In his final year of play, Josh Knoth had the opportunity to etch his name amongst the greatest baseball players to ever play high school baseball on Long Island.
On Monday night at the Suffolk County Baseball awards dinner, Knoth was presented with his second Yastrzemski award of his career, putting him into a different tier of Long Island baseball royalty.
Josh Knoth’s accomplishments have already been well documented. From the perfect games, school records, and mythical stats, he has more than earned this award for the second straight year.
He is only the third high schooler to ever win the award twice, joining Shoreham/Wading River’s Brian Morrell (2016, 2017) and East Islip’s Ron Witmeyer (1984, 1985).
Morrell was a star two-way player – meaning he pitched and hit – for the Wildcats who was drafted by the Phillies out of High School, but Morell passed up on that opportunity to go play at Notre Dame. Witmeyer won the award twice, beating out future baseball Hall of Famer Craig Biggio for the award. Witmeyer went on to win two College World Series titles with Stanford University before spending a few years with the Oakland Athletics where he mostly played in the Minor Leagues.
Knoth has officially placed himself on the all-time lists with this monumental win as he is now up there with names like Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, and other high schoolers who dominated the Long Island High School circuit.
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As the days until the draft pass us by, we can only speculate where Knoth will land in the 2023 MLB Draft. He has a bright future ahead of him and it will be exciting to follow his story beyond the high school ranks.