Here are the 2026 Lexington All-City baseball teams and player of the year
The Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com present the 2026 All-City Baseball Team and Player of the Year as voted on by the nine high school coaches of Lexington’s varsity KHSAA programs.
Henry Clay’s JT Ritchie earned All-City Player of the Year honors as the top vote getter on the First Team with five player of the year nods. Among the other first-team players, Lexington Christian’s Sam Pearson received two top player votes, while Lexington Catholic’s Brady Wasik and Sayre’s Gary Gibson each had one.
Ritchie, a senior right-handed pitcher and infielder committed to Frontier Community College in Fairfield, Illinois, helped lead the Blue Devils to the 42nd District championship. On the mound, Ritchie went 6-1 with a 1.65 earned run average. At the plate, he led the team with 43 hits and a .347 average while scoring 35 runs with 28 RBI and two homers.
Rounding out the first team were Sayre’s Banks Heinrich, Henry Clay’s Turner Sparks, Lexington Catholic’s Eamon Hughes, Lafayette’s Jacob Carpenter, Frederick Douglass’ Gabe Wright and Lexington Christian’s Joseph Seigler.
Lexington’s nine varsity baseball coaches were asked to nominate players for All-City consideration. Later, the coaches ranked, one through 10, their top players from that list of nominees. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players on the final ballot.
Selections were made regardless of position and each team was limited to a maximum of five All-City honorees. Point values were assigned to each voting position (10 points for first-place votes, nine points for second-place votes, etc.) and the accumulation of those points was used to create the First and Second Teams of 10 and 11 players, respectively. The Second Team had a tie that resulted in an extra player.
Lexington All-City Baseball First Team
Player, position(s), class, school, voting points (POY votes)
JT Ritchie, IF/RHP, Sr., Henry Clay, 73, (5).
Brady Wasik, C, Sr., Lexington Catholic, 69, (1).
Sam Pearson, SS/RHP, Jr., Lexington Christian, 66, (2).
Gary Gibson, RHP/OF/1B, Sr., Sayre, 39, (1).
Banks Heinrich, RHP/SS, Sr., Sayre, 36.
Turner Sparks, RHP, Sr., Henry Clay, 35.
Eamon Hughes, LHP, Jr., Lexington Catholic, 28.
Jacob Carpenter, RHP/DH, Sr., Lafayette, 25.
Gabe Wright, C, Sr., Frederick Douglass, 21.
Joseph Seigler, RHP/1B, Sr., Lexington Christian, 19.
Lexington All-City Baseball Second Team
Elliot Jansky, RHP/OF/1B, Jr., Sayre.
Jake Scott, 2B, Sr., Lexington Catholic.
Braxton Hensley, INF/RHP, Sr., Frederick Douglass.
Jayce Jones, OF, Jr., Bryan Station.
Alex Elmadolar, OF, Sr., Henry Clay.
Caden Herron, SS, Sr., Lafayette.
Conrad Hart, OF, Jr., Lexington Christian.
Garrett Biroschik, RHP/1B, Jr., Tates Creek.
Zach Eversole, 1B, Jr., Lafayette.
Brady Carius, C, Jr., Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Honorable mention
Bryan Station: Cameron Jackson, Brody Doll, Logan Willhoite, Tucker Oakley.
Frederick Douglass: Alex Whitaker, Darius Surratt, Teppei Nagano.
Henry Clay: Blake Miniard, Parker Mays.
Lafayette: Harrison Stephens, Tyler Collins.
Lexington Catholic: John Crandall, Wyatt Hayslett.
Lexington Christian: Jackson Gier, Tyler King.
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Carson Quenon, Colton Fain, Lincoln Milburn, Nick Sawyers.
Sayre: Joaquin Acevedo, Camden “Chip” Stout.
Tates Creek: Aaron Hobson, D.J. Carter, Finley Insko, Gable Hart.
