INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indiana State prep baseball players continue to prove that the Hoosier State produces more than basketball players and corn. Crown Point catcher Sean Dunlap is the latest Indiana high school player to commit to play baseball in the SEC.

I spoke with Dunlap on the phone and asked him about his commitment to playing for the University of Tennessee, the No. 1 team in the country.

“How could you not choose Tennessee!” Everything from the facilities to the coaches to the staff. It’s simply incredible. It felt like something I wanted to be a part of,” Dunlap said.

Dunlap is one of the state’s top prospects in the Class of 2026, but it hasn’t always been that way.

“I wasn’t on anyone’s radar like ever,” Dunlap said. “No one knew me before this summer and now here we are.”

Things have clearly changed. Dunlap, who is now 6’3″ and weighs nearly 200 pounds, believes part of the reason he was overlooked was because he was smaller when he was younger.

“I was 5’8” and 130 pounds in eighth grade and started traveling really late,” he added.

Dunlap also didn’t start catching regularly until he was 13.

“Our catcher broke his wrist; I put on the glove and didn’t look back.

It also pays. According to Cooper Trinkle of the Baseball Prep ReportDunlap will be the first SEC receiver to come out of Indiana since Hayden Jones signed with Mississippi State in 2018. That’s if Dunlap doesn’t sign professionally first.

“From all early indications, Dunlap appears to be a legitimate prospect for the 2026 MLB Draft with his professional-looking frame and high-end catching and throwing abilities that he pairs with his power potential in the right-handed batter’s box. After the Future Games, I named Dunlap the best safety net the state has offered in 10 years,” Trinkle wrote.

The sky is the limit for Dunlap and he is proud of his Indiana roots.

“I feel like the Midwest is overlooked when it comes to baseball,” he said. “Indiana baseball players are just raw, and with the grit of being up North, we’re just ready to tackle it every day.”

Good luck, Sean!