Past Events
2023 Midwest College Prospect Showcase
- The Midwest College Prospect Showcase and Clinic Presented by Diamond Hands Baseball will take place at the World Baseball Academy in Fort Wayne from June 5-June 7th from 1PM-4PM. Grad years 2023-2027 are welcome to attend.
- This will be a 3 day event with multiple facets and will not be your typical showcase event. This event has been designed to not only give prospective collegiate players a platform, but also be recruited and seen by schools from all levels of college baseball. College coaches from NCAA Division 2, NCAA Division, NAIA, and NJCAA are expected to be in attendance.
- Diamond Hands Baseball is run by South Florida baseball trainer Richard Miller. Coach Miller has worked with over 30 players signed to MLB contracts and has trained over 300 players that went on to play college baseball. More of his accolades are listed below.
- Please text Jeanine Logan at (260) 431-5328 if you have any questions!
Meet Richard Miller
- Owner of Florida Spikes Baseball
- Collegiate Coach for 7 years
- 312 Signed College Scholarships
- 32 MLB Signed Players
- 22 Independent Pro Contracts Signed
2024 Battle of The Midwest
- After a successful event the year before, JKR Baseball partnered with PRP Baseball to expand on the Battle of Indiana to host the 2024 Battle of the Midwest. This was a Live AB event hosted at Mojo Up Sports Complex in Noblesville, IN.
- The event included 30 Division 1 athletes spanning from classes 2024-2026. Highlighting the event were Indiana Commits Hogan Denny, Micah Vessely, Aiden Reynolds and Drake McClurg, Cincinnati Commits Brendin Oliver and Michael Fliss, Ball St Commits Landen Smith and DJ Scheumann, and Missouri Commit Will Coleman.
- On top of the Live At Bat competition, event participants received gear from Hit Hero, KRATO Sports, Pitchers Only, Card Stock-Exchange, and Boomer Bat Grip. Official Media for the event came from IB Lens, NRK Media, and JKR Reporter Justin Lemke.
“I really appreciate Jayce inviting me to the Battle of the Midwest! It was awesome to get some live reps against different hitters before the spring season starts up. Overall, it was a really great event and I had a lot of fun. JKR Baseball did a great job getting high level guys there to allow for a lot of high level competition.!”
Jack Grunkemeyer
2024 Northwestern Commit
“I loved the competition, atmosphere, and organization of the event. Also loved the cool gifts we got from the sponsors.”
Christian Klug
2024 Navy Commit
“I have loved this event for the last two years. It's awesome and I love what it’s doing for the players.”
DJ Scheumann
2024 Ball St Commit
“JKR Baseball put on a great event. Everything was well organized and professionally ran. Really great opportunity to face top Midwest talent and become friends with them in the process."
Ryan Castetter
2026 Northwestern Commit
@jkr_podcast Check it out as JKR Reporter Justin Lemke speaks with 2024 Cincinnati Signee Brendin Oliver after his outing at Battle of the Midwest!
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@jkr_podcast Check it out as JKR Reporter Justin Lemke speaks with 2026 Top Uncommitted Prospect Reed Robinson at Battle of the Midwest!
♬ original sound - JKR Podcast
@jkr_podcast Check it out as JKR Reporter Justin Lemke speaks with 2024 Kent St Signee Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe at Battle of the Midwest!
♬ original sound - JKR Podcast
2023 Summit City Baseball Academy
- In December 2023, JKR Baseball once again partnered the Summit City Sluggers to host the 2nd Annual Summit City Baseball Academy.
- This event was a skills camp offered to both Middle School and High School age groups.
- 2022 Freshman All American Carter Mathison and 2023 Freshman All American Brayden Risedorph partnered to provide instruction during the clinic.
2023 Hoosier Home Run Derby
- JKR Baseball hosted the Inaugural Hoosier Home Run Derby on October 15, 2023 at Grand Park in Westfield, IN. The Derby Roster consisted of 12 of the best Power Hitters in the state. Virginia Commit Isaac VanderWoude, Indiana Commits Hogan Denny, Eli Bennett, Davian Carrerra, and Ball State Commits DJ Scheumann and Huston Dunn headlined the event.
- The 12 hitters battled against each other in a bracket style competition. The event consisted of over 200 HRs with Bryce Brabender coming out on top! He topped Hogan Denny) in the Final Round with a score of 20-19!
2023 Battle of Indiana
- During the 2022 Summer, someone put it in my head about how exciting it would be to watch Brayton Thomas face Max Clark in a live at bat. So I thought; “Why not? Lets make it happen.” I then proceeded to dream bigger and bigger for an event where we could get some of the best baseball prospects in Indiana together at the same place on the same day to compete before the 2023 Spring Season.
- Battle of Indiana took place on January 29th at the RoundTripper Academy in Westfield, IN. Over 70 prospects were in attendance; including Vanderbilt Commits Max Clark and Brandon Logan, Indiana Commits Brayton Thomas, Hogan Denny, Eli Bennett, and many other Power 5 Commits. Many baseball media companies and baseball brands like Kraken Bat Grip and Titan Bat Company were involved as sponsors of the event.
- Baseball Media powerhouses All American Prospects, Youth Prospects, Dan Sarmiento, and Ball State’s NA Films were in attendance during the event capturing content from all of the Power 5 Commits.
“Battle of Indiana was an awesome experience and I had a really great time! I think it was set up really well and it was an awesome environment. I think Jayce did an awesome job with the event! I am thankful to have been invited and I’m super excited for the event next year!”
Caden Crowell
2025 Louisville Commit
“I really appreciate everything that Jayce did and it was a really sweet event to take part in. I will be interested in attending in future years. It was awesome to get to see such great competition and get to see some live pitching from some of the top players in Indiana before the highschool season starts.”
Cal Gates
2025 Indiana Commit
“I really appreciate Jayce having me! Honestly the event was great. I was thinking it was going to be a little bit of a mess because the first time and dealing with so many participants but it was really well run. I’m very impressed with how he handled that.”
Gavin Kuzniewski
2024 Ohio St Commit
“I think the Battle of Indiana was a good experience. I liked how it was a lot of good players altogether; battling each other and being competitive. With a lot of different classes; that made it a lot of fun.”
JD Stein
2025 Louisville Commit
2022 Summit City Baseball Academy
- The 2022 Summit City Baseball Academy was hosted on December 27-30 at the Summit City Sluggers Facility in Fort Wayne, IN. Camp hosts included 2022 Freshman All American Carter Mathison, Indiana University Pitcher Brayden Risedorph, and 2023 Northern Kentucky Senior OF Treyvin Moss.
- These three collegiate athletes put together their skills and baseball knowledge to teach the next generation of talent in the Fort Wayne area. The main skills taught during the Inaugural Summit City Baseball Academy were pitch grips and mindset, hitting approach, baserunning, and fielding.
- When it was all said and done, we were able to raise over $3500 for NIL for Mathison, Risedorph, and Moss.
2019 NECC Home Run Derby
- During my Senior year at Lakeland High School, I got the opportunity to partner with a good friend of mine, Braden Yoder, to raise money for a non profit organization located in Elkhart, IN named Hello Gorgeous!
- The process started at the beginning of September when we finally came to the conclusion that we wanted to host a Home Run Derby throughout the Northeast Corner Conference (NECC) raising money for some type of non profit organization.
- Then came the preparation and finding a good organization to donate. Braden introduced me to Kim and Trisha from Hello Gorgeous and we knew it was the perfect fit. We set our date and got to work. That included marketing the event through social media, contacting local reporters, recruiting the local ballplayers to participate, selling tickets, finding sponsors, and scheduling a Media Day before the event.
- After many visits to businesses, calls with reporters, meetings with the IHSAA and local Newspapers we were ready to host the event. Our preparation was key because the event went smoothly with very few bumps. Media Day was a big success, as we had reporters from many different Newspapers around the area to interview the participants. We ended up selling over 350 tickets to raise over $5,200. The Home Run Derby was a complete success!
2022 Summit City Lineman Academy
- The 2022 Summit City Lineman Academy was hosted on May 14-15, and May 22-23 at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The camp was hosted by Fort Wayne football greats and Bishop Dwenger alumni Vinny Fiacable, Joe Tippmann, Luke Wiginton, as well as Snider alumni Randy Holtz.
- These four athletes used their lineman skills they have learned at Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin to host over 70 campers in grades 5-11. The main skills taught at the Inaugural Summit City Lineman Academy were explosion, agility, technique, pass protection, run block, and footwork. The camp also included a recruiting Q&A for the High School campers.
- Fiacable, Tippmann, Wiginton, and Holtz were successfully able to partner with Optimum Performance Sports to raise over $4700 for their NIL.
2020 Launch LaGrange
- I had the opportunity my Senior year of High School to compete in a countywide business plan competition called Launch LaGrange. I already previously had a business plan in place for Riegling Sports Management so I decided to use it for the competition.
- Through my previous knowledge and additional research I was able to finish in first place at the school competition to move on to the final round. The final round included 8 participants from 3 separate schools.
- The competition included a formal presentation and business documents presented to a panel of three judges. I ended up finishing third in the county competition. I am glad to have gotten an opportunity like that as it gave me an early start on researching the industry I plan to work in.
- Although I have learned a lot since that certain project, I am proud of what I was able to accomplish with the overall project.
