Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Baseball - Indiana

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Max Clark

Outfielder/left-handed pitcher
FRANKLIN COMMUNITY HS
FRANKLIN, INDIANA
SOPHOMORE
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

.450

Batting Average (Season)

6

Home Runs (Season)

34

Runs Scored (Season)

30

RBIs (Season)
“Max Clark is a five-tool player who can impact any game in many ways. In all my years of coaching, I have only seen one or two kids that have the skill set he has and they were all two years older than he is now.”
Ryan Feyeabend
Head Coach - Franklin Community High head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound sophomore outfielder and left-handed pitcher posted a .450 batting average with six home runs, 34 runs scored and 30 RBI this past season, leading the Grizzly Cubs to a 20-9 record and a berth in the Class 3A sectional semifinals. The nation’s No. 2 draft prospect in the Class of 2023 as ranked by PrepBaseballReport, Clark also compiled a 6-0 record on the mound with a 0.84 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 50 innings.

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Academic Achievement

Clark has maintained a 4.01 GPA in the classroom. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball on scholarship at Vanderbilt University beginning in the fall of 2023.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Clark has volunteered locally on behalf of his church youth group and donated his time as a youth baseball coach.