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Van Horn lands hard-throwing pitcher

Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn returns to the dugout after relieving Evan Taylor (39), Wednesday, June 22, 2022 during the ninth inning of a NCAA College World Series elimination game at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. Visit nwaonline.com/220623Daily/ for today's photo gallery...(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)

Arkansas' baseball team has landed the commitment of harding-throwing 2026 pitching prospect Lincoln Boyle. 

Boyle, 6-4 and 200 pounds, of St. Thomas Aquinas in Overland Park, Kan., announced his decision to be a Razorback on Monday. 

He picked the Hogs over Ole Miss, Tennessee, TCU, Alabama and Louisville. 

Boyle is one of 48 prospects nationally selected to play in the Perfect Game Select Festival for prospects 14 and under at JetBlue Park in Ft. Myers, Fla., on Sept 1-4. 

A right hander, Boyle showed nice velocity on his fastball while consistently hitting 83-86 mph on the radar this summer while he played for the 14-under KC Crusaders travel team. 

He topped out at 90 mph during the spring, which puts him in the 99.91 percentile nationally. Boyle has added 9 mph to his fastball since April 2021. 

Boyle was one of 72 players nationally to participate at the 13U/14U Athlete Development Program in the USA Baseball National Training Complex in North Carolina on Aug. 1-4.