Prep Baseball Report

2025 All-Prep Baseball Team


By Andy Sroka & Prep Baseball Staff
National Managing Editor, Scouting

Earlier this month, Prep Baseball named its eighth all-time National Player of the Year and we’re closing the book on the 2025 spring baseball season by naming our 2025 All-Prep Baseball Team, a roster of 26 of the country’s most productive and decorated prospects. With the immense help of our state directors stationed across the nation, we’ve been hard at work assembling this robust list of performers from the high school season.

Covering the high school baseball season as diligently as we can embedded in the foundation of our work at Prep Baseball, and this list represents all of our hard work put into the 2025 spring.

2025 HIGH SCHOOL SEASON HEADLINES

Beneath the All-Prep Baseball Team reveal, we’ve also highlighted each state’s Player of the Year from this past spring.


CATCHERS

Quinn Schambow C / RHP / Libertyville, IL / 2025

OKLAHOMA STATE

The 2025 Prep Baseball Illinois Player of the Year is the top-ranked catcher in his state’s Class of 2025 as well, and he helped lift his high school to its first-ever state championship this spring before he set off for Oklahoma State. Schambow hit .449 on the spring with a .534 OBP, also tallying 18 doubles, four triples, and three home runs that helped him produce 47 RBIs and 32 runs, and he swiped 27 bases on 29 attempts. While the offensive metrics stand out, Schambow is one of the best prep defenders in the country, and one of the best defensive catchers Illinois has produced in recent years. His work from behind the plate while managing one of Illinois’ best pitching staffs is ultimately what helped him earn the state’s POTY award, as well as a place on this list.

Ty Harvey C / Inspiration Academy, FL / 2025

FLORIDA STATE; MLB Draft, 5th Round (Padres)

From Florida’s Inspiration Academy, Harvey was his state’s top-ranked catcher, and he was drafted like it. He hit .571 this spring, tallying 52 hits and nearly half of them went for extra bases, seven of which left the yard. Harvey drove in 30 runs for his high school as well, though more importantly, he plays an excellent catcher. With soft hands and athleticism from the crouch, he’s a valued receiver, which gave pro scouts confidence in him being an exception to the rule when it comes to drafting prep right-handed-hitting catchers. Harvey’s power potential and the bat-to-ball skills lifted his prospect status this spring, turning him into a fifth-round pick, becoming the first right-handed-hitting prep backstop to be selected in the process.

FIRST BASEMAN

Cy Chrisman 1B / 3B / Maple Mountain, UT / 2026

OKLAHOMA STATE

Chrisman has been one of 2025’s buzziest prospects, and that all began in the spring when he slugged a Utah state record 19 home runs in just 116 plate appearances (30 games). He hit .461 for Maple Mountain, and nearly half of the hits he recorded went over the fence, resulting in 59 RBIs and 46 runs scored this year. After the high school season, Chrisman stayed hot at the Prep Baseball West Coast ProCase, as well as the NPI at LakePoint, and he’s becoming one of the top right-handed power bats in next year’s draft class.

INFIELDERS

Ethan Holliday SS / Stillwater, OK / 2025

OKLAHOMA STATE; MLB Draft, 1st Round (Rockies)

The Hollidays have made baseball a family business and Ethan is the latest succession plan, following in his brother’s (Jackson) footsteps as Prep Baseball National Player of the Year in 2025. Oklahoma has been churning out impact professional prospects at a ridiculous rate in the last five years, with two preps selected within the first four picks of this year’s MLB Draft. Holliday earned our national POTY honor after hitting .611 in 40 games at Stillwater High, finishing the spring with an OPS over 2.300 and his 19 home runs scared his opposition enough to allow him to reach base in nearly 75 percent of his plate appearances.

JoJo Parker SS / Purvis, MS / 2025

MISSISSIPPI STATE; MLB Draft, 1st Round (Blue Jays)

Twins JoJo and Jacob Parker shared the Prep Baseball Mississippi Player of the Year award, and both are present on this list. JoJo was ultimately selected with the No. 8 pick in the first round of this year’s MLB Draft as a shortstop, which is kind of where the differences between him and his brother end. Both crushed the pitching at Purvis High as seniors, especially, though JoJo did his work from the top of the lineup, tallying a whopping 70 runs scored stemming from his .465 average, with 11 doubles and 13 homers for the Tornadoes. JoJo also went 9-2 on the mound with 99 Ks as a senior. He finished his career at Purvis with 40 homers, 44 doubles, and 146 RBIs.

Steele Hall SS / Hewitt-Trussville, AL / 2025

TENNESSEE; MLB Draft, 1st Round (Reds)

The top-ranked player in the state’s senior class didn’t ultimately claim his state’s Player of the Year award for Prep Baseball, but he did wind up picked near the top of the first round of Sunday’s MLB Draft. Hall was a constant riser on draft boards for the work he was putting in this spring for Hewitt-Trussville after re-classifying himself into a member of the ‘25 class just before the start of the academic year. He met huge expectations by racking up 27 extra-base hits (8 HR) in 2025, hitting .484 with 35 RBIs and 33 steals, landing a place on our All-Prep Baseball Team as well.

Coy James SS / Davie, NC / 2025

OLE MISS; MLB Draft, 5th Round (Nationals)

James has been a high-profile member of the state’s ‘25 class ever since he was a freshman at Davie High, and his right-handed bat has been more and more impactful with each passing spring, culminating in a senior season that saw him hit .602 with 15 doubles, four triples, and nine homers. That amounts to a slugging percentage of 1.222, higher than some of the OPS rates of the players on this list, even. Naturally, he was so threatening at the plate in any given situation that he reached base nearly three-quarters of the time, and free passes often resulted in pseudo “doubles,” considering he stole 33 bags in 2025. It was hard to keep James away from scoring position once he stood in the batter’s box.

Tyler Spangler SS / De La Salle, CA / 2026

STANFORD

The No. 1-ranked member of California’s Class of 2026 just put together one of the most impressive seasons of any shortstop in the country this past spring. Spangler helped the NorCal powerhouse De La Salle win the CIF-NCS D1 title, hitting .430 with 24 extra-base hits, including 10 home runs, good for an OPS of nearly 1.500. His left-handed bat produced 40 RBIs and the speed aided him in touching home 42 times himself. All the while, he K’d just 12 times in 89 at-bats. Spangler is the lone member of this All-Prep Baseball infield group who did not graduate this year, either.

Eli Willits SS / Fort Cobb-Broxton, OK / 2025

OKLAHOMA; MLB Draft, 1st Round (Nationals)

Willits was the youngest player in the MLB Draft and despite that, he was the very first player selected. It’s been a special stretch for Oklahoma prep baseball, and it might have peaked in 2025 with two high schoolers from the state selected within the first four picks of the MLB Draft, with the Fort Cobb-Broxton shortstop going No. 1 overall. It was mildly surprising to hear his name called first, but maybe not when you look at the spring he had. He hit .473 this year with 23 extra-base hits (8 HR) with 34 RBIs and 47 steals, and he finished the spring with an OPS over 1.500 – again, as the youngest player available. Congrats to the Nats for landing two All-Prep Baseball infielders in the process, being Willits and Coy James (NC).

OUTFIELDERS

Jacob Parker OF / Purvis, MS / 2025

MISSISSIPPI STATE; MLB Draft, 19th Round (D-backs)

While Jacob’s twin JoJo was selected near the top of the first round, Jacob went 18 rounds later – but that’s hardly an indictment on his skill set. Jacob was actually the more productive hitter in high school, slugging 17 homers at Purvis, driving in 54 runs and hitting .525. Over the course of his high school career, Jacob hit over .400 with 42 home runs, 47 doubles, and 186 RBIs. The star twin duo represented Mississippi at the 2024 Prep Baseball All-American Game as well as the 2025 Super 60 before they were both drafted earlier this week.

Malachi Washington OF / Parkview, GA / 2026

LSU

Washington was the most valuable hitter in Georgia this season, and as just a junior at the heavyweight Parkview High. The LSU recruit slashed .538/.650/1.160 this spring with 13 doubles and 15 home runs, generating nearly 60 RBIs and 53 runs scored. Washington will be one of the best and more productive returning talents in the country by next spring, bound to produce even more highlight reel-type moments in the biggest moments, much like he did for Parkview all postseason.

Eric Hines OF / American Christian, AL / 2025

ALABAMA

The No. 3-ranked player in Alabama’s Class of 2025 earned the state’s Player of the Year award by putting up some astounding season stats for American Christian Academy in his senior spring. After representing the state at the Super 60 in February, Hines returned to Alabama and hit .438 with 12 doubles and 20 home runs – which we’re pretty sure is the most in the nation. He drove in 58 runs and scored 66 times, and his 32 walks on top of it all helped him reach base 56 percent of the time and finish the year with a 1.508 OPS. His 20th homer of the season actually propelled ACA climb back into the 5A state championship series, which they ultimately won in three games.

Mason McCraine OF / LHP / Glenwood, AL / 2025

AUBURN

It was a banner year for Alabama high school baseball and McCraine makes it three from the state to have earned a place on the All-Prep Baseball Team. He hit .475 this spring for Glenwood, collecting 32 extra-base hits that led to 62 RBIs and 66 runs scored. And with that being said, McCraine’s next-level upside may be brightest from the mound, where he dominated for his high school this season, too. The Auburn recruit finished the year with 49 Ks in 26 innings, and an opponents batting average of just .069.

PITCHERS

Gio Rojas LHP / Stoneman Douglas, FL / 2026

MIAMI

Prep Baseball Florida’s Player of the Year was the engine that powered Stoneman Douglas to an incredulous fifth consecutive state championship, and they were eventually crowned our own 2025 National Champions at the end of the spring. Rojas is the type to demand the ball in the team’s biggest games, and in 2025, he went 12-0 over 68 innings, allowing just seven earned runs on 35 hits, 16 walks, and he punched out 120 batters all while playing one of the toughest schedules in the country. It’s worth mentioning here, too, that he also hit .375 with 10 extra-base hits and 32 RBIs for Stoneman, making himself plenty useful even when he wasn’t toeing the rubber. He’s already one of the best prep prospects in next year’s MLB Draft class.

Seth Hernandez RHP / Corona, CA / 2025

VANDERBILT; MLB Draft, 1st Round (Pirates)

Hernandez just completed one of the most famous prep pitching careers since the likes of Hunter Greene, a fellow SoCal native. It’s been well-documented just how gifted his Corona dugout has been, especially over the last two years, and Hernandez operated as the program’s ace in more ways than one. As a senior, Corona wasn’t quite able to repeat as CIF-SS champs, but it was still a stellar spring overall for Hernandez, who K’d 105 batters over 53.1 innings, allowing just three earned runs in the most talent-packed region of the country. He’s also one of the best sluggers from his area, and he smashed seven homers as a senior, driving in 30 runs, too. Hernandez was the first prep pitcher selected in the MLB Draft at No. 6 overall.

Cooper Underwood LHP / Allatoona, GA / 2025

GEORGIA TECH; MLB Draft, 12th Round (Brewers)

With excellent pitchability and finesse from the mound, Underwood just authored one of the most overpowering seasons Georgia’s seen from an arm in recent history. In 73.2 innings, the Georgia Tech recruit allowed only four earned runs (0.38 ERA) all while punching out 152 batters, dodging barrels in every start. Opposing hitters had a batting average of just .102 against Underwood, which helped him rewrite Allatoona’s record books this spring and he ultimately claimed the Prep Baseball Georgia Player of the Year award as well. The Brewers took a chance at drafting him in the 12th round, so we’ll see if his future will remain in Atlanta or in pro ball.

Aaron Watson RHP / Trinity Christian Academy, FL / 2025

FLORIDA; MLB Draft, 2nd Round (Reds)

The TCA ace went 9-0 as a senior, with 126 Ks across 78.2 innings. More importantly, as it pertains to his MLB Draft status, Watson walked only 15 batters this spring and that helped him get selected with the No. 51 overall pick on Sunday. Watson is one of two well-deserving Florida prep arms to earn a place on the All-Prep Baseball Team as he chartered a deep playoff run for TCA, lifting them to the 2A title game after tossing a complete game-shuout in the semifinals against Berkeley Prep.

Carson Bolemon LHP / Southside Christian, SC / 2026

WAKE FOREST

Bolemon was one of the most electric arms at the 2024 Prep Baseball All-American Game, and he’s seamlessly carried that into 2025, winning the Prep Baseball South Carolina Player of the Year award as a junior after going 55.1 innings without allowing an earned run. For Southside Christian, Bolemon allowed only seven hits in those 55 innings, which is astounding, and yet made even more impressive by the fact that he walked only eight. That combo helped him finish the spring season with a WHIP under 0.30, and an opponents batting average under 0.40. The ‘26 MLB Draft has two premium prep left-handers at the top in Bolemon and Gio Rojas (FL).

Uli Fernsler LHP / Novi, MI / 2025

TCU

The No. 1-ranked player in Michigan is one of the best southpaws in the nation’s Class of 2025. He lived up to the hype for Novi High this spring as well, recording 66 percent of his outs via the K. In total, Fernsler punched out 89 batters in 44.2 innings, and he walked just five total in a stellar senior season. He finished with a 0.33 ERA and an opponents batting average of .099, which has TCU excited that he went undrafted, so he’ll arrive on campus as one of the top freshman arms in the country.

Brandon Shannon RHP / McHenry, IL / 2025

LOUISVILLE

Shannon made it one of the most memorable seasons in the history of McHenry’s high school program, helping lead the Warriors to a runner-up finish at 4A state. His impressive performance against the No. 1-ranked team in Illinois in the state semifinals perfectly capped his senior season. Shannon went 12-0 in 68.1 innings with 111 Ks and a 0.82 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP. Those 12 wins happened to break a pretty special program record that was held by Bobby Miller (Dodgers), as well as Zach Badgley, the team’s assistant coach. Shannon surprisingly went undrafted, which immediately benefits Louisville, a program fresh off a College World Series appearance.

TWO-WAYS

Johnny Slawinski III LHP / OF / Johnson City, TX / 2025

TEXAS A&M; MLB Draft, 3rd Round (Angels)

From small-town Texas, west of Austin, Slawinski produced some of the most spectacular statistics of any player on this roster from the spring season. Drafted for his potential on the mound, the athletic left-hander pitched 74 innings this past spring and amassed an unbelievable 177 strikeouts in total, finishing the season with a 0.37 ERA and a 0.49 WHIP. While his future’s on the mound, he made sure to finish his time up from inside the batter’s box on the highest of notes, hitting .478 with 13 homers and 42 RBIs, good for a 1.684 OPS.

Joey Lawson RHP / 3B / Bishop Verot, FL / 2026

NORTH CAROLINA

Lawson was named the National Player of the Week in early April after putting together one of the best single-week performances we can recall seeing. In the first week of April, Lawson slugged four homers in addition to throwing a 16-K no-hitter that was a walk short of a perfect game. That basically helps put into perspective the kind of player the junior was for Bishop Verot, one of the top teams in Florida this spring, and thus the country. All in all, the North Carolina commit hit .350 with 13 doubles and 11 homers, driving in 38 runs while being even more impressive from the mound, somehow, going 9-1 with a 0.72 ERA and 113 Ks against just 23 walks.

Kruz Schoolcraft LHP / 1B / Sunset, OR / 2025

TENNESSEE; MLB DRAFT, 1st Round (Padres)

Schoolcraft just won the Prep Baseball Oregon Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons, following up Noble Meyer who accomplished the same feat in 2022 and 2023. Also like Meyer, it all culminated in becoming a first-round selection in the MLB Draft. Schoolcraft’s senior season went virtually according to plan, as he overpowered his prep competition from his massive 6-foot-8 stature, punching out 96 batters in 54 innings with a 0.39 ERA and a .125 batting average against. He’s long been able to swing it from the left side, too. At the plate, the Sunset two-way slugged 10 homers and drove in 30 runs, hitting .482 with a .637 on-base percentage in 2025.

Conor Essenburg LHP / 1B / Lincoln-Way West, IL / 2025

KENTUCKY; MLB Draft, 5th Round (Braves)

It was another banner year for Illinois prospects, and Essenburg was arguably the most productive one. He’s always been a true two-way talent with scouts somewhat split on his long-term role, because he continues to thrive at both. His right-handed bat was very possibly the best in the state’s senior class this year, as he hit .464/.591/.909 with a 1.500 OPS, recording 25 extra-base hits, including 10 homers (a program record), one of which went viral for its timing against one of the country’s best arms in a game between rival high schools. On the mound, Essenburg threw 44 innings and K’d 94 batters with a 0.94 ERA and sub-1.00 WHIP. He was selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft on Monday, and he signed today with the Braves for nearly $1.2 million, around the same amount assigned to pick No. 70 overall, for context. Atlanta announced him as an outfielder during the draft, which gives you some insight as to how they perceive him at the next level.

Mason Pike SS / RHP / Puyallup, WA / 2025

OREGON STATE; MLB Draft, 19th Round (Nationals)

Puyallup was one of the best teams in the nation for much of this spring before falling just short in Washington’s postseason. Nevertheless, Pike led the team through one of its best seasons ever, all things considered, doing so as one of the best two-ways in the country. In his senior spring, Pike slashed .482/.583/.699 with 16 extra-base hits with 28 RBIs in 29 games as a switch-hitter. As good as he was from either batter’s box, Pike was even more impressive from the rubber, where he threw 66.2 innings and punched out 112 batters, finishing with a 0.84 ERA and a .133 batting average against. Like fellow PNW prospect Schoolcraft, Pike also won his state’s Player of the Year award for the second straight season.

Jerek Turlij RHP / SS / North East, PA / 2026

PENN STATE

The Erie, Pa., prospect put together a head-turning season as one of the few juniors on this list and it feels like he’s fully on the radar now. The 2025 Prep Baseball Pennsylvania Player of the Year represented the state at the 2024 Future Games before committing to the Nittany Lions, and he leveled up again this spring. For North East High, Turlij struck out 148 batters in 56.2 innings, and he allowed just 18 hits and 21 walks along the way, finishing the season with a 0.62 ERA. Offensively, he was somehow just as valuable, hitting over .500 with 11 homers and 27 RBIs. We’re eager to see what Turlij has in store for the remainder of this year and next spring, though these kinds of numbers will be hard to top.

STATE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

STATE
PLAYER
POS.
CLASS
Commit.
ALABAMA Eric Hines OF 2025 Alabama
ARIZONA Brett Crossland RHP 2025 Texas
ARKANSAS Mark Brissey RHP 2025 Arkansas
CALIFORNIA Seth Hernandez RHP 2025 Vanderbilt
COLORADO Connor Larkin 1B/OF 2026 Oklahoma
CONNECTICUT Camden Righi C/1B 2025 UConn
DELAWARE Jase Mitchell C 2025 Kentucky
FLORIDA Gio Rojas LHP 2026 Miami
GEORGIA Cooper Underwood LHP 2025 Georgia Tech
IDAHO Dawson McInelly  OF 2025 Utah Tech
ILLINOIS Quinn Schambow C 2025 Oklahoma State
INDIANA Caden Crowell LHP 2025 Notre Dame
KANSAS Michael Winter RHP 2025 Dartmouth
KENTUCKY Griffin Rardin SS 2025 Shelton State CC
LOUISIANA Andrew Clapinski C 2025 LSU-Eunice JC
MAINE Erik Swenson RHP 2025 Maine
MARYLAND Casey Carpenter 1B/3B 2025 UNC Wilmington
MASSACHUSETTS John Paone RHP 2025 Virginia
MICHIGAN Uli Fernsler LHP 2025 TCU
MINNESOTA Owen Marsolek LHP/OF 2025 St. Thomas (MN)
MISSISSIPPI Jacob Parker & JoJo Parker OF & SS 2025 Mississippi State
MISSOURI Brody Irlbeck LHP/OF 2025 Iowa
NEBRASKA Brody Jindra SS/RHP 2026 Nebraska

NEVADA

Tate Southisene & Alexander Mercurius SS, RHP 2025 USC & Oklahoma
NEW HAMPSHIRE   Michael Cioffi LHP 2025 Southern New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY Sal Garcia SS 2026 -
NEW YORK Jayden Stroman RHP/SS 2025 Virginia
NORTH CAROLINA Coy James SS 2025 Ole Miss
OHIO Matt Ponatoski & Parker Van Engelenhoven SS, RHP/SS 2026 Kentucky & Louisville
OKLAHOMA Ethan Holliday SS 2025 Oklahoma State
OREGON Kruz Schoolcraft LHP/1B 2025 Tennessee
PENNSYLVANIA Jerek Turlij RHP/SS 2026 Penn State
RHODE ISLAND   Brady Collins C 2027 -
SOUTH CAROLINA   Carson Bolemon LHP 2026 Wake Forest
TENNESSEE Blake Lundy C 2027 -
TEXAS Johnny Slawinski LHP/OF 2025 Texas A&M
UTAH Cy Chrisman 1B/3B 2026 Oklahoma State
VERMONT Kaiden McCarthy RHP 2027 -
VIRGINIA Ren Devereux RHP/1B 2025 Penn State
WASHINGTON Mason Pike RHP/SS 2025 Oregon State
WISCONSIN Dominic Santarelli 1B 2026 Louisville

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