Riverside Brookfield's Will Kincanon heads All-Area Baseball East Team

The Riverside Brookfield pitcher has a pro baseball family pedigree, a devastating curveball that helped him rack up 118 strikeouts this season and he said he recently hit 90 mph with his fastball at a showcase. All that and he’s only a junior.

In addition to his mound dominance, which included a 1.06 ERA, an 11-1 record and a no-hitter in a Class 3A regional final victory, Kincanon also hit .425 with team-highs in doubles (16) and RBIs (37).

RB coach Dallas Till thinks Kincanon will only get better next year.

“He’s got everything going for him,” Till said. “He’s a hell of a kid and a hell of a baseball player. I can’t say enough about him.”

With Kincanon starring as both a pitcher and hitter and a senior-heavy RB squad that featured C.J. Duffek, Thomas Leary, Luke Keller and Kevin Garvey among others, the Bulldogs broke the school-record for wins in a season (32).

"Thirty wins in a high school season is unheard of," Kincanon said. "That was one of our goals at the start of the year and I don’t think we really expected to do it, but we got it done.”

Kincanon’s dominant spring earned him the Metro Suburban Conference Player of the Year award and plenty of attention from college coaches. He has offers from Creighton and Middle Tennessee State and has received interest from a pile of other Division I programs, including Indiana, Missouri and West Virginia.

Given his production and pitching arsenal, it’s no surprise the 6-foot-3 Kincanon is a wanted man. His father, Bill, and his grandfather, Bernard, both pitched in the minor leagues to add more reason to like Kincanon.

Kincanon said his father has helped him grow into the player he is today and continues to give him pointers if he sees something Will isn’t doing right.

“He really showed me everything I needed to know about the game,” Kincanon said. “He works with me constantly and then everything started to come natural and I started getting better.”

This summer Kincanon is playing for Top Tier 17U, one of the most prestigious travel teams in the area. The team travels the country and gives players plenty of exposure to college and pro scouts, something Kincanon is well aware of.

“I hope I get even more exposure. It’s a big summer,” he said. “It’s fun with this team. Definitely with a group of guys you like, traveling around, having fun with the team after the game. Walking around the town, seeing all the different areas of the country.”