Coach John Pawlowski, and his recruiting coordinator Scott Foxhall, have Auburn University off to a fast start in their recruiting. With most of the 2010 recruiting done and commitments from the 2011 class the two turned their
attention to the younger classes. Auburn has landed verbal commitments from two of the southeast's top prospects in the 2012 class. Both are speedy and athletic with Major League type skills. Both also come from Auburn's home state of Alabama and one of the toughest 6A regions in the state - Region 6 in Birmingham. Auburn's major concern could could be surviving the Major League draft with the two in a couple of years. Both have the prototypical size and tools to gain a lot of attention by MLB scouts.
David Dahl - MIF/OF (6-2/175) L/R Oak Mountain HS - Birmingham, Alabama
Dahl is an athletic MIF/OF with now skills. He has the frame that once it fills out will gain a lot of strength, which will translate well at the plate. He runs well and covers ground with nice baseball instincts and an advanced knowledge of the game. His arm is well above average with online accurate throws. At the plate he can hit early in the lineup or in the middle. He flashes nice bat speed and bat control. There is a lot of projection in this one with a high ceiling.
Sam Gillikin - OF (6-2/170) L/R Hoover HS - Hoover, Alabama
Sam is a talented athlete and also the starting quarterback on the nationally heralded Hoover
High football team. He is getting looks as a football prospect also, which could be a future problem for the Tigers baseball team. In a region and state where football rules supreme and from a school that has traditionally sent top football prospects across the country there always remains the chance that he will eventually sign a football scholarship, instead of baseball. It's a chance Pawlowski and Foxhall were willing to take. Sam is fast, athletic and shows advanced skills. Time will tell which direction he'll take, but should he decide to play baseball on the Plains of Auburn we feel he will prove to be a good choice for the Tiger's coaching staff.
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