Prep Baseball Report

2025 High School Previews: Valley Christian Warriors


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 Valley Christian Warriors.


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Valley Christian Warriors
Head Coach: John Diatte
CIF Section: Central Coast Section
Division: 1 (2024)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish):  27-6 (Lost in Section Semi finals and first round of Nor Cal)
Key Players Lost: Tatum Marsh

+ No. Returning Positional Players: 5
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 8
+ Team Strengths: Our pitching staff is our primary strength with a high quality defensive group.

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 C/3B Jordan Ortiz - (LMU Commit)

+ '25 LHP/OF Hunter Fujimoto - (Santa Clara Commit)

+ '25 LHP/OF Quinten Marsh - (Stanford Commit)

+ '25 LHP/OF Brock Ketelsen - (Stanford Commit)

+ '25 RHP Kole Laubach - (UCSB Commit)

+ '25 RHP Rohan Kasanagotu - (USC Commit)

+ '25 RHP Forest Zelmer - (CSUN Commit)

+ '25 LHP Chris Buck - (Biola Commit)

+ '25 RHP Quentin Medrano - (Temple College Commit)

Juniors:

+ '26 SS Nathan Choi

+ '26 INF Zack Koontz

+ '26 INF Caleb Najar

+ '26 OF Christian Navarez 

+ Projected Starters: Quinten Marsh (Stanford), Kole Laubach (UCSB), Brock Ketelsen (Stanford), Rohan Kasanagotu (USC)
+ Projected Relievers: Forest Zelmer (CSUN), Alex Kim ('26 Uncommitted), Quentin Medrano (Temple College, Tx), Chris Buck (Biola)

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 RHP/INF Colton Hadfield

+ '27 Alex Moutzouridis SS/2B

+ '27 Aiden Lepisi 3B/C 

BOTTOM LINE

With a deep pitching staff that is loaded with high caliber arms we are prepared not only for the tough schedule that the WCAL will test us with, but also for the long haul of a full season and hopefully deep into the playoffs. Pitching is our biggest strength, but we are going to take care of the baseball behind this staff with good defenders across the board. As long as we can be productive on offense and guys hit to their potential over the course of the year we can potentially make a deep run in the playoffs come May. - Coach Diatte

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Valley Christian has perennially been one of the strongest programs in all of California, and 2025 doesn't seem to be any different. While the loss of Tatum Marsh and other seniors is impactful, a stacked lineup from top to bottom and a plentiful rotation of D1 arms have them poised for another season as a top school in the state. 

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Upcoming Events

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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
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