The 2025 Wisconsin high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across the Badger State.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective WIAA Division State Championship, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams with this initial Preseason Power 25 release which will take us right up to first pitch.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across Wisconsin. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, Scout Blog and much more.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Muskego Warriors
Preseason Rank: 1
Head Coach: Jacob Paige
WIAA Division: 1
Conference: Classic Eight
Last Year’s Record: 23-6
2024 Season Highlights: Sectional finalists
Key Players Lost:

• OF Bradyn Horn (UW-Milwaukee)
• SS/3B Brock Lulewicz (Wichita State)

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ROSTER PREVIEW

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X-FACTOR

OF/RHP Ben Kuglitsch (2026; Florida State commit) has been a performer on varsity the previous two seasons. Now a junior and one of the top players in the Midwest, Kuglitsch enters the spring as a key piece on both sides of the ball. The talent on the mound is special, strikes with three pitches and a fastball that reaches the mid-90s with a sharp two-plane breaking ball.

At the plate, Kuglitsch has middle of the order impact flashing feel to drive the ball in the air in past looks. Carrying the impact over into games more consistently will provide the Warriors another weapon on offense that can provide value in multiple ways.

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NEWCOMER TO WATCH

MIF Kyle Rogosienski (2027) is looking to play a pivotal role this spring for the Warriors. One of the top athletes in the state and has taken considerable strides since beginning his high school career. The 5-foot-11 left-handed hitter looks to compete for the starting shortstop job and has plenty of standout tools at his disposal. An easy runner, with speed that translates in the field showing range to both sides to pair with arm strength up to 95 mph across the diamond. At the plate, Rogosienski continues to trend upward with increased impact at the plate paired with the speed and athleticism could give the Warriors a dynamic piece to the lineup.

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TEAM OUTLOOK

“This group is looking to take the next step in their development as a team. Though we are still young overall, the experience gained last season was extremely valuable.” – Jacob Paige, head coach

Muskego returns the bulk of their starters on both sides of the ball, which includes some of the top players in the state. The lineup runs deep, both with the aforementioned names above and with depth beyond them.

C Maddux Lessard (2026) was named to First Team All-State after hitting over .400 on the year while being a staple and productive piece in the middle of the order. Entering his second season behind the dish, Lessard has proven more than capable of handling himself, both in leading a staff and in keeping the run-game in check. After hitting the ground running as a freshman, Lessard will look to build off last spring's success.

Muskego’s senior class really sets the tone here, guided by INF/RHP Dean Staudacher (Wabash Valley JC), MIF/OF Aidyn Mueller (McHenry County JC), RHP AJ Rowland (Rock Valley JC), RHP Tyler Gress, and INF Danny Hauboldt.

Staudacher is a top-20-ranked senior in the state with some explosiveness on both sides of the ball, as a 5-foot-10, 185-pound athlete with strength. He’s been up into the low-90s on the mound – with 97 mph throws across the diamond on defense – and his right-handed swing can generate a ton of runs for this squad.

Mueller is a returning second team all-conference performer who is capable of setting the table for the Warriors day in and day out with the athleticism to play all over the infield and outfield, which is especially useful to Muskego. He hit .379 in his junior year and his returning experience at the top of the lineup is one of the most important aspects of Muskego’s daily order.

Then there’s Rowland, who was really clutch for Muskego in 2024, leading the team in innings pitched and he’s all set for a pivotal role again this spring as one of the key high-leverage relievers on this pitching staff. Gress and Hauboldt are also key returners; Gress can pump strikes and compete on the mound while Hauboldt returns a .326 average with more defensive versatility on the infield.

Where Muskego really starts to separate themselves from the pack comes from within their Class of 2026. These juniors are special, and it goes beyond the aforementioned Kuglitsch and Lessard.

It’s within the realm of possibility that, by the year’s end, RHP/1B Tyson Grulkowski is their top overall performer. This winter he was sitting at a heavy 88-89 mph with a sinker-type heater, backed by a swing-and-miss sweeper and a changeup that can get outs on its own. Add in the fact that Grulkowski is a 6-foot-5, 227-pound slugger with one of the most physical right-handed bats in this loaded conference and it’s easy to envision him becoming one of the state’s top starters and middle-of-the-order threats combined.

It doesn’t stop there though, the rotation is also aided by OF/RHP Callen Tomsyck (2026), who we just saw at the Milwaukee Preseason ID at the end of March where he was one of the day’s top overall performers – and at an event featuring nearly 200 of the top players in the area. Tomsyck is a special athlete in his own right, a 6.61 runner with real two-way abilities. We’ve liked it on the mound in the past where he competes in the zone in the mid- to upper-80s with feel for his breaking ball and changeup secondaries. But Tomsyck has really continued to impress offensively, registering a max exit speed of 99.8 mph at last month’s event (95.5 average). He’s a huge piece that Muskego gets to lean on in multiple ways this spring.

Fellow juniors INF/RHP Carter Nicolato and RHP Jacob Kardelis only bolster this special roster. Nicolato has some of the biggest right-handed bat strength in the class, with above-average bat speed that results in EVs in the mid-90s, up to 98 mph in the past. Kardelis has a loose, quick arm and he’s an athlete on the mound, another solid, reliable low-80s arm here that will see some work in 2025.

We also just saw C Ty Glysch (2026) at our MKE ID where he looked like he took a big jump up on both sides of the ball. He’s a 6-foot-3, 212-pound left-handed-hitting catcher that produced an average exit speed over 90 mph (95.8 max), paired with pop times in the low-2.00 range with 78 mph arm strength. There, too, was RHP Dylan Jeske (2026), yet another strong junior on this club who topped 89.1 mph from the mound last month with a banger slider that could help him become a key arm here.

There are also a pair of sophomores who figure to feature here this spring, like LHP/OF Joey Shaw, who was really one of the team’s most dependable arms as just a freshman last spring. He threw a ton of strikes, especially for a freshman, and he’s one of the top ‘27s in the state with tons of athleticism. Shaw brings back a 1.96 ERA from his freshman year. There’s also Rogosienski, who is one of the top-ranked middle infielders in the Midwest’s sophomore class. At the West MKE ID in February, he ran a 6.77 with a 95 mph arm across, and his sweet-looking left-handed swing recorded EVs in the 95 mph range, and he looks capable of becoming one of the top prospects in the whole region over the next few springs.

There’s honestly even more reinforcements on the way, should Muskego need it at any point. LHP Mason Horn (2027) looks like he might become one of the top left-handers in the state at some point very soon, INF Aiden Perlberg (2027) is another follow athlete in the class, and INF Cooper Wendt (2027) was also one of the biggest winners at our recent Milwaukee ID in Franklin a couple weeks back.

This has the makings of becoming one of the most memorable WIAA rosters in recent history over the next few seasons, and it feels like the window has sincerely opened in 2025.

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BOTTOM LINE

It’s hard to conjure a WIAA roster that’s been this talented and this deep… maybe even impossible, honestly. In recent years, 2022’s Whitefish Bay (while upset early in the postseason) had the look and feel of one of Wisconsin’s best-ever groups, but even they might have lacked some of the depth that Muskego is currently rostering.

Still, the games need to be played and Muskego’s coaching staff knows they’ve not yet accomplished anything to this point. It’s exciting to see all of this talent inside the dugout, but we’re even more eager to see how the Warriors coalesce in 2025 and just how far they can go.

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Find more information on the 2025 Muskego program below:

• Follow the Warriors on X: @BaseballMuskego

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