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2025 High School Previews: Ocean View Seahawks


Steven Hardesty
Assistant Scouting Director

 

  

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The 2025 California 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 California.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective CIF Section Championship Game, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview these individual programs across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings.

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

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today with a preview of the Ocean View Seahawks.


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Ocean View Seahawks
Head Coach: Tanner Van Maanen
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: 2 (2024) 
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 20-9 CIF-SS D2 playoff berth
Key Players Lost: N/A

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 6
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 5
+ Team Strengths: A large roster of key returning players. All of the infielders and our catcher, plus both of our best arms from last year. 

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 LHP/OF JT Lewis GCU Commit

+ '25 C Luke Gordon Bethel Commit

+ '25 SS Mateo Rodriguez

+ '25 RHP/INF Samuel Arredondo

Juniors:

+ '26 UTL Carson Sulsona

+ Projected Starters: JT Lewis, Samual Arredondo, Austin Aldous
+ Projected Relievers: Ezekiel Case,Evan Simonds, Ezekiel Saldana,Blake Von Eps

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 Austin Aldous

+ '27 Evan Simonds

+ '27 Blake Von Eps

BOTTOM LINE

We had a very good season in 2024 winning 20 games and reaching the CIF-SS D2 playoffs. With the majority of our top players returning from that squad, especially at key spots, I'm excited about the potential for this years squad to do well in our league and whichever Division we are placed in should we make the CIF-SS playoffs again. - Coach Van Maanen

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Playoffs runs have become the norm for Ocean View under Tyler Van Maanen, one of the best coaches in a region full of great coaches. The 2025 season should be no different as the Seahawks have a lot to be excited about including a gauntlet of a schedule that is going to tell them exactly who they are. Van Maanen told me he wanted to test his squad and that's what he going to do, a sign of how much he believes this team has a chance to be a special one for his program. The Seahawks have arms, athletes, can really defend and will adjust offensively to whatever the situation dictates it be. Those are all qualities of winning teams. With the new playoff seeding format in CIF-SS this coming spring, winning against that schedule should see Ocean View push for a bump to Division I. - Les Lukach State Director

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Upcoming Events

Showcase State Date Location
Central California Preseason ID CA 01/12/25 Ventura College
North Bay Preseason ID CA 01/25/25 Novato High School
Inland Empire Preseason ID CA 01/26/25 Ganesha High School
East Bay Preseason ID CA 02/01/25 Pittsburg High School
Sacramento Preseason ID CA 02/09/25 McBean Park
Orange County Rising Stars ID CA 03/02/25 Mater Dei High School
Inland Empire Rising Stars ID CA 03/30/25 Corona High School
Los Angeles Rising Stars ID CA 04/27/25 O'Malley Field

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