Outlook

Arlen Peters is a right-hander with some serious potential on the mound … Gets better every day on the hill … Has a big-time fastball with a plus breaking ball … Signed to play for Brandon’s Wheat City Whiskey Jacks of the Expedition Baseball League in the summer of 2021.

Freshman Year 2021

Made three appearances on the hill, all in relief … Had five strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched … Posted an earned run average of 21.60 … Made his debut in a 17-7 win over Southwestern (2-22-21) … Allowed four hits, four earned runs, a walk with a strikeout in 1.0 inning of work … Allowed a run and four walks with three strikeouts in an inning pitched in a 36-4 win over Rockhurst JV (3-6-21) … Allowed two hits, a walk, four runs with a strikeout over 1.1 innings pitched in a 17-13 loss to Metropolitan (4-21-21)  … Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point average between 3.60 and 3.79.

High School

Was a three-year starter for coach Jake Sailor at Garden Valley Collegiate, Winkler, Manitoba, Canada … His senior season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Graduated 2020 … Batted .387 with 19 singles, 13 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 25 runs scored, 29 RBI and 13 stolen bases as a sophomore … As a junior hit .433 with 48 hits, including 16 doubles, three triples, 11 homers, 32 runs, 37 driven in and 15 stolen bases … On the mound was 2-1 with 23 strikeouts in 17 innings and a 1.97 earned run average as a sophomore … Was 3-1 with an ERA of 0.60 and 52 strikeouts in 33 innings as a junior … Was one of the top 100 players in Canada selected to for the T-12 Tournament at the Rogers Centre in Toronto in 2019 … Was also a Provincial Team Member in 2019 … Played the past three summers for the Manitoba Junior Baseball League’s Altona Bisons and was named a Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Scholarship award winner last August … Played for Team Manitoba at the 2019 Baseball Canada Cup in Regina and joined Pembrina Hills at the 2019 18U AAA National Championship in London, Ontario … Was a two-year starter in hockey, playing both center and right wing … Selected as a All-MHSAA Zone 4 All-Star in 2019 …  Helped his team advance to the semifinals of the Provincials in 2019 … Honor roll student all four years … Earned honor roll with distinction as a junior.

Personal

Born Arlen Cordell Peters on August 8, 2002, in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada … Nickname is Petey … Son of Herman and Rhonda Peters … Has two siblings, Janelle and Ryan … Major is undecided … Also recruited by the University of Minnesota Crookston, Minot State University, Barton Community College and Cloud County Community College … Favorite foods are steak, twice backed potatoes and cottage cheese Pierogies … Favorite fast food restaurants are A&W and Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Mr. Mike’s … Favorite sports movies are Moneyball and The Blind Side … Favorite book is The Mental Game of Baseball … Favorite music entertainers are Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs … Favorite athletes are Troy Tulowitzki, Bo Bichette and Nolan Arenado … Favorite sports teams are the Toronto Blue Jays and Winnipeg Jets … His greatest sports moment was hitting a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of the quarterfinals at Nationals in 2019 … The best player he has played against is Owen Cassie, an outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization … Notable alumni from his school are former NHL right winger Eric Fehr and NHL left winger Dustin Penner.