate Corey Savedoff tossed perfect inning of relief. A native of San Diego, Swidler is majoring in economics (4/11/2024)
  • P Josh Blum, a junior at U. of Southern California, is 2-0 with 2 saves, a 3.38 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, and average of 14.16 strikeouts per 9 innings. Blum’s best game so far this season came in March 1 loss to Texas Christian U., when he struck out 5 batters over 2 perfect innings. A native of Belleaire (TX) who was All-District in high-school football, Blum is majoring in real-estate development (4/9/2024)
  • OF Dylan Drumke, a redshirt junior at Eastern Illinois U., is hitting .329 (27-for-82) and leads Panthers in multiple categories, including 9 HRs, 30 RBIs, a .450 OBP, and 1.170 OPS. Drumke’s best game of the season came in March 19 win over Lindenwood U., when he went 2-for-3 with HR, walk, and 6 RBIs. A native of Libertyville (IL), Drumke is majoring in sports management (4/8/2024)
  • IF Justin Rubin, a junior at Pepperdine U. who transferred this year from U. of Virginia, is hitting .471 (16-for-34) with 3 doubles, 3 RBIs, a .524 OBP, and 1.083 OPS. Rubin was out for a month with shoulder injury but returned to action on April 5, going 2-for-1 with 3 walks in 5-4, walk-off win over U. of San Francisco (4/5/2024)
  • Two Jewish grad students are playing outsized role on U. of Georgia’s baseball team (23-6), which is ranked #24 in nation by USA Today’s Baseball Coaches Poll. Charlie Goldstein, a 23-year-old starter, is 4-0 with 4.08 ERA and 1.47 WHIP. Atlanta native Brian Zeldin, a 24-year-old transfer from U. of Pennsylvania, leads Georgia’s bullpen with 2-0 record, 4 saves, 1.23 ERA, and 1.02 WHIP. Goldstein is pursuing a degree in risk management and insurance, while Zeldin chases graduate certificate in entrepreneurship (4/4/2024)
  • P Justin Rosner, a senior at SUNY-Binghamton, is 0-0 with a save, 3.37 ERA, and 1.03 WHIP in 6 appearances this season. The 21-year-old righthander has shown remarkable control, striking out 16 batters over 10.2 innings while walking just one (4/2/2024)
  • Redshirt junior OF Sam Biller (Loyola Marymount U.) is hitting .308 (33-for-107) with 26 RBIs. He leads Lions in multiple categories, including HRs (9), ABs per HR (11.89), stolen bases (14), OBP (.441), slugging (.598), and OPS (1.039). Biller attended Harvard-Westlake H.S. (Los Angeles, CA), whose MLB alums include P Max Fried (Braves) and retired 1B/3B Josh Satin (4/2/2024)
  • Sophomore 2B Henry Godbout (U. of Virginia) is hitting .380 (35-for-92) with 3 HRs, team-leading 13 doubles, 26 RBIs, .478 OBP, and 1.120 OPS for #15-ranked Cavaliers. Godbout hit .286 as freshman and was ranked #46 on D1Baseball’s 2024 preseason list of Top 50 Second Basemen (4/1/2024)
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