CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today named the 36-man roster for the 2023 12U National Team Training Camp following the 11U Futures Invitational in Cary, North Carolina. Training Camp will take place from June 26-30 in Cary, from which the final 18-man roster will be chosen to travel to Tainan, Taiwan, for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-12 Baseball World Cup from July 28-August 6.

The 12U National Team Training Camp will feature five days of intrasquad games, Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP) performance assessments, on-field workouts, and more. The roster will also be split into two teams for a four-game “Red vs. Blue” series, allowing the coaching staff to evaluate players in competitive gameplay. The final 18-man national team roster will be announced at the conclusion of Training Camp on June 30.

“We feel confident that the Training Camp roster we have assembled is full of high-character and talented individuals,” said Cole Beeker, USA Baseball’s 12U National Team Program Director. “Our coaching staff has done extensive work to find the nation’s best thirty-six players, and we are excited to watch these athletes compete at Training Camp before naming our final roster that will represent the United States at the U-12 Baseball World Cup.”

Overall, 13 states are represented on the 12U National Team Training Camp roster. California boasts 16 players on the roster to lead all states, followed by Texas’ six representatives. Additionally, Illinois, Louisiana, and New Jersey also have multiple representatives on the list with two apiece.

Fourteen players on the Training Camp roster will reunite after helping Team USA win gold at the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup Americas Qualifier in May, including tournament MVP Zaylon Johnson and all-tournament team members Tyler Early, Jacob Miller, and Boston Tarjac.

Troy Gerlach will lead Team USA at the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup to mark his managerial debut. This will be his third overall appearance on a coaching staff, as he helped guide the 2022 12U National Team and 2018 15U National Team to gold medals in World Cup competition. He is joined on staff by pitching coach Seth Kenny and assistants Bryan Madsen and Erick Quesada.

The 12U National Team has won six gold medals in international competition. It will go into this year’s WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup looking to defend its title from 2022 and capture its fifth world championship in program history.

Click here to view the schedule for the 12U National Team program in 2023, including Training Camp and the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup.

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2023 12U National Team Training Camp Roster

(Name; Position; Hometown)

• Nolan Banta; RHP/INF; West Covina, Calif.
• Kaden Canady; INF; Gilmer, Texas
• Micah Delos Reyes; INF; Moreno Valley, Calif.
• CJ Dornfeld; C/UTL; Woodbury, Minn.
• *Tyler Early; OF/LHP; Alexandria, La.
• Oliver Emmons-Boden; RHP; Loveland, Ohio
• Kai Galang; OF/LHP; Long Beach, Calif.
• Salvador Luke Garcia; LHP; Cypress, Calif.
• *Kingston George; RHP/OF; Gunter, Texas
• *Ty Glaus; INF; Del Mar, Calif.
• Gavin Gomez; OF; Long Beach, Calif.
• Paris Head; INF/RHP; Chicago, Ill.
• *Omar Henriquez; INF; New Milford, N.J.
• *Leyland Henry; INF; Houston, Texas
• Dylan Hottle; RHP; Irvine, Calif.
• Raylen Hunter; OF; Pacolet, S.C.
• *Zaylon Johnson; INF; Stonewall, La.
• *Bryant Ju; C/OF; Cerritos, Calif.
• Julian Knudsen; RHP; Los Angeles, Calif.
• Kolotau Koka; OF/RHP; Kapolei, Hawaii
• Bowen Landry; RHP/INF; Houston, Texas
• *Maddox McBryde; RHP/INF; Tomball, Texas
• Connor McLaughlin; LHP; Eastvale, Calif.
• *Jacob Miller; RHP; Temecula, Calif.
• Braden Murray; RHP/OF/INF; Cary, Ill.
• *Michael Ohman; LHP/INF; South San Francisco, Calif.
• Matthew Parker; RHP; San Diego, Calif.
• Carson Reis; RHP/INF; Alpine, Calif.
• *Jett Schoolcraft; OF/LHP; Beaverton, Ore.
• *Ryder Serna; INF/OF; Redlands, Calif.
• Jesse Soberal Jr.; OF/RHP; Bronx, N.Y.
• *Boston Targac; C/INF; Flatonia, Texas
• Carter Unten; C; Irvine, Calif.
• Devin Urena; INF; Paterson, N.J.
• Justice Williams; OF; Sunrise, Fla.
• *Greyson Wuis; MIF; Kalamazoo, Mich.

*Denotes USA Baseball alum