Fenwick's Shouse state's No. 1 ranked baseball player in Class of 2028
Just like he knows what pitch to throw in critical situations or what pitch to look for at the plate, Carter Shouse has his next three years planned out. Shouse, a standout sophomore pitcher, outfielder and hitter on the Bishop Fenwick High School baseball team, is the state’s No. 1 ranked player in the Class of 2028.
He expects to announce his college choice sometime this year, then continue to work on his craft as a junior and senior and possibly lead Fenwick to a state baseball title. Then he hopes to get selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft and land on “a team that wants me and trusts me. ” That MLB team shouldn’t be hard to find.
Shouse, a left-handed pitcher, has had pitches clocked at 93 miles per hour; and as a right-handed hitter, he provides power and a high batting average. He’s the whole package, said his high school coach Doc Wieland. Wieland has coached baseball for 22 years, and this is his first at Fenwick.
He called Shouse “the most coachable kid” in his career. “He leads by example,” Wieland said. “When your best player is also your hardest worker, that makes it easy on a coach.
” Wieland said college coaches always ask him what makes Shouse such an outstanding player outside his obvious athletic ability. The coach has his answer ready: “A wonderful, grounded family,” Wieland said of Shouse’s parents, Jon and Kelly. “He comes from a very good family.