2025 Georgia Preview: Norcross Blue Devils
January 14, 2025
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: Norcross Blue Devils
Head Coach: Aaron Wilkens
Classification: GHSA Class 6A
Region: 7-6A
2024 Record (Finish): 16-15, First round.
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 5
Team Strengths: Competitive lineup with aggressive bats, 1 thru 9.
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- 2025 RHP/OF Bryson Bizzell
- 2025 RHP Alex Wright
- 2025 C/3B Hayden Garcia
- 2025 SS/2B Drew Rockecharlie
- 2026 OF/RHP Cameron Coll
- 2026 OF/C Will Thiry
- 2026 RHP/OF Owen Szczepanik
- 2026 INF Tristan Alvarez
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 2028 RHP Wesley Thiry
- 2027 OF Matthew Isaacson
TEAM OUTLOOK
The Blue Devils appear to be in a good spot for 2025 with some of their heavy hitters in the line up returning. Coach Wilkens is excited about the aggression in his line up 1 thru 9. On top of having a strong line up he will have his ace on the mound back for his senior year, Bryson Bizzell. Another exciting thing about the pitching staff is they lost of few key players due to injury early in the season in 2024 and some guys were able to gain valuable experience that should really pay off in 2025. Senior Alex Wright is primed for a big senior year. Juniors Camerol Coll and Owen Szczepanik will also see a considerable amount of innings this year as they transition into upperclasmen. Coll is a mid 80’s arm that we could see into the upper 80’s this spring. Senior Hayden Garcia is another dynamic bat in the line up that will be behgind the plate and in the infield some. We saw him ove the summer and he displayed some strong defensive ability that will be an assett for any team. Junior Will Thiry will be a leader behind the dish and in the OF for the Blue Devils. He is a gamer type player that can make players around him better. He plays the game hard with feel for the barrel at the plate and sneaky pop to the pull side. Another key bat in the line up will be junior Tristan Alvarez. It looks like he has made some big gains this off season and could have a breakout year. Will’s younger brother Welsey Thiry is an up and coming freshman that could also see some mound time at the varsity level. He has a long/lanky frame that has been into the mid 80’s. He will be a big piece for Norcross for years to come. Fellow underclassmen Matthew Isaacson is one to keep an eye on the next few years. All in all the Blue Devils have the pieces to better that 1st round appearance from a year ago. They will play some of the top competition in the state in one of the toughest regions there is.
Find more information on the 2025 Norcorss program below:
+ Follow them on X: @norxbaseball
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Georgia, 2025 HS Team Previews
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Upcoming Events
SHOWCASE | DATE | LOCATION |
Preseason All-State: Underclass | 1/18 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
Preseason All-State: Upperclass | 1/19 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
East Georgia Rising Stars ID (2029 and 2030 grads) | 2/1 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
LakePoint Rising Stars ID (2029 and 2030 grads) | 2/17 | LakePoint Sports |