His commitment came yesterday and has been included in their baseball commitment article at iubase.com. In addition to being the state Mr. Baseball, he was also the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and Prep Baseball Report Kentucky Player of the Year after this season. He played for Rowan County H.S. and he was originally a Morehead State recruit. As a senior, he went 11-2 with a 0.60 ERA and hit .448. FWIW, one poster at bluegrasspreps.com called it a pretty big pickup for IU and another said he chose IU over offers from UK and UofL. Needless to say, that is second or even third hand information.
There were two names new to me...Hacker, and Grant Macciocchi, the transfer from UK.
Macciocchi looks like a grad transfer. He played for Tim Held at Moeller HS in Cincy. I assume Tim Held is a father/brother/cousin to IU asst coach Dan Held. He has an odd history. His UK bio says he was Ohio Player of the Year in 2015. Moeller won the state title that year...he was the winning pitcher and was 3/4 with 4 RBIs at the plate. For the season, 10-0 in 11 starts with a .97 era while hitting .406. UK listed him as 6'4" 190 lbs....
So he goes to Missouri, where he appeared in 6 games starting 2 as a freshman. 1-0 with a 4.35 era.in 10.1 innings..OBA .244. So then he transfers from Missouri to Murray St. College, a JC. He's a 2nd team JUCO AA there, hitting .393 with .491 OB%....98 hits in 242 ABs, with 23 doubles, 7 triples, 4 HRs, 50 RBI, 43 BBs, 23 Ks, 32 SBs....also, 7-0 pitching, 2.3 era, 52 Ks in 58.2 innings, 13 BBs. Rated #127 JUCO prospect.
Then he goes to UK....in 11 Apps, 34.2 IPs, 43 hits, 26 ERs, 30 Ks, 8 BBs. 6.75 era. As a batter, 1 hit in 12 ABs, 2 Ks, 1 BB.
So.....apparently a talented guy but a rough college career......I noticed the iubase story listed him as a middle infield/RHP, so we'll see what happens with him.
With regard to Hacker, the Max Prep #s on him are very good. He's listed as 6'3" 190 lbs In addition to the #s you mentioed, he had 17 career HRs and 23 SBs. For his career, he had 408 Ks in 259.2 IPs, with 120 BBs...also, as a hitter, .593 OB% 30 BBs with 13 Ks. He was a really, really good pitcher for 2 years, and a really, really good hitter for 1 yr in HS.
I also noticed that there are a total of 21 new players listed as '19 recruits.......that's 6-7 more than I've ever known about in 1 year at IU. Elsewhere I mentioned that I knew of 3 players leaving that might surprise folks. I think the turnover will be pretty high.
One final note--one name that I did NOT see listed was David Platt, out of Quakertown , PA, a RHP. I have seen him mentioned as an IU recruit and a good prospect. I don't know his status.
EDIT---Couple of other things.....of 21 names, only 1 is a LHP.....of 7 verbal commits for '21, only 1 is a LHP. It always seemed to me that Lemonis had tons of lefties...Mercer, not so much
Also, 2 more notes about Hacker....his team was 39-4, and he was also a soccer player.