CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Thirty-two Appalachian League alumni will suit up at the annual Andre Dawson Classic at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla., this weekend. Among the Appalachian League alumni in this year's event are 2025 Humanitarian of the Year Kenneth Jackson (Southern), as well as and Appy League All-Stars Pablo Torres (Bethune-Cookman) and Michael Rodriguez (Bethune-Cookman).
For more details on the 2026 Andre Dawson Classic, click here. The complete list of Appy League alumni at the Andre Dawson Classic is listed below.
Alabama State (2)
- Trey Callaway - Bluefield 2025
- Aden Malpass - Pulaski 2025
Bethune-Cookman (7)
- Pablo Torres - Elizabethton 2023
- Michael Rodriguez - Tri-State 2024-25
- Jean Carlos Garcia-Chicano - Bristol 2025
- Jeter Polledo - Burlington 2025
- Jose Fernandez - Johnson City 2025
- Isaias Ducasse - Pulaski 2025
- Carlos Jazmin - Tri-State 2025
Florida A&M (2)
- William Brown - Greeneville 2022
- Roan Tarbert - Greeneville 2022-23
Grambling State (4)
- Payton Allen - Kingsport 2022-23
- Martavius Thomas - Bristol 2024
- James Woody - Elizabethton 2024
- Jacobie Smith - Bluefield 2025
Jackson State (6)
- Caleb Gallant - Pulaski 2024
- Diego Melendez - Kingsport 2024
- Derek Arrocha - Bluefield 2024-25
- Christian Delgado - Bluefield 2025
- Carson Foster - Bluefield 2025
- Robert Tate Jr. - Bluefield 2025
Southern (7)
- Glenn Green III - Danville 2023
- Caleb Ellis - Johnson City 2024
- Kenneth Jackson - Tri-State 2024-25
- Xavier Bradley - Elizabethton 2025
- Alexavier Lebron - Johnson City 2025
- Kennedy Drexler - Pulaski 2025
- Daniel McIntosh - Tri-State 2025
Texas Southern (2)
- Collin Dennis - Bristol 2025
- Demarques Thompson - Elizabethton 2025
Yale (2)
- Colin Sloan - Elizabethton 2024
- Chace Chaplin - Tri-State 2024
About the Appalachian League
Founded in 1911, the Appalachian League is one of the longest-running baseball leagues in history. The Appy League is the only collegiate summer league under MLB and USA Baseball’s Prospect Development Pipeline (“PDP”) and is an integral part of the identification and development process for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Teams and other future National teams.
For more information about the Appalachian League, visit appyleague.com or follow @appyleague & @appyleaguedata on X, and @appyleague on Instagram.
