Trent Vietmeier is only a sophomore at Montour High School, but he already has decided where he wants to play college baseball - and it's at one of the top programs in the country.
Vietmeier, a 6-foot-3 1/2, 205-pound right-handed pitcher, made a verbal commitment to Louisiana State University Sunday. Vietmeier is ranked the No. 27 sophomore in the country by Perfect Game, a baseball scouting organization.
Vietmeier was already being recruited by a number of major colleges. He chose LSU over Pitt, Penn State, Louisville and Virginia. LSU is one of the top programs in the country and has won six NCAA championships, all since 1991.
In college baseball recruiting, it is pretty much unheard of for a high school player to get a full scholarship because Division I teams can only have a maximum of 11.7 scholarships. So they spread the scholarships out among their team. But schools recruiting Vietmeier were offering in the neighborhood of 80 percent scholarship, which is a lot for baseball..
"I thought he was leaning toward LSU," said Glenn Vietmeier, Trent's father and Montour's coach. "I never interfered with him. He said he wanted to make this decision on his own and he just thought LSU was the best and it really is a top program."
Trent Vietmeier is in his second year on the Montour varsity and has yet to give up a run. He has pitched 19 scoreless innings in two years, working mostly as a closer. He is 1-0 with one save and has pitched 6 2/3 innings this year. He will probably used as a starter more, possibly this week.