With the industry still buzzing after the announcement of the inaugural New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series JUCO Super Regionals, FSS President and CEO Jeremy Booth has revealed more details about the upcoming event, specifically dates, locations and nearly a complete list of venues.
Each site will host 12 teams in three pools of four, with the winner at each venue set to advance to the following year’s Showdown, where they’ll join San Jacinto College and a club comprised of the 2024 Main Event players.
This year’s JUCO Super Regionals are set for eight different locations and will take place over four different weekends, as listed below:
| VENUE | LOCATION | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Dell Diamond | Round Rock, TX | OCT. 4-6 |
| Delta Dental Park | Manchester, NH | OCT. 4-6 |
| U. of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | OCT. 11-13 |
| First Horizon Park | Nashville, TN | OCT. 11-13 |
| CaroMont Health Ballpark | Gastonia, NC | OCT. 25-27 |
| U. of Pacific | Stockton, CA | OCT. 25-27 |
| TBD | Las Vegas, NV | OCT. 25-27 |
| TBD | Sarasota, FL | NOV. 1-3 |
Every player on every team will be evaluated by taking tests from companies like Pazik and NTangible, who focus on developing and assessing the mental side of the game as well as Senaptec, who analyzes vision and reaction and Sports Academy sports science testing, cognitive function, game play and advanced analytics. That’s in addition to Trackman data, Synergy video, Motor Preferences, and subjective tool evaluations.
All information will go towards overall FSS role forecasting models, and all teams will be invited by the Future Stars Series.
With the inaugural Showdown having been a success, as well as the upcoming JUCO All-Star Weekend and now this, the Future Stars Series is stepping up to further development and exposure for junior college players.
One would need to look no further than the selection committee for that All-Star event, one which currently features some of the most respected names in the space, including:
- Kory Koehler (San Jac) – East Texas/ Louisiana
- Kurtis Lay (Odessa) – West TX/NM
- Dalton Rodriguez (Ranger) – Central TX
- Mack Chambers (Seminole State, OK) – Oklahoma/Arkansas
- Brock Buckingham (Cowley County) – Kansas
- Blake Jones (Mineral Area) – Mo. Valley
- Nick Garritano (College of So. Nev.) – AZ/NV/CO
- Elliott Ayala (Monroe) – East Coast
- Aaron Biddle (Wabash Valley) – Mid-West
- Tyler Younger (Gulf Coast) – Panhandle/N. Florida
- Zach Cole (Florida SW) – S. Florida/Central FL
- Dave Shelton (Walters State) – Tennessee/GA
- Ryan Ihle (Wallace Dothan) – Alabama
- Chad Baum (Fullerton) – Southern California
- Paul Wiebens (Chabot) – Northern California
- Ken Jacome (Pima College)
- Preston McDonald (Florence Darlington Tech)
- Brian Valentine (Lower Columbia)- Northwest
