CARY, N.C. - USA Baseball today named the final 20-man roster for the 2024 15U National Team. The announcement comes following the 2024 15U National Team Training Camp, which was held August 4-9 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
This year’s 15U National Team will travel to the greater Atlanta area for a five-game, international series with Australia in September.
“Due to the high level of talent, competition, and versatility displayed at this year’s Training Camp, determining a 20-man roster for this year’s 15U National Team was a very difficult process,” said 15U National Team Manager Rob Shabanksy. “However, after careful consideration, we are confident that the 20 players we have selected can and will find success on the international stage. Most importantly, we are excited that they will represent the stars and stripes in the highest way when competing.”
Six players on this year’s team have prior national team experience, with Andrew Jimenez (Wildomar, Calif.) being the lone athlete that competed on the 2023 15U National Team. Chase Cotton (Lincoln, Calif.), Jared Grindlinger (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Jacob Seamon (Waxhaw, N.C.), and Isaac Vidal (Miami, Fla.) were teammates on the 2021 12U National Team while Anthony Frausto (New Braunfels, Texas) competed on the 2022 12U National Team. Meanwhile, all six past national team alumni participated in the 13U/14U Athlete Development Program (ADP). Luke Esquivel (Grapevine, Texas) and Griffin McKain (Fort Mill, S.C.) round out the eight total members of the roster who have participated in the ADP.
All 20 players on this year’s roster competed at either USA Baseball’s National Team Championships in Arizona and North Carolina this summer or last year’s National Team Identification Series (NTIS) Champions Cup. Three players competed at NTIS, while the rest played at the National Team Championships, the primary identification event for the 15U National Team.
This year’s roster includes players that hail from 10 different states and one territory of the United States. California leads all states with six players, while Georgia, Florida, Indiana, and Texas each bring two apiece. Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, and Puerto Rico each have one representative on the 2024 roster.
“We’ve assembled a talented group that hails from all over the country and from various different programs throughout USA Baseball,” said USA Baseball 15U Program Director Ben Kelley. “Together with our expert-level and experienced coaching staff, we’re confident this team will perform and excel at the highest level this September.”
Nine-time USA Baseball coaching staff member Rob Shabanksy will lead the 15U National Team and returns to his post for the second consecutive summer. Last summer, Shabanksy led Team USA to a perfect 5-0 record in an international friendly series against the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This year, Casey Scott returns as pitching coach and Derek Simmons returns as an assistant coach, while Steve Butler joins the staff as an assistant.
Team USA will travel to the greater Atlanta area in early September, training from September 4-7 before its five-game series with Australia from September 8-12. The full schedule and game locations will be released at a later date.
For the most up-to-date information on the 15U National Team, visit USABaseball.com or follow @USABaseball and @USABaseball15U on Twitter.
2024 15U National Team Roster
(Name; Position; Hometown)
- Camden Boehm; 3B/RHP; Tarpon Springs, Fla.
- Andrew Brech; RHP/SS; Dacula, Ga.
- Dariel Carrion; C/1B; San Juan, PR
- Cooper Collins; C/3B; Vincennes, Ind.
- *^Chase Cotton; RHP/3B; Lincoln, Calif.
- ^Luke Esquivel; LHP/1B; Grapevine, Texas
- *^Anthony Frausto III; INF/LHP; New Braunfels, Texas
- *^Jared Grindlinger; OF/1B; Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Jeremiah Hall; SS/UT; Spanish Fork, Utah
- *^Andrew Jimenez; SS/RHP; Wildomar, Calif.
- Jordan Kurz; SS/2B; Ladera Ranch, Calif
- Parker Leoff; SS/2B; Redondo Beach, Calif.
- Andrew Maniscalco; SS/C; Oxford, Ala.
- Gavin Markus; RHP/RHP; Greenfield, Ind.
- Dexter McCleon Jr; OF/RHP; Suwanee, Ga.
- ^Griffin McKain; OF/LHP; Fort Mill, S.C.
- *^Jacob Seamon; OF/UT; Waxhaw, N.C.
- Carter Shouse; OF/LHP; Middletown, Ohio
- *^Isaac Vidal; 3B/1B; Miami, Fla.
- Nixon Warren; OF/LHP; Spanish Fork, Utah
* denotes national team alum
^ denotes national team development programs participant
