Hogs Land Collegiate Baseball's No. 1 Recruiting Class

Oliver Grigg September 26, 2023

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For the first time in history, Dave Van Horn and the Razorbacks have won Collegiate Baseball’s national recruiting championship.

For the first time, Arkansas has won CB’s national recruiting championship. The Razorbacks landed a star-studded class that features 24 newcomers, including 14 freshmen, nine 4-year transfers and one JC transfer. For the top 50 classes: https://t.co/92c2GoNOLs @RazorbackBSB pic.twitter.com/T7JldL9Yno

— Collegiate Baseball (@CBNewspaper) September 26, 2023

Arkansas’ star-studded 2023 recruiting class was named the nation’s best by the publication, which released its top-50 class rankings on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The Hogs brought in 24 newcomers, including 14 freshmen, nine Division I transfers and one junior college product.

“It is the best recruiting class in the nation,” Arkansas recruiting coordinator Nate Thompson said. “Our 2023 class features seven Perfect Game top 100 prospects plus two other players who were listed in MLB Pipeline’s top 250 prospects for the draft. That’s a new record for Perfect Game top 100 prospects to make it to campus.”

This is the third year in a row that Arkansas has landed a top-five recruiting class as well as the program’s fourth consecutive year with a top-10 recruiting class according to Collegiate Baseball.

Arkansas is the only team in the country to earn a top-five recruiting class ranking in three consecutive years from Collegiate Baseball. The Hogs’ 2021 and 2022 recruiting classes were lauded as the country’s fourth-best and third-best, respectively.

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