Prep Baseball Report

2025 Georgia Preview: White County Warriors


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: White County Warriors
Head Coach: Jim Waits
Classification: GHSA Class 3A
Region: 6-3A
2024 Record (Finish): 14-16
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 4
Team Strengths: Starting Pitching


TOP RETURNING PLAYERS 

  • 2025 RHP Shelton Ramey
  • 2025 LHP Trevor Butler
  • 2025 LHP Grant Gooch
  • 2025 SS John Bannon
  • 2025 C Cole Shelton
  • 2025 UTL Caleb Campbell
  • 2026 3B Alex Freeman
  • 2026 OF Cooper Garrett
  • 2026 INF/C Carter Nguyen

TOP UNDERCLASSMEN

  • 2027 RHP Sawyer Gailey

TEAM OUTLOOK

White county missed the playoffs by 1 spot last season, and will look to bounce back in 2025. They will be in a touch region with Pickens, Dawson County and GAC, which were all playoff teams from a year ago. The Warriors will be returning a strong group of upperclassmen with experience on the mound that should set the tone for their season. Senior Shelton Ramey will be their ace. We have been able to see him a lot over the last year, and he has shown command with a mid to upper 80’s fastball. Fellow senior, Trevor Butler will come at hitters from the left side with the ability to throw strikes and force contact. Grant Gooch will round out their starting pitchers as another lefty that pitches to contact. Gooch and Butler will also be key pieces on defense and in the line up. Junior Alex Freeman is one that has performed really well this fall and will hold down the hot corner and be one of their strongest bats in the line up. He will also be called on out of the pen in relief. Senior John Bannon has some of the most experience on the team, and will be their leader at short stop for his final high school season. Playing up the middle with Bannon will be junior Carter Nguyen. One player that is going to be a high follow for the next couple of years is sophomore, Sawyer Gailey. He will look to make an impact early in his high school career both on the mound and in the line up. He is a low-mid 80’s righty that is only going to get stronger and increase velocity.


Find more information on the 2025 White County program below:

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


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South Georgia Preseason ID  1/04 Lowndes High School - Valdosta, Ga
Augusta Preseason ID 1/05 Augusta Christian School - Augusta, Ga
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LakePoint Rising Stars ID (2029 and 2020 grads) 2/17 LakePoint Sports


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