2025 Draft Prospect - OF - Ethan Conrad - Wake Forest

 

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ETHAN CONRAD, OF - wake forest

Prospects Live Ranking - #11

After a phenomenal summer in the Cape, Ethan Conrad will look to carry that momentum with his new program at Wake Forest.  During his two seasons at Marist College, Conrad ended with a .359/.425/.587 slash line while gathering 54 extra base hits and 239 total bases.  Obviously impressive, even more so considering he did that before turning 20 years of age.  In the box, it’s a quiet operation with an advanced feel of the strike zone, evidenced by his low 8% whiff rate. This past season with Marist, Ethan did incredibly well against fastballs, hitting .405 against them and recording 8 of his 9 triples off that pitch.  As previously mentioned, Conrad dominated in the Cape League, earning All-Star honors with Bourne and finishing with a .385 batting average and 19 stolen bases.  Defensively, Conrad still has room to grow, as he currently possesses an average arm and showcases plus range thanks to his speed.  That said, he is set to start in right field for Wake this Spring with the ability to transition to center if the arm improves.  It’s a fun profile with day one potential; with improved defensive skills, it could easily translate into a lottery pick.

 

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            2024 Season

Accolades: MAAC All-Championship Team, All-MAAC First Team, All-ECAC Team, 2X MAAC Player of the Week (3/26, 4/23), MAAC Triples Single-Season Record

Appeared and started in 55 games for the Red Foxes.

Conrad recorded an NCAA record four triples in one game against Saint Peter’s (3/22).

Conrad slashed a .389 batting average and a .425 on-base percentage.

Conrad tallied a team-high 88 hits, including 26 extra-base hits (nine HRs, 18 2Bs, 13 3Bs).

Conrad recorded 52 runs batted in and 55 runs scored during the season.

 

2023 Season

Accolades: All-MAAC Rookie Team, 2x MAAC Rookie of the Week

Appeared in 48 games and started in 46 for the Red Foxes.

Conrad slashed a .320 batting average and a .371 on base percentage.

Conrad recorded three home runs and 32 runs batted in.

 

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For college baseball fans and prospect followers alike, it’s time to get to know Wake Forest outfielder Ethan Conrad. After two impressive seasons at Marist – he collectively slashed .359/.425/.587 during his freshman and sophomore years with the Red Foxes – Conrad has opted to transfer to Wake Forest. He made that decision at the beginning of the summer, even before the start of the Cape Cod Baseball League season, where Conrad continued to play at a high level.

Playing for the Bourne Braves, Conrad slashed .385/.433/.486, finishing among the Cape league leaders in batting, runs, hits, stolen bases and OPS. He even earned All-Star Game MVP honors for the West team with a 1-for-2 performance that included an RBI double, a stolen base and two runs scored.

It marks the second year in a row Wake Forest has plucked a talented player away from a small school, doing so with infielder Seaver King a year ago, who also enjoyed a strong performance on the Cape prior to arriving in Winston-Salem. And following in King’s footsteps, for his meteoric rise Conrad has been named D1 Baseball’s 2024 Summer Breakout Prospect.