Kentucky baseball All-State teams: Christian County's Elijah Underhill named Mr. Baseball
Christian County High School’s Elijah Underhill has been named Kentucky’s 2023 Mr. Baseball by the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association.
Underhill, a senior pitcher/outfielder, batted .430 with eight home runs, nine doubles, four triples and 28 RBIs for a Christian County team that went 25-12 and lost to Henderson County in the Second Region final. He also led the Colonels in runs scored (54) and stolen bases (34).
On the mound, Underhill was 6-4 with one save and a 2.65 ERA. The Eastern Kentucky University signee posted 115 strikeouts in 66 innings.
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Underhill is the first Mr. Baseball winner to come from Christian County.
Six players from the Louisville area received first-team All-State honors from the KHSBCA — Fern Creek’s Ashton Prechtel, Trinity’s Kyle Campbell and Dane Morrow, St. Xavier’s Jake Gregor and Cooper Smith and Spencer County’s Bradley Coulter.
Here are the complete All-State teams:
Mr. Baseball – Elijah Underhill (Christian County)
First team – Zach Sims (McCracken County), Elijah Underhill (Christian County), Kadin Ray (Muhlenberg County), Hayden Jones (Taylor County), Zak Spurrier (Central Hardin), Ashton Prechtel (Fern Creek), Kyle Campbell (Trinity), Dane Morrow (Trinity), Jake Gregor (St. Xavier), Cooper Smith (St. Xavier), Bradley Coulter (Spencer County), Taylor Penn (Woodford County), Jonathan Fitz (Covington Catholic), Cameron Boyd (Beechwood), Addie Stockham (Sayre), Thomas Howard (Frederick Douglass), Griffin Cameron (Lexington Catholic), Owen Jenkins (Lexington Catholic), Evan Hart (Mercer County), Brandon Crawford (Clay County), Connor Fugate (Paintsville), Carson Wireman (Greenup County)
Second team – Eli Baker (Lyon County), Will Strode (Apollo), Grant Parsons (Owensboro Catholic), Zach Davis (Greenwood), Chase Carver (Warren East), Dillon Maners (Bowling Green), Jakob Schweitzer (Trinity), Austyn Peak (Manual), Kemper Whisman (Shelby County), Chance Edmonds (North Oldham), Matthew Rowlett (Montgomery County), Aydan Hamilton (Campbell County), Malachi Feeback (Harrison County), Corey Vaughn (Harrison County), Raymond Saatman (Sayre), Cameron Owens (Boyle County), Kade Elam (Corbin), Grant Zehr (Whitley County), Sam Harp (Whitley County), Jonah Little (Letcher County Central), Andrew Combs (Breathitt County), Andrew Tomolonis (East Carter)
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Third team – Levin East (Paducah Tilghman), Ross Aldridge (McCracken County), Dru Meadows (Henderson County), David Yates (Logan County), Trace Stringer (Russell County), Sean Rivera (LaRue County), Bennett Holdener (Manual), Ben Brown (Eastern), Ethan Bosley (Dixie Heights), Jack Hendrix (Highlands), Evan Moore (Bishop Brossart), Ryan Johnson (Nicholas County), Braxton Brinegar (Tates Creek), Bradley Poynter (Madison Central), Sam Matherly (Danville), Kason Myers (Boyle County), Merrick Graham (Garrard County), Landon Davis (West Jessamine), Mason Croley (Whitley County), Johan Porter (Paintsville), J.K. McKnight (Boyd County), Tate Scott (East Carter)
Honorable mention – Konner Myatt (Ballad Memorial), Greyson Hainer (Elizabethtown), Brayton Coomer (Adair County), Landon Akers (St. Xavier), Chase Chamberlain (Manual), Jake Lind (Eastern), Gunnar Rhodus (Madison Central), Landon Scilley (Mason County), Graham Johnson (Sayre), Jared Eisminger (Paul Dunbar), Keith Stewart (Madison Central), Mason Aeton (Pulaski County), Caleb Cooper (Rowan County)
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA All-State: Christian County star named Kentucky Mr. Baseball
