The 2008 All-State Teams were released Sunday by the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) and were headlined by two players selected in this year’s Major League Baseball amateur draft

Alex Meyer, a 6-foot-7 RHP from Greensburg High School, was selected in the 20^th round by the Boston Red Sox.  Meyer had been rated the 25^th best prospect heading into the draft by Baseball America.  He is also committed to Kentucky.

Blake Monar, a 6-foot-2 LHP from South Spencer High School, was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 29^th round.  A repeat first team All-State selection, Monar is an Indiana University recruit.

As voted by the IHSBCA, the rest of the 2008 All-State first teams by class:

Class 4A

Position           Name                                      School

Catcher            Josh Ludy (Sr.)                       Jay County

1^st Base            Dominic Spadafora (Sr.)          FW Carroll

2^nd Base           Ryan Kaczmarski (Sr.)             Penn

3^rd Base           Cameron Perkins (Jr)               Southport

SS                    Ryan Wright (Sr.)                   Homestead

OF                   Mike Carroll (Jr.)                     Penn

OF                   Nolan Earley (Jr.)                    Anderson

OF                   Michael Jobe (Sr)                    Jay County

OF                   Ryan Wides (Sr.)                    Noblesville

P                      Brad Hook (Sr)                       Franklin Community

P                      Shawn Mattingly (Sr.)             Decatur Central

*Wright was a repeat selection to first team All-State.

Class 3A

Position           Name                                      School

Catcher            Rhett Goodmiller (Sr.)             Norwell

1^st Base            Ryne Otis (Sr.)                       Norwell

2^nd Base           Jordan Pearson (Jr.)               West Vigo

3^rd Base           Keith Koser (Jr.)                     Tippecanoe Valley

SS                    Zach Tanner (Sr.)                  Yorktown

OF                   Nathan Koontz (Sr.)                Brebeuf

OF                   Anthony Buell (Sr.)                 Angola

OF                   James Reed (Sr.)                   Northwestern

P                      Cameron Hobson (Sr.)           Crawfordsville

P                      Andrew Swart (Sr)                Crawfordsville

*Goodmiller and Otis were repeat selections to first team All-State.

Class 2A

Position           Name                                      School

Catcher            Josh Lyon (Sr.)                       Heritage Christian

1^st Base            Gabe Panyard (Sr.)                 Fremont

2^nd Base           Bryan Brudi (Sr.)                    Churubusco

3^rd Base           Chase Kinsey (Sr.)                  Wapahani

SS                    Kevin Kiermaier (Sr.)              FW Bishop Luers

OF                   Paul Liggett (Sr.)                    Churubusco

OF                   Kory Banes (Sr.)                     Delphi

OF                   Josh Reintjes (Sr.)                  North Knox

OF                   Tyler Watts (Sr.)                    Bishop Luers

P                      Michael Sustaric (Sr.)             Union County

P                      Matt Bayes (Sr.)                     Austin

 
Class 1A

Position           Name                                      School

Catcher            Jack Bobillo (Sr.)                     Marquette Catholic

1^st  Base           Matt King (Jr.)                        Rockville

2^nd Base           Dustin Sterrett (Sr.)                Frontier

3^rd Base           Jared Broughton (Sr.)              Indianapolis Lutheran

SS                    Nick Schnepp (Sr.)                 Frontier

OF                   Zeb Bickett (Sr.)                     Tri-County

OF                   Kirby Campbell (Jr.)                Cowan            

OF                   Steven Ball (Jr.)                      Rockville

P                      Elliot Rowe (Sr.)                    Caston

P                      Brandon Gehl (Sr.)                 Jac-Cen-Del

*Bobillo and Sterrett were repeat selections to first team All-State.