2025 Prep Baseball Minnesota Diamond Notes: Week 1
April 16, 2025
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2025 PREP BASEBALL MINNESOTA DIAMOND NOTES 💎 WEEK 1
All players are submitted weekly by their high school coaches.
Names in alphabetical order.
| PLAYER | GRAD YEAR | SCHOOL | NOTES |
| Aaden Westerbur | 2026 | Duluth Marshall | In one game, 1-for-3, 2B, and 2 RBI |
| Andrew Gette | 2026 | Mounds View | Shutout win vs Stillwater (5 IP, 3 H, 9 K, 0 ER) Also added a 2B and 2 RBIs on the week offensively |
| Blake Eckerle | 2025 | White Bear Lake | Over two games Blake is 4-for-5 with 8 plate appearances. He is batting .800, has 2 doubles and 1 triple, with 5 RBI. He also pitched 5 innings giving up 2 hits and striking out 11. |
| Brandon Cooper | 2025 | Annandale | Brandon Cooper went 4-4 with a walk in 5 plate appearances in his first game back since his sophomore year after injury. |
| Brandon Lund | 2025 | Farmington | Brandon pitched 7 innings, giving up 0 earned runs, in a 3-2 victory over New Prague on Friday. He gave up 4 hits and walked 1, while striking out 7. He also picked up 2 of the team's 3 hits, including the walk-off single in the bottom of the 7th to win it for the Tigers. |
| Brayden Simones | 2025 | Sartell | 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 8 Ks in win over Duluth East |
| Brendan Mademann | 2027 | Eagan | W vs Lakeville North: 7.2 IP, 0 BB, 10 K, 2 H |
| Caden Willmsen | 2025 | Sibley East | We are in 3-1, in part because our ace (Willmsen) threw a complete game shutout against LCWM. His final line was: 7 IP, 0 R, 13 K, 2 H, 1 BB. He was also 7-for-11 at the plate, with 4 runs scored, a double, 4 RBI, 3 walks, and 1 SB. His OPS for the week was 1.461. |
| Carson Walker | 2025 | Lakeville South |
Carson pitched a complete game on Wednesday against Burnsville giving up only 2 hits. Striking out 12 batters while only allowing 3 walks over 7 innings of work for the win. Carson also hit .700 on the week: 12PA, 10AB, 5 singles and 2 doubles with 5 RBI's. |
| Carter Gwost | 2025 | Little Falls | In our opening game last week vs. Detroit Lakes, Carter started on the mound and got the win. He pitched 4 innings, striking out 11. He allowed two balls to be put in play, and both were "swinging bunts" along the 3rd base line, one resulting in the one hit he gave up. At the plate he went 3-for-4 with two HR and a double. |
| Cason Carter | 2026 | Richfield | 4 hits, 1 Double, 3 Runs. 1.250 OPS 4 innings pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs |
| Chase Gerdts | 2026 | JWP | Chase batted .273. with 9 RBIs. However, this past Saturday (4/12) he accounted for all 7 runs. We won 7-3 vs. AC/GE. He had a 3-run home run, base-clearing triple, and scored the 7th run. He pitched against WEM 4/10 and pitched 6 innings, with 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB and 10 K. Unfortunately he did not get the win. |
| Clark Traxler-Menz | 2025 | Mpls Edison | In 2 games Clark has dominated offensively batting .600 with 2 doubles, a home run with 2 RBI, a walk and an HBP. He currently has a slugging % of 1.600, OPS of 2.314, and an OBP .714. He has also thrown out two baserunners from behind the plate against two very good teams in Orono and Delano. |
| Connor Pearce | 2025 | Esko | Connor Pearce went 3-8 in our weekend sweep of Fairmont and Luverne. This included a solo HR and a game tying RBI single in the 7th against Luverne. Additionally, Connor pitched a clean 9 pitch 7th inning in the Fairmont game and then followed that up with a complete game against Luverne. |
| Derek Schlomann | 2025 | Blaine | .571 on the week, .750 OBP, with 3 SB. |
| Dominic Patnode | 2025 | Princeton | Dominic Patnode (SR, 1B/3B) has started the year off in a great way leading the Tigers to a 3-1 start. He had 8 hits in 12 AB's, with 2 BB and 2 HBP. He has also scored 5 runs over the 4 games. Batting Average of 667, 750 OBP, OPS of 1.417. He has also played great defense on the corners. |
| Drew Peters | 2026 | La Crescent-Hokah | At Mayo Field against Rochester Lourdes, Drew threw a complete game, scattering 5 hits and giving up only 1 ER in a 5-1 victory. |
| Eric Bermea | 2025 | Hayfield | Eric led Hayfield to a 3-1 record over their first week of games, which included wins over Cherry and Ely. Eric was 2-0 on the mound last week with a complete game 2-hitter vs JWP on Tuesday and a complete game 5-hitter vs Ely on Saturday. Over the two starts he only gave up two runs, one earned run, with 9 K's, and picked off two base runners. At the plate, Eric hit .615 (8-13), with two 2B, 7 RBI, 2 runs scored, and 3 walks. |
| Gabe Nathe | 2025 | Providence Academy | Big contributor in both of our wins this week against two good programs, Southwest Christian and Holy Family. 2-for-6, 2 RBIs, 2 BBs, .500 OBP, 2 stolen bases. |
| Garrett Wheeler | 2026 | Minnetonka | Garrett went 5-for-6, 2 BB, 3 runs scored, recorded a save in 2/3 of an inning. |
| Gavin Griffin | 2027 | Perham |
.714 BA, 778 OBP, 2.35 OPS, 1.57 Slug - 5-for-7 with 3 triples, 4 R, 2 SB, 3RBI and BB vs DLS 3-for-3, 2 singles and triple, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB |
| Gerad Hanle | 2027 | Becker |
Pitching: Batting: |
| Hudson Ohm | 2026 | Zumbrota Mazeppa | Hudson Ohm got the win vs the Stewartville Tigers last Thursday. He threw 5 innings, striking out 14 batters, Gave up 0 hits, had 0 walks, and hit 1 batter. |
| Hunter Engelke | 2026 | Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg | In 4 games last week, Hunter went 6-for-12 in 15 PA with 2 doubles, 4 singles. He had 2 games with 3 RBIs and 8 total RBIs for the week. He also scored 5 runs and was walked 3 times. Only 1 strike out. He also pitched one game going 4 innings, got the win, no hits allowed, 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. Hunter started off the year hot, bringing quality at-bats each time he stepped up to the plate. He barreled up every hit hard and in turn was a great asset to our team going 3-1 last week. |
| Isaac Aud | 2025 | Mound-Westonka | Isaac threw 7 innings vs. Benilde on 4/11, surrendering only 5 hits, 1 walk, and 1 earned run on a total of 80 pitches over the 7 innings. |
| Jac Wright | 2025 | Saint Thomas Academy | In Wednesday's 5-1 win at Hastings, Jac Wright pitched 5 innings, allowing zero earned runs, zero walks, and striking out 14 of the 21 batters he faced. |
| Jack Meyers | 2025 | Cannon Falls | Complete game shutout with 10 strikeouts vs Rochester Lourdes Friday April 11. |
| Jackson Kolb | 2027 | White Bear Lake | Jackson pitched 4.1 innings against East Ridge giving up 2 hits and striking out 10. |
| Jayden Anderson | 2025 | Richfield | 6 hits, double, 2 triples, 2.429 OPS, 4 RBI, 4 Runs, 1 SB |
| Josh Wilson | 2026 | Providence Academy | Starting pitcher in our win vs. Holy Family. 5 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 5 Strikeouts. Winning pitcher of record. |
| Keaton Landowski | 2026 | Sartell | 3-for-5, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, and 1 RBI in wins over St. Cloud and Duluth East |
| Kyle Hayes | 2026 | Spring Lake Park | Through three games, Kyle has made a major impact on both sides of the ball. He's batting an impressive .556, with three singles, a double, and a memorable first varsity hit—a clutch home run. Leading the team with 4 RBI and adding a stolen base, he's been a consistent offensive force. Defensively, he's been a rock at third base, making key plays and anchoring the infield. |
| Liam Kruse | 2025 | Marshall | In 4 games played: Pitching: He is 2-0 to start the year with 6 innings pitched 10 strikeouts and 0.00 ERA. Hitting: .545 AVG (6-11), .615 OBP, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 8 RBI and 3 SB's. |
| Logan Rudningen | 2025 | Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg | In 4 games last week Logan hit .583 going 7-for-12 with 1 double and 6 singles. He collected 5 RBIs including a game with 4 RBIs for a total of 5 for the week. In addition he scored 6 runs and had 3 walks and 4 stolen bases. |
| Luke Sems | 2025 | Pine Island | Luke went 1-0 (2-0 on the season 16 Ks to 0 BB) on the mound with 0 R, 3 H, 8 Ks and 0 BB. At the plate he hit 3 HRs, including a grand slam and 3 R HR (7 RBI) in the same game. He went 5-13 on the week with 3 HR, a triple, 15 RBI, and 4 runs scored. |
| Max Niedfeldt | 2026 | La Crescent-Hokah | In Max's first career varsity start on the bump, he threw a complete game 2-hit shutout against Lewiston. He struck out 7 and walked 3. |
| Nate Colling | 2025 | Simley East | We're off to a 3-1 start, fueled in large part by our leadoff hitter (Colling) going 7 for 11, with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 2 RBIs, with 1 SB. Colling has also thrown out 3-out-5 base stealers behind the dish. |
| Nick Terhaar | 2025 | Proctor | 2-for-4 at the plate with 2 HR and 6 RBI, 4 IP, 10 K, 2 Hits and 0 runs allowed in an 11-1 win against Mesabi East. |
| Nolan Boeckermann | 2025 | Holdingford | Last week Nolan was 5-for-7 (.714) at the plate with a double. He recorded double, 2 RBI, a HBP, and stolen base. |
| Nolan Wayne | 2025 | Rochester John Marshall |
In 4 Games Played: 9 for 14 (7 1B, 2 2B), .643/.722/.768, 2 RBI, 5 Runs Scored, 4 BB vs 1 SO, and 1 SB. Started all 4 games at SS - 13 Defensive Assists/3 DP turned |
| Owen Lind | 2025 | Mora | 8 IP, 1 H, 11K, 2BB, 3-2 over MLWR - both runs unearned |
| Owen Loge | 2025 | Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted | 13.1, 2-0, 17 strikeouts, no walk, no earned runs, .068 BAA, 74.8% strikes |
| Owen Marsolek | 2025 | Duluth Marshall | 6.2 Innings pitched, giving up 3 hits, giving up 1 run, giving up 3 walks, and 9 strikeouts total with 4 strikeouts looking |
| Pat Binnebose | 2025 | Rockford | 8 AB, 6 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R |
| Preston Schoenfelder | 2025 | Cannon Falls | 3-for-4 against PEM on Tuesday including a first pitch, leadoff home run. 4-for-9 on the week for .444 BA. |
| Quintin Tietz | 2025 | Windom | Hitting: 6-for-11 (.545 AVG), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 SB; Pitching - 1-0, 4 IP, 7 K's, 0.00 ERA |
| RJ Madison | 2027 | Mounds View | RJ had a great week at the plate emerging as the Mustangs 2 hitter. 5 hits in 11 ABs, scoring 3 runs, and stealing 4 bases. |
| Ryan Cahoon | 2025 | Northfield | Ryan finished our first week with a .385 average, 2 2B, 2 HR, and 7 RBI while also doing a great job defensively behind the plate. |
| Seth Thompson | 2025 | Northfield | Seth had 3 home runs in our Saturday doubleheader and finished the week with a .385 average, 8 RBI, and 5 R in our first 4 games. |
| Solomon Kardell | 2025 | Legacy Christian Academy | Pitching: CG Shutout vs. Heritage Christian Academy (7 IP, 5 H, 8 SO, 0 BB) Hitting: 4-for-7, 2 BB, 3 SB, 2 R |
| Tanner Rothbauer | 2026 | St. Francis | Tanner was 2-0 for us last week. He threw 9 innings, didn't allow a run, gave up 6 hits, struck out 10. Also went 3-for-7 at the plate with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. |
| Will Haas | 2025 | Rockford | 5.0 IP, 1 win, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K, 1 Picked off, .118 Opp BA |