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.

 

---

2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• RHP/OF Cole Haubold (2027)
  • 82-85mph
• C/INF Drayden Acosta (2026)
  • Gap power, plus arm
• INF/OF Elijah Duenes (2026)
  • Solid all around
• INF Zane Smith (2026)
  • Raw athlete, plays quarterback
• INF/OF Antoine Stewart (2026)
  • Plus bat speed and power
• RHP/OF Zen Woods (2025)
  • Size/Potential
• OF/C Owen Thompson (2026)
  • Plus arm

Key Players Lost:

• Nate Plankinton (Kansas City Kansas CC)
• Matt Genrich (Cloud County CC)
• Hank Stamper
• Lee Gonzales (Allen CC)
• Isaiah Kincade

Coach’s Insight: “We return a young group that has experienced back to back State Tournament appearances.” – Cody Miller, head coach

---

Find more information on the 2025 Topeka program below:

+ Follow them on X: @high_topeka
+ 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

---

Related Content