Staff:
JC Dietz-Head Coach
Zach Searfoss-JV Head Coach
Nick Hill- Assistant Coach
Anthony Rossino-Assistant Coach
John Searfoss- Assistant Coach
Team: Lehighton Indians
Roster:
1- Cole Dietz-P/3B/SS/2B-Sophomore-6’1-150
2- Adam Bastone-OF/3B- Senior 6’0-170
3 -Dawson Keiser-OF/P-Senior-6’1-170
4 -Jayse Lawrence-1B/3B/C/P-Sophomore-6’0-160
5- Michael Yeakel-OF/3B-Senior-5’8-165
6- John Light-C/SS/2B-Junior-5’11 170
7- Derek Behler-OF-Junior-5’8-160
8- Noah Barndt-2B/3B-Senior-5’ 10 170
9- Jake Lewis-P/OF-Junior-6’1-190
10-Cody Snyder-2B/SS/P-Freshman-5’7 138
11- Brady O’Donnell-1B/OF/P-Senior-6’2 170
12-Konnor Nalesnik-OF-Sophomore-5’10-152
21-Aiden Solt-3B/2B/SS-Sophomore-5’9-145
23-Aiden Rarick-SS/2B-Senior-6’0-160
24-Landon Abelovsky-OF-Sophomore-5’10 155
25-Brady Stubits-C/P-Sophomore-6’2-165
33-Carter Bellis-C/P/2B-Sophomore-5’4 120
34-Zoltan Bedocs-OF-Sophomore-5’7 150
42-Aidan Albert-P/1B-Junior-6’1-210
44-Carter Birnbaum-P/1B/-Senior-6’2-255
Key Players Lost:
Ian Rarick
Austin Greene
Talan Sensinger
Returning Players:
Aiden Rarick-Senior-.403/35 runs scored/29 hits/22 RBI/6 2B/7 3B/15 SB
Aiden is a solid hitter whose uses the entire field. Defensively he has tremendous range at SS. He led the team in runs scored, doubles, triples, and RBIs. He was also second on the team with 15 stolen bases.
John Light-Junior-.354/17 hits/16BB
This will be John’s third year as our starting catcher. We need John to continue to get better behind the plate and become more of a leader for our pitching staff. John is a very tough out in the batters box and does a fantastic job moving runners and putting the ball in play.
Brady O’Donnell-Senior-.324/23 hits/18 RBI/9 SB
Brady had a good year for us batting in the middle of our order. He was fourth on the team in batting average and third on the team with 23 hits.
Adam Bastone-Senior-.302/16 hits/13 RBIs/12 BB/9 SB
Adam had a good year for us at the plate. He was our best defensive player last year in the outfield and made some huge plays.
Noah Barndt-Senior-16 runs scored/19 hits/15 RBI/11 SB
Noah was our most valuable player in the first half of our season last year. We are expecting Noah to continue his role for us this year at second base.
Michael Yeakel-Senior-14 hits/11 runs scored/9 SB
Michael will move to the outfield this year. He is very athletic and will make our outfield so much faster.
Carter Birnbaum-Senior- 21.2 IP/24 K
This will be Carter’s third year pitching for us. He was third on the team in innings pitched and second in strikeouts.
Dawson Keiser-Senior-28.1 IP
Dawson is a three-year captain of our baseball team. He is our leader in the baseball program for all of our players.
Other Returning Players:
Aidan Albert-Junior-P/1B
Jake Lewis-Junior-P/OF
Derek Behler-Junior-OF
Cole Dietz-Sophomore-3B/P/SS/2B
Jayse Lawrence-Sophomore-1B/3B/C/P
Newcomers:
Aiden Solt-Sophomore-2B/3B/SS
Brady Stubits-Sophomore-C/P
Konnor Nalesnik-Sophomore-OF
Cody Snyder-Freshman-2B/SS/P
2024 Outlook:The offseason workouts and the commitment from the kids has been outstanding. Last year we finished 13-8 (8-4) and earned a trip to the district playoffs. We have lots of competition at all of our positions that will make all the kids work harder in practice to earn playing time.
Our goal this year is to make the district playoffs while competing in a very challenging division in the Schuylkill League.
