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: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• P Max McKenna (2026) - 6'3", 190, R/R
• P/DH Otto Knust (2026) - 6'4", 210, L/R
• P Jackson Barker (2027) - 6'2", 190, R/R
• P/UTL Connor McCool (2027) - 5'11", 185, R/R
• MIF Mac Solis (2026) - 6'2", 200, R/R

Top Newcomers:

• P Luke McKenna (2028) - 6'5", 190
• C Collin Schmidt (2027) - 5'10", 165, R/R

Key Players Lost:

• Liam Roche (Iowa)

Coach’s Insight: “We will have a young but eager nucleus of players on this year's team. We should have a good stable of pitchers that got a lot of experience last year at the varsity level. We will be young at a few positions. We graduated some good leaders in our program from last year. We will need some guys to step up in that area. ” – Bryce McElroy, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Shawnee Mission South program below:

+ Follow them on X: @SMSOUTHBASEBALL
+ 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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