2026 KSHSAA Team Preview: Blue Valley Southwest Timberwolves
March 11, 2026
The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2026 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 2026 preseason coverage continues today.
Head Coach: Tyler Kincaid (7 years)
Classification: 5A
2025 Record (Finish): 23-7 (3rd at State)
2026 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 6
No. of Returning Pitchers: 8
Top Returners:
- Brock Bailey (2028) - RHP, R/R
- 1st Team EKL // 1st Team All State as a FR 6-0 with 0.76 ERA.
- Luke Hanahan (2026) - OF/P, R/L
- Xavier commit
- 1st Team EKL // 2nd Team All State - 5-0 with 1.18 // .369 at plate // Led team in XBH // Broke school records for HR/3B/2B in career.
- Brayden Shannon (2027) - SS, R/R
- Nebraska commit
- 2nd Team EKL // Hit .351 with 24/26 SB
- Drew Pittman (2027) - 2B, R/S
- 2nd Team EKL // Hit .333 with 35 runs scored.
- Carter Nelson (2027) - LHP, L/L
- 7-1 with 1.65 ERA.
- Josh Tingey (2026) - LHP, L/L
- BYU commit
- 24 K's in 15 IP
Key Players Lost:
- Max Flowers - Hutchinson CC
- Brody Shinkle - Creighton
- Ryan Specht - Kansas City Kansas CC
Coach’s Insight: “Pitching and Defense [will be strengths] - We returned all but 10 1/3 innings from last year's staff. Can those guys build off of what they did last year where our core went a combined 22-2? And we return 5 of our 8 defenders in the field. We lost the core of our offense in Flowers, Specht and Shinkle. We will need to find guys that can fill their spots in the order and produce. And find other guys to fill those spots at the back end of the line-up” – Tyler Kincaid, head coach
Find more information on the 2026 Blue Valley Southwest program below:
+ Follow them on X: @BVSW_BSB
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2026 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