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.

 

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2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 6
No. of Returning Pitchers: 3

Top Returners:

• INF Carter Hepner (2025; Pittsburg St.) - L/R
• P/INF Caleb Hepner (2025) - R/R
  • 3 year varsity, throws strikes and loves to compete
• Cole McGrath - R/R
  • 3 year varsity
• OF Boston Bloomer (2025) - L/R
  • 4 years varsity
• INF Ashton McCurdy (2025) - R/R
  • 3 year varsity
• OF/P Haydon Hull (2026) - L/R
  • Great year as quarterback, pitched well for varsity at end of season

Top Newcomers:

• 1B/OF Layton Thompson (2026)
  • Really good hitter and going to get a lot of opportunities
• P/C Gavin Seaton (2027)

Key Players Lost:

• Owen Blaine (Washburn)
• TJ Kerns
• Brandon Reynolds

Coach’s Insight: “We have a great team chemistry every year. The boys love to play sports together. They are hungry to get back to the diamond and back to a chance to play for state. They have had great season in soccer, football and basketball and are excited to continue that into the spring. We lost 2 top arms from last year that gave us a lot of innings and wins. Have some new guys ready to step up and be the man.” – Shawn Herrmann, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Ottawa program below:

+ Follow them on X: @O_H_S_Baseball
+ 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

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