Prep Baseball Report

2025 Georgia Preview: Fellowship Christian Paladins


Prep Baseball Georgia
Staff

The 2025 high school baseball season is quickly approaching and as usual, excitement abounds 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 Georgia.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in the GHSA or GIAA state playoffs, 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 individual teams across Georgia. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews and by continuing our scheduled podcasts and releasing our preseason top-10 rankings in each GHSA classification and Power 25.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state.

Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week, updating the top-10 ranks in each GHSA classification, as well updating our Power 25 overall rankings. One thing, especially, you don’t want to miss are our scheduled podcasts with guests from across the state, as well as the recaps and previews of the big games we’re covering.

*Please note the information has been gathered from head coaches across the state, based on their replies to the questionnaire we distributed over this offseason.

High School: Fellowship Christian Paladins
Head Coach: Shawn Oliver
Classification: GHSA Class 1A-Private
Region: 5-1A-Private
2024 Record (Finish): 17-15, First Round
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 9
Team Strengths: Whole team returning, team chemistry, experienced underclassmen from last season. 


TOP RETURNING PLAYERS 

  • 2025 OF Tristan Costoulas
  • 2025 IF Jack Oetinger
  • 2025 IF/RHP Lawson Ivey
  • 2025 C Clayton Stock
  • 2025 RHP Harry Gardner
  • 2026 RHP Jack Dart
  • 2026 OF Jonathan Granby
  • 2026 1B/LHP Will Hawkins
  • 2026 1B  Jack Hughes
  • 2026 IF Griffin Lugar
  • 2026 OF/RHP Mack Town

TOP UNDERCLASSMEN

  • 2027 IF/RHP James Sharp
  • 2027 OF/RHP Walker Waggoner
  • 2027 IF Reid Harke
  • 2027 IF Trummie Patrick
  • 2027 C/RHP Eli Latora
  • 2027 C Coe Puckett
  • 2027 1B/LHP Luke Stefl
  • 2027 RHP Dylan Ivkovich
  • 2027 OF Jake Brannon
  • 2028 IF Carl McCook
  • 2028 RHP Will Bracken

TEAM OUTLOOK

Coach Oliver and the Paladins could be returning the most players in the state from the 2024 team. They had underclassmen scattered across the diamond and in the line up in 2024. Knowing the majority of the players, we knew that this team was going to be ultra talented in the years to come. The 2025 team will still be fairly young, but all their underclassmen earned valuable time last season that will make them feel like upperclassmen in 2025. Seniors Tristan Costoulas and Jack Oetinger will lead the offense. Costoulas has been a key piece in the line up for years, and will look to finish his high school year on a high note. Fellow seniors Lawson Ivey and Harry Gardner will lead the young bucks on the mound. Sophomore Reid Harke is coming off one of the more impressive seasons for a freshman in 2024, and has been a huge riser in the 2027 class. He is a plus runner with effortless actions in the field and real feel for the barrel with a future plus hit tool. Jake Brannon is another sophomore that is expected to have a big season. He was a junior future gamer in 2023 with easy pop at the plate. Eli Latora, James Sharp and Coe Puckett will round out the 2027 group that all saw time as freshmen and will be expected to contribute even more in 2025. Representing the junior class will be Mack Town, Jonathan Granby and Will Hawkins. Coach Oliver will have a large roster that he will be able to get creative with due to having talent across every class. This Paladin team could compete with their 2023 squad and will be fun to watch for years to come.


Find more information on the 2025 Fellowship Christian program below:

+ Follow them on X: @PaladinsFCS
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Georgia, 2025 HS Team Previews


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