FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas baseball picked up three more verbal commitments this week, including two from in-state players in the class of 2018.
Horatio right-handed pitcher Wade Beasley and Searcy catcher Andrew Stanley committed, as did senior first baseman Derek Ripp of St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kansas.
Beasley (6-3, 220 pounds) did not play as a sophomore after breaking his wrist playing football. He transferred to Horatio from Foreman this summer.
He had a good outing during a tournament in Lubbock, Texas, earlier this summer, which caused multiple schools to show more interest. Beasley committed to Arkansas on Tuesday after pitching at a prospect camp in Fayetteville.