HIGH SCHOOL A three time all-conference selection ... most valuable player for Hudson High School in 2007 ... holds Hudson High School record for highest batting average in a career (.417) ... played for the Midwest Redbirds, a scout team for the St. Louis Cardinals.

PERSONAL Born October 4, 1988 ... son of John Hornke ... major is undecided ... great uncle John Hrasch was a first-team All-American at Ohio University and played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.