Corbin’s Elam named Mr. Baseball; five Lexington players earn All-State honors
Corbin’s Kade Elam, a senior Louisville signee, was named the 2025 Mr. Baseball by the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association, which made the announcement last week along with its annual All-State Teams.
Elam, a two-sport standout who also quarterbacked the Redhounds’ football program for most of his varsity career, helped lead Corbin to a second consecutive 13th Region championship with a .455 batting average, five home runs and 41 RBI to go with a 4-1 record on the mound with two saves and a 0.74 earned-run average.
Lexington Catholic’s Owen Jenkins, a senior Kentucky commit, made the KHSBCA’s First Team despite missing part of the year due to injury. In 18 games, Jenkins hit .508 with three home runs, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored. He was also 14-for-14 in stolen base attempts as a catcher.
Four other Lexington players received All-State honors including Jenkins’ LexCath teammate and fellow UK commit Jack Sams (Second Team), Sayre junior Gary Gibson (Second Team) and senior teammate and Columbia commit Charlie Slabaugh (Third Team), and Lexington Christian’s senior Air Force signee Blake Campbell (Third Team).
2025 KHSBCA All-STATE TEAMS
(Mr. Baseball and Lexington players in bold)
FIRST TEAM
Brayden Bruner (Pleasure Ridge Park), Brayton Coomer (Adair County), Brodie Benefield (St. Xavier), Carson Shee (Eastern), Chase Flaherty (Beechwood), Cole McLean (Taylor County), Colin Sander (Trinity), Eli Fletcher (Lawrence County), Isaac Duty (Pikeville), Jashon Lewis (Harrison County), Jordan Powell (Bullitt Central), Mr. Baseball Kade Elam (Corbin), Kadin Shore (Raceland), Kendrick Dunning (McCracken County), Kevin Moore (Ballard), Kole Grundy (Somerset), Korben Lucas (Lyon County), Kyler Claunch (Boyle County), Owen Jenkins (Lexington Catholic), Tyler Ruete (Simon Kenton), Tyler Schumacher (Campbell County), Zach Davis (Greenwood).
SECOND TEAM
Andrew Houck (Green County), Anthony Coppola (Ryle), Brady Marushi (Ashland Blazer), Brian Vaughn (Harrison County), Caeden Patterson (Boyle County), Carter Stapp (Russell County), Chase Preece (Johnson Central), Dylan McIntyre (Ryle), Eli Hampton (Owensboro), Ethan Carroll (Eastern), Gary Gibson (Sayre), Grant Slater (Boyd County), Gray Davis (Trinity), Grayson Willoughby (Trinity), Griffin Rardin (South Warren), Hudson Meredith (Trinity), Jack Sams (Lexington Catholic), Kobe Howard (Pleasure Ridge Park), Mikey Coradini (South Warren), Nicholas Ballard (DuPont Manual), Rayvon Lee (Pleasure Ridge Park), Ryan Sanders (North Oldham).
THIRD TEAM
Barrett Evans (Owensboro Catholic), Blake Campbell (Lexington Christian), Caden Kern (McCracken County), Caleb Cadle (East Jessamine), Camden Oliver (Wolfe County), Cayden Ray (Owensboro), Charlie Slabaugh (Sayre), Ethan Allen (Whitley County), Ethan Jackson (Clay County), Ethan Reynolds (South Warren), Foster Whisman (Shelby County), Hayden Thompson (Graves County), Hunter Holland (Bullitt East), Jack Willhite (Scott County), Kaine Samuels (Ballard), Koltyn Perez (Carlisle County), Kyle Mokas (Russell), Luke Hayes (Taylor County), Nolan Hosking (Trinity), Rowen Burton (North Bullitt), Sebastian Howard (Breathitt County), Tyler Fryman (Beechwood).
This story was originally published June 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM.
