Prep Baseball Report

2025 Georgia Preview: North Cobb Christian Eagles


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: North Cobb Christian Eagles
Head Coach: Jimmy Keane
Classification: GHSA Class 2A
Region: 7-2A
2024 Record (Finish): 36-5, State Champions
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 7
Team Strengths: Overall team athleticism, returning experience.


TOP RETURNING PLAYERS 

  • 2025 C/3B Spears Martin
  • 2025 RHP Ross Rea 
  • 2025 1B Rilee Hutchinson, Coastal Alabama commit
  • 2025 RHP Caden Dollar, Toccoa Falls commit
  • 2026 C Hudson Newell, Gardner-Webb commit
  • 2026 IF Nico Arauz

TOP UNDERCLASSMEN

  • 2027 OF Austin Tamborra
  • 2027 OF JD Aufderheide
  • 2027 OF/LHP Carson Bruce
  • 2027 OF Teddy Jarrard
  • 2028 C/RHP Truitt Stafford

TEAM OUTLOOK

Despite losing some key production from last year’s team, including a pair of UGA commits in Michael Mullinax and Asher Sabom, the defending back-to-back 2A state champions come into the spring re-tooled and looking for a three-peat. The trio of sophomore OF in Austin Tamborra, JD Aufderheide, and Carson Bruce give the Eagles one of the highest-upside outfields in the state as top 20 players in Georgia’s 2027 class and have already gained invaluable experience as freshman paired with big in-game production. C/3B Spears Martin and 1B Rilee Hutchinson provide senior leadership in the corner infield spots while providing above-average power output to all-fields to pace the lineup. Junior C Hudson Newell brings an all-around profile that will be a middle of the order asset alongside a quality glove being the plate. Another junior in IF Nico Arauz comes in a bit under-the-radar and could be a breakout guy for the Eagles this spring as he vies for a starting middle-infield spot with good bat-to-ball and defensive actions. Senior RHPs Ross Rea and Caden Dollar bring veteran experience to the starting rotation with LHP Carson Bruce getting a chance to compete for that third spot after a big showing in the pen as a freshman. Bullpen will have solid depth throughout including senior Will Bartholomew, junior Luke Dorsey, and freshman Truitt Stafford, who comes off a massive fall campaign and could make an instant impact on both sides this upcoming spring. The pieces are lining up for the Eagles to put together yet another 30+ win season while pushing towards that three-game series at the end of May.


Find more information on the 2025 North Cobb Christian program below:

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


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