2025 KSHSAA Team Preview: Blue Valley West Jaguars
February 26, 2025
The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Kansas Preseason Power 25 Rankings.
Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.
Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.
Head Coach: Joe Allison (16 years)
Classification: 6A
2024 Record (Finish): 24-6 (State Runner Up)
2025 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 1
No. of Returning Pitchers: 2
Top Returners:
- RHP Christian Ryan (2025; Rockhurst) - 6'0", 200
- RHP Riley Rigdon (2025; Rockhurst) - 6'0", 185
- INF Sam Shelton (2025; Rockhurt) - 5'7", 150, L/R
- OF Peyton Magness (2025; Missouri Western) - 6'2", 175, L/R
Top Newcomers:
- MIF Cole Ryherd (2027) - 5'7", 150, L/R
- OF Harrison Eibes (2025) - 5'7", 165, R/R
- INF Nash Kindler (2026) - 5'7", 175, R/R
- 1B/RHP Jack Sells (2025; Hutchinson CC) - 6'1", 180, R/R
Key Players Lost:
- Eli Lovich (Chicago Cubs)
- Sam Dew
- Nick Sawyer (Quincy)
- Anthony Alvarez (Wichita St.)
- Easton O'Keefe (Missouri Western)
- Jaden Rose (Butler CC)
- Sage Huffman
Coach’s Insight: “Our team strengths this year will be starting pitching and team speed. We return 3 of our top 4 arms with Ryan, Rigdon, and Hunt. Though extremely young, we will field an extremely athletic line with guys that can run. We will be more creative in the way we score runs this spring. We are replacing 8 of 9 starters and lost arguably the best player in the state from 2024. We will rely heavily on our veteran pitchers to keep the score down so our young guys and new faces can find a way to score some runs.” – Joe Allison, head coach
Find more information on the 2025 Blue Valley West program below:
+ Follow them on X: @BvwBaseball31
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2025 KSHSAA Team Previews page to learn more.
+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form