C Brady Cerkownyk, 15th round (440th) - Detroit Tigers - Signed $397,500
Hometown: Etobicoke, Ont.
Height/Weight: 6’ 0” 185 lbs.
Bats/Throws: R-R
School/Team: Connors State, Frederick Keys, Draft League.
Coaches: Perry Keith, Rene Rivera.
Previous Teams: Mississauga Tigers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ontario Youth Team, Ontario Blue Jays, Brampton Royals, Etobicoke Rangers.
Previous Coaches: Sean Travers, Greg Byron, Damon Topolie, David Quattrocchi, Stan Wilson, Jeff Gollert.
2023 summer with Frederick Keys in MLB Draft League _ Was 1-for-2 with an RBI double in MLB Prospect Game … Batting .243 with three doubles and three RBIs in 11 games with a .680 OPS.
2023 spring as a freshman with Connors State _ Batted .470 (second in the nation) with 23 doubles (11th), 27 homers (second) and 107 RBIs (1st) in 55 games. He had .555 on-base mark (8th in the nation), slugged .985 (first) for a 1.530 OPS ... Came close to winning the triple crown: owned the top batting average, one homer shy of a tie behind Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) of Weatherford and 12 points behind Wabash Valley’s Nicklas Williams ... At Region II playoffs _ Hit solo homer against Seminole State (OK) batting third ... Singled against Rose State ... Regular season _ Had five hits including a double, two homers and four RBIs against ASU Mountain ... Managed nine hits against Seminole State with three doubles, four homers and 11 RBIs ... Singled against Oklahoma Wesleyan ... Five hits with three doubles, and a solo homer in two games against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M ... Collected 10 hits in three games against Rose State with two doubles, three homers and 12 RBIs ... Had two hits and four RBIs in a double-header against TCS Postgrad ... Had five hits facing Eastern Oklahoma State with two RBIs ... Two hits in a game against Crowder ... Three doubles in game against DFW Postgrad ... Five hits in three-game set against Seminole State with two homers and six RBIs ... Knocked in a run against Carl Albert State ... Six hits against Northeastern Oklahoma with a double, homer and five RBIs ... Two doubles and five RBIs against Crowder ... Two hits and five RBIs in three games facing Rose State ... Doubled against Oklahoma Christian ... Five hits with a solo homer in three-game series against Eastern Oklahoma State ... Doubled and singled in two games against Ozarks ... Had a 4-for-4 day with a homer and four runs knocked in playing UA Rich Mountain ... Managed a double and a homer knocking in four in two-game set against Ozarks ... Four hits with two home runs and five RBIs against Arkansas Tech ... Three doubles and two homers while driving in three in a pair of games against ... Four hits with two doubles, two homers and five RBIs in a doubleheader against North Central Texas ... Compiled a 3-for-6 day with two homers and four RBIs against Carl Albert State ... Three hits with two doubles, a homer and four RBIs against Murray State ... Started the season with a 3-for-4 day and two RBIs against Oklahoma Wesleyan starting off the season hitting clean up. He knocked in three runs in the nitecap.
Summer of 2022 with Ontario Youth Team: Won gold medal at Summer Games ... With Toronto Maple Leafs _ Batted .333 with two doubles, two homers and five RBIs in seven games ... Homered back-to-back days against the Welland Jackfish.
2021 season Next Level Titans _ WWBA Champion 18U WWBA Northeast Qualifier at Staten Island; with Columbia Blue Showcase _ Top Prospect Team at Great Lakes Prospect Showcase in Crestwood, Ill.
Honours: 2023 season _ Voted to NJCAA Division I All-America First Team ... Received All-Region honours ... Was one of five non-NCAA Division I athletes on this year’s Mid-season Golden Spikes Watch List, including three HSers Max Clark (Franklin HS), Walker Jenkins (South Brunswick HS), and Noble Meyer (Jesuit HS). Mitch Farris (Wingate) and Cerkownyk join the trio of prep stars attempting to become only the third non-NCAA Division I player to win the award. … 2022 season: Earned Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason All American Honourable Mention for Canada/Puerto Rico HM All-American and All-Region Teams … 2021 season: With Mississauga Tigers _ Earned All Tournament Team at WWBA 2022 Grads or 17U National Championship in Marietta, Ga. ... With Columbia Blue _ was 1-for-5 at Great Lakes Prospect Showcase in Crestwood, Ill. to earn top prospect status ... Also ranked second on Top 10 Exit Velocity ... Was third on top 10 catcher velocity ... Had their highest pop time
Workouts: For St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla. ... Houston Astros at Minute Maid, where he hit four balls onto the train tracks atop the Crawford boxes in left field — the place Astros Alex Bregman, Jeremy Peña and Jose Altuve send missles.