2025 High School Previews: Valley Christian Warriors
January 14, 2025
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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 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
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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MORE 2025 TEAM PREVIEWS
Upcoming Events
Showcase | State | Date | Location |
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 |
MORE PREP BASEBALL NEWS
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- CA Central California Preseason ID: Catcher Analysis 2/07/25
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- CA 2025 High School Previews: Franklin Wildcats 2/07/25
- CA Sacramento Preseason ID: Preview Story 2/07/25
- CA Sacramento Rising Stars ID: Preview Story 2/07/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 C Brady Abner 2/06/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 RHP Luke Kaiser 2/05/25
- CA Inland Empire Preseason ID: Positional Data Dive 2/05/25
- CA Inland Empire Preseason ID: Pitcher Data Dive 2/05/25