We’re finally closing the book on a memorable spring in the WIAA, releasing our First Team, All-State roster today, with our Second and Third teams rolling out over the next week or so. Coaches from around Wisconsin submitted some of their top performers throughout the year, and our staff has sifted through the numbers in order to determine who is worthy of these end-of-spring accolades.

You can find our 2022-2024 all-state honorees listed on this page, if you’re interested.

Now, here are the 19 players we believe earned a place on the 2025 First Team, All-State roster.

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CATCHERS

Peter Visconti II C / St. Joseph Catholic, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB OPS SB .532 7 4 5 40 40 31 1.494 45 Visconti wraps up a legendary career at SJCA at the top of the summit. He was a pivotal part of the Lancers’ Division 3 state championship, and he’s been one of the most productive players in Wisconsin since his freshman season. As a senior, Visconti recorded 50 hits in 94 at-bats (.532) and 16 of them went for extra bases, including five homers, which helped him generate 40 RBIs. He also walked 31 times which boosted his on-base percentage to a team-high .643 – which is especially impressive given the fact that he occupied a lineup with our ‘Player of the Year’ inside it. The UW-Milwaukee recruit had over 150 career hits at St. Joe’s, and his 45 steals this past spring are the most in a single season in program history.

Marek Bolson C / Oconomowoc, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB OPS FLD% .403 8 1 2 19 26 28 1.188 .990 This was one of the most competitive seasons we can recall in determining the best of the best at the catching position from the spring, but Bolson claimed the other spot on our first team roster following a strong senior spring in the state’s most ruthless conference. Bolson’s a stellar defender, which aids his case, and he also collected 11 extra-base hits and hit over .400 for the Raccoons. Bolson’s one of the toughest outs in the state as well, earning 28 walks (.578 OBP) in his 27 games. The Kent State recruit has a sky-high ceiling that we’re eager to watch him reach at the next level.

FIRST BASEMAN

Dominic Santarelli 1B / LHP / St. Joseph Catholic, WI / 2026 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB OPS SB .429 10 3 11 40 57 46 1.687 43 There’s not much left to say about our state’s 2025 Player of the Year. Santarelli entered the season as the most threatening hitter in the state, despite being just a junior, and so he was pitched around and intentionally walked enough to earn him 44 free passes in 127 plate appearances. That put the pressure on him to take full advantage of the pitches that did enter the strike zone – and he made the damage count. He tallied 24 extra-base hits, with 11 homers, and 40 RBIs. The 11 homers comfortably led the state, and he also swiped 43 bases, which is a whopping 29 more than he had in his sophomore spring. The Louisville commit supercharged the Lancers’ offense and helped lead them to state while earning the title’s final three outs on the mound, too.

INFIELDERS

Max Glusick SS / Sun Prairie East, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R SB OPS .484 9 2 3 24 38 21 1.248 Glusick graduated from one of the state’s most storied baseball programs as one of its best ever players. The UW-Milwaukee recruit is its all-time hits leader, singles leader (104), doubles leader (28), and triples leader (11). As a senior, Glusick operated as both a reliably clutch performer and a table-setter. He hit nearly .500 and added 14 extra-base hits, scoring 38 runs and stealing 21 bases as the Cardinals’ everyday shortstop.

Jace Mataczynski SS / Hudson, WI / 2026 AVG OBP SLG H 2B 3B HR RBI BB .432 .500 .800 41 9 7 4 30 13 Hudson was our top-ranked team in the state for much of the year, and Mataczynski wound up as the Raiders’ best offensive player inside of a loaded lineup. The uncommitted junior hit .432 and slugged .800, as 20 of his 41 hits went for extra bases. Those extra-base knocks helped Mataczynski record 30 RBIs as a junior, and he looks like one of the most impactful on-the-market prospects in the Midwest.

Chance Ruby SS / RHP / Wilmot Union, WI / 2026 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB OPS SB .435 10 7 1 18 21 12 1.233 13 Ruby, another junior on this list, feels like he’ll wind up being one of the best pure baseball players that the WIAA has seen in some time. He’s a throwback who can do it all, and he does so for Wilmot. This past spring, Ruby collected 40 hits (18 XBH), and he already has over 100 career hits at the varsity level. He’s hit over .400 in consecutive springs now, and Ruby feels like an under-the-radar contender to be in the 2026 Player of the Year conversation in a year.

Jack Lutz SS / Whitnall, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SB FLD% .403 5 2 1 15 37 22 20 .992 Among these first-team infielders, Lutz, a South Florida recruit, might just be the best defender of the four, and that isn’t taken lightly. Lutz’s shortstop is arguably the best in the state, which accounts for quite a bit of the consideration he got for his place on this roster, but the left-handed hitter also hit over. 400 and added eight extra-base hits. Like Santarelli, Lutz was pitched to quite carefully, which earned him 22 walks (against just six Ks), and he helped one of the best D2 teams in Wisconsin manufacture runs regularly, touching home 37 times himself.

OUTFIELDERS

Kingston Grisolono OF / LHP / Kewaskum, WI / 2027 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB OPS SB .500 11 5 5 32 31 22 1.543 19 Just two sophomores earned first-team spots on this roster, and both, frankly, earned even a little POTY chatter. Grisolono is the East Central Conference’s own Player of the Year after a dynamite two-way performance that saw him go 42-for-84 on the spring with 11 doubles, five triples, and five home runs. Grisolono flaunted five tools as an underclassman, too, playing true center field defense with speed that plays on the bases (19 steals), and an arm that helped him strike out 81 batters in nearly 60 innings (0.82 ERA). It was an all-around special spring for the Kewaskum sophomore, who will be a member of Team Wisconsin at this month’s Prep Baseball Future Games as well.

Jack Murray OF / Brookfield East, WI / 2026 AVG OBP 2B 3B HR RBI SB OPS .484 .570 6 2 3 22 21 1.351 Murray committed to Northern Illinois at the start of the spring – but not for his status as a baseball player, but for his work at linebacker on the gridiron. Still, the junior went on to have one of the best offensive springs in the state, hitting nearly .500 with 11 extra-base hits, 22 RBIs, and 21 steals. His 1.351 OPS is among the highest of qualified hitters in the WIAA, and despite looking like a prototypical middle-of-the-order bopper, Murray is tough to punch out, as he K’d just six times in 64 at-bats this season and that helped him set the program’s single-season OBP record (.570). All in all, he’s one of the most productive hitters in Wisconsin who could help make B’East a genuine state contender in 2026.

Christian Collins OF / Notre Dame Academy, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SB OPS .438 7 6 3 24 26 22 12 1.404 Like Murray, Collins is also committed to play at the next level in football (Northern Iowa), but he just wrapped up a special baseball career. He’s a highlight reel-type running back, and it’s that kind of athleticism that allows him to fit in perfectly out in center field while he also starred from the batter’s box. Collins’ speed helped him burst to an NDA single-season record six triples (16 total XBH), and his 26 runs scored are also a single-season program record. He finished the spring with a 1.404 OPS and that catapulted him to the Fox River Classic’s POTY award, as well as this first-team roster.

Matthew O'Grady Jr. OF / Badger, WI / 2026 AVG 2B HR RBI R SB OPS .406 10 6 31 32 17 1.131 Coincidentally, O’Grady is the third prospect in this group with authentic interest from colleges as a football player, though he’s certainly earning attention for his work on the diamond as well. Badger was one of the best stories of the spring, as they slayed some giants on their way to the D1 state championship game where they got oh-so-close to winning it all. Still, O’Grady was the best hitter on this runner-up squad, and it was arguably the best season any Badger bat has ever had. He set the program’s single-season record for hits (43), home runs (6), and now he’s already Badger’s all-time leader in hits (102), steals (34), runs (87), and homers (9). He had that kind of year offensively all while playing excellent center field defense, which made it that much easier to place him directly onto this first-team roster.

PITCHERS

Ethan Bauerschmidt RHP / SS / Tremper, WI / 2025 IP W-L ER K ERA WHIP 62.1 7-2 10 120 1.12 0.87 If we handed out such an award, Bauerschmidt would’ve been our ‘Senior of the Year.’ The Penn State recruit is a true strikeout artist and he’s capable of being the most productive prospect to emerge from Wisconsin’s Class of 2025 – whether that’s in a one year or in five. He K’d 120 batters in just over 60 innings, and he walked only 20. Bauerschmidt allowed just 10 earned runs this spring as well, which led to a 1.12 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP. All the while, Bauerschmidt was playing shortstop every day he wasn’t pitching for the Trojans, and he finished the spring with an OPS over 1.000, too. He also authored one of the best single starts of 2025 on April 8 against Bradford, which is worth mentioning here.

Cal Schneider LHP / New Berlin Eisenhower, WI / 2027 IP W-L ER H BB K ERA WHIP BAA 63.2 11-0 3 24 10 92 0.33 0.53 .113 Schneider is the other sophomore on this first-team roster, and he was genuinely a POTY contender after having guided New Berlin Eisenhower through some of the toughest matchups across D2, in conference, sectionals, and eventually at state. Whenever Schneider took the ball, his final stat line underscored his dominance this season – you can really look to whichever final line you want, and that would tell you a pretty clear story of how his spring went overall. In total, Schneider pitched 63.2 innings as a sophomore and he went 11-0 in 12 starts, allowing just five runs (three earned) on 24 hits, 10 walks, while amassing 92 punch-outs over that span, equating to a 0.33 ERA, a 0.53 WHIP, and a .113 batting average against. Schneider’s a crafty lefty with command and moxie, yet that somehow sells him short. This was one of the best sophomore seasons we can recall a player having since we’ve been doing this, and he, too, will be joining Team Wisconsin at the Future Games later this month.

Owen Dobberstein RHP / Pewaukee, WI / 2025 IP W-L ER H BB K ERA WHIP BAA 62.1 8-2 4 22 14 103 0.45 0.58 .107 Dobberstein makes it four players to earn first-team honors from either the Woodland West or East conferences, highlighting just how competitive the state’s Division 2 scene was in 2025. The Pewaukee prospect allowed just four earned runs this spring in 62.1 innings, on just 22 hits and 14 walks, and he K’d 103 batters in the meantime, allowing him to cap his prep career with a stellar senior season. He finished with a 0.45 ERA, 0.58 WHIP, and a .107 batting average against – and only twice did an opposing hitter record an extra-base hit against him. He was the WBCA’s Division 2 Player of the Year, and he graduated as one of the best in the history of the Pirates’ program. The Evangel recruit is now the program’s single-season record holder in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, and his 17-K game earlier this spring is also a single-game record for a Pewaukee pitcher.

Tyson Grulkowski RHP / 1B / Muskego, WI / 2026 IP W-L ER K ERA WHIP 53.1 9-1 9 86 1.18 0.83 There are few pitchers in the state who we’d choose to start for us in a winner-take-all game before the junior South Florida recruit – maybe none, in fact. This spring, Grulkowski finished as the top arm from the most competitive conference in the WIAA. In 53.1 innings, the 6-foot-5 right-hander allowed just nine earned runs and he punched out 86 batters over that span, and he finished with a WHIP of just 0.83, which is especially impressive when you factor in how grueling the Classic Eight Conference can be. He got the ball in Muskego’s quarterfinal matchup with Sun Prairie East, and his complete-game effort against a sound Cardinals squad really made it feel as if the Warriors could be the team to beat in D1 – and that wound up true.

Evan Lauer RHP / SS / Germantown, WI / 2025 IP W-L ER H K ERA WHIP 55.1 8-1 9 30 70 1.14 0.78 Germantown was armed with ace-types and it was ultimately Lauer who led the staff. What he lacks in overpowering velocity, Lauer more than makes up for in pitchability. He is one of the best touch-and-feel pitchers we’ve seen in recent years, and his on-mound IQ made him one of the toughest at-bats in Wisconsin this spring. For added context, Lauer didn’t allow more than four hits in any start this season, and he compiled six total complete games in 2025. In 55.1 innings, the Bryant & Stratton JC recruit allowed just 30 hits and nine earned runs, and he struck out 70 batters, which added up to a 1.14 ERA and a 0.78 WHIP as a senior. With genuine command of a four-plus pitch mix, Lauer let no batter get comfortable against him, and there were often times he’d go multiple innings without throwing a fastball, which made his low- to mid-80s heater look 10 ticks more firm when it did leave his hand. Without a doubt, he was one of the most enjoyable players to watch work this season.

UTILITY

Sawyer Deering RHP / OF / Kimberly, WI / 2025 AVG 2B 3B HR RBI R OPS IP K ERA WHIP .440 9 5 5 19 30 1.392 40 63 1.75 1.05 Deering was the most productive two-way senior this spring, as he collected 19 extra-base hits (5 HR) for Kimberly, which was good for an OPS near 1.400, and he K’d 63 batters in 40 innings, finishing a terrific prep career with a 1.75 ERA in his senior season, as well as a 1.05 WHIP. Deering is another one of those bulldog-type pitchers that demands the ball against the toughest opponents, and it’s that profile that helps him project as a perfect fit inside of Tennessee’s exciting program, where he’s headed next.

Sam Hirthe RHP / SS / New Berlin Eisenhower, WI / 2025 AVG OBP 2B 3B RBI IP K ERA WHIP .405 .548 7 1 25 54.2 79 1.15 0.90 It was hard not to get fired up watching Hirthe rally the Lions from the mound in the D2 state championship game after he’d been doing that same thing all spring for Ike. The senior operated as the team’s shortstop when it wasn’t his turn to pitch, though his work from the mound was what he’d become known for, at least on our staff anyway. His ace-like stuff led to 79 Ks in 54.2 innings, and he allowed just nine runs over that span, good for a 1.15 ERA with a 0.90 WHIP. From the plate, Hirthe hit over .400 and he reached base well over 50 percent of the time, adding eight extra-base hits and 25 RBIs. Ultimately, he’ll be remembered for what could be the final competitive at-bat of his life, when he sliced a double to left field that sent Ike’s walk-off, title-clinching run all the way home from first, winning Eisenhower its first-ever state baseball championship.

Carter Kutz 3B / RHP / Hartford Union, WI / 2025 IP K ERA WHIP 2B HR RBI BB SB OPS 66 84 0.96 0.74 5 2 17 22 21 0.897 Kutz has a well-earned reputation as one of the top prospects in the state’s senior class over the course of his high school career, culminating in a special senior season that ended in a semifinals appearance at D1 state. While Kutz’s bat had been the focal point for much of his career to this point, we’d long been excited about his promise on the mound, and that came to fruition in his final prep spring. He really came into his own as a pitcher in 2025, finishing the year with a 0.96 ERA, which amounts to just nine earned runs allowed in 66 innings, to go along with 84 Ks and a minuscule 0.74 WHIP. His .900 OPS, 21 steals, and 22 walks helped him energize the Orioles’ offense, one that was filled with talent, and that spurred us to award him with a place on this prestigious list.

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