High School: Rated as the No. 11-rated shortstop and No. 37 overall prospect out of Georgia by Perfect Game … A three-year letterwinner at Pope, playing middle infield … Helped lead Pope to state championship (in Truist Park) and region championship in 2022 … Named Cobb County Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year, first-team all-county, and first-team all-region in 2023 … Also Named to the Braves 400 Club Greater Atlanta High School All-Star Team in 2023 … Set the Pope single-season program record in hits, runs, triples in 2023 … Also set the Pope career triples record (2019-23).
Personal: Has one older brother … Grandfather, James Nevin Kerce, played professional baseball with Greenville Lions (1946-47), Montgomery Rebels (1948), and the Macon Peaches (Single A) in 1949 … Uncle, Timothy Wagner played baseball at Miami (Ohio) from 1996-2000.
