The individual awards keep piling up for Hermantown ultra-elite athlete River Freeman.
Freeman, a junior pitcher-catcher, today was named HowieHanson.com 2024 Prep Baseball Preseason Player of the Year.
The two-year starter, who led the Hawks to a 17-6 record and Section 7AAA runner-up finish a year ago, is widely recognized as a rising college and professional prospect.
Freeman, a 5-10, 179-pounder, also starred for the Encompass Expos traveling team last summer.
Other local prospects to watch this spring:
■ Proctor junior RHP Nick Terhaar
■ Duluth Marshall junior C Max Berrisford
■ Duluth Marshall senior SS/RHP Carter Boos
■ Duluth Marshall LHP Owen Marsolek
■ Duluth East senior INF Bjorn Lind
■ Esko junior CF Sam Haugen
■ Proctor junior P/SS Tanner Ross
■ Esko senior P Finn Furcht
■ Esko senior P Dylan Marciulionis
■ Hermantown freshman P/OF Ethan McCubbin
■ Esko junior 2B Connor Pearce
■ Duluth Marshall sophomore OF Charlie Hayden
■ Duluth Denfeld senior OF Caleb Kilroy
■ Cloquet freshman LHP/IB/OF Bo Harriman
■ Duluth Denfeld freshman P/OF Vinny Udd
■ Cloquet freshman SS/RHP Jackson Peterson
■ Duluth Marshall freshman RHP/INF Aiden Marsolek
■ Duluth Denfeld junior IF/P Nolan Harju
■ Duluth East senior P Dylan Cole
2023 Lake Superior Conference Standings
1. Hermantown (17-6) – 9-1
2. Grand Rapids (17-12) – 6-3
3. Duluth Marshall (17-6) – 5-1
4. Hibbing (6-12) – 4-5
5. Cloquet (11-14) – 3-7
6. Duluth Denfeld (9-14) – 3-7
7. Proctor (14-10) – 1-7