The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA 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 Missouri 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: 4

Top Returners:

• OF Joey Fentress (2025; Truman St.) - 5'10", 205lbs, R/R
• C Cal Leighton (2025; Bradley) - 6'1", 180lbs, R/R
• RHP/OF Ethan Martin (2025) - 5'11, 170lbs,
• SS Drew Messey (2026; Louisville) - 6'1", 170lbs

Top Newcomers:

• INF AJ Stovall (2026) - 5'11", 175lbs, R/R
• LHP/INF Kam McCole (2026) - 6'0", 195lbs, L/L

Key Players Lost:

• P/INF Devin Coulter
• P Isaac Boss (Evansville)
• INF Cam Schlegl (Westminster)
• C Harrison Bailey (Wheaton College)

Coach’s Insight: “We return most of our starting position players and have depth of players with experience. We will need some of the younger players to step up and fill spots in the back end of the pitching rotation. ” – Dan Petke, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Westminster Christian program below:

+ Follow them on X: @WCA__Baseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2025 MSHSAA 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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