Baseball Signees: Camden Bauer and Nathan Altstadt
11/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama baseball team inked 11 recruits to the 2016-17 roster last week during the early signing period. Over the next four days all 11 players from this year's signing class will be featured on RollTide.com. Today's featured signees are infielder Camden Bauer and left-handed pitcher Nathan Altstadt.
Camden Bauer
INF
6-3, 180
O'Fallon, Ill. (O'Fallon)
Camden Bauer is one of five out-of-state recruits in the 2016-17 class, hailing from O'Fallon, Ill. The 6-3 infielder currently attends O'Fallon High School, where he recently received third team all-conference honors and helped the Panthers reach the elite eight in the state playoffs. Bauer was also a standout on the gridiron during his sophomore and junior seasons, earning third team all-conference honors and ranking seventh in state history for passing yards in a single game with 561. The infielder comes from a family with baseball ties, as his great-great uncle Hank played for the New York Yankees, and his dad, Joe, played collegiately at Bradley University.
Head Coach Mitch Gaspard on Bauer:
"Camden Bauer's a very rangy, very athletic player and can be a really good defender. His offensive game will grow as he's here. He's a very sharp kid. He's an intelligent baseball player. He can be a really steady guy for you in the middle of the diamond."
Coach Andy Phillips on Bauer:
"Camden Bauer is a middle infielder that has great defensive skills and has a big frame. I think he's got a chance to be a really good player for us. He's a great student and is somebody that we're excited to have in the program."
Nathan Altstadt
LHP
6-5, 205
Solon, Ohio (Solon)
Nathan Altstadt joins the Alabama baseball recruiting class in the middle of a standout career at Solon High School in Ohio. The southpaw earned first team All-Northeast Ohio Conference honors each of the last three years since joining the varsity baseball team. Altstadt has also stood out in the classroom, being named an All-Northeast Ohio Conference Scholar Athlete. He was also recognized for having the highest grade point average on the varsity baseball team as a freshman. Altstadt has also played for football for the Comets each year of high school. His father, Mark, played basketball collegiately at Ashland University.
Head Coach Mitch Gaspard on Altstadt:
"Nathan is a left-handed pitcher. He's another guy with a really high ceiling. He's a big kid with a live arm. Right now he's in the upper 80s, but we see that really growing in the future. We think he can be a really dominant left-handed pitcher. He's got the good body, and he's got everything you want in a guy that can develop into a front-end pitcher in the future for us."
Coach Andy Phillips on Altstadt:
"Nathan is a big left-handed pitcher that has tremendous upside, as he has great pitchability and a really good arm. He's another great student, and also a guy that we think that has a very high ceiling going forward."
