2025 Georgia Team Preview: Hillgrove Hawks
December 22, 2024
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: Hillgrove Hawks
Head Coach: David Richardson
Classification: GHSA Class 6A
Region: 3-6A
2024 Record (Finish): 22-13
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 6
Team Strengths: Tremendous team speed, quality pitching depth
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- 2025 OF Avery Wilson, Kennesaw State commit
- 2025 C/3B Carson Vick, GCSU commit
- 2025 3B Daniel Parker, West Alabama commit
- 2026 SS Donovan Dortch
- 2026 RHP Aiden Moore
- 2026 OF Jordan Walker
- 2026 RHP Tucker Bowen
- 2026 OF Kingston Sims
- 2026 INF Alan Aguilar
- 2026 RHP Nahdir Jackson
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 2027 MIF Dylan Honore
TEAM OUTLOOK
The overall athleticism that Hillgrove brings into this upcoming spring is outstanding and will be a catalyst as they look to repeat as region champions in 2025. Dynamic senior CF Avery Wilson leads the charge as a plus runner with real bat-to-ball skills at the top of the lineup while causing havoc on the bases. The production continues with senior C Carson Vick, who does it all for this club as the vocal leader while checking plenty of boxes both behind the plate and with the stick. Senior Daniel Parker is the last committed player currently for the Hawks and will be manning the hot corner with a high-floor profile that will also be vital in the middle of the order as well. Junior SS Donavan Dortch and sophomore 2B Dylan Honore bring a pair of twitchy, athletic profiles into the middle-infield where they can form a high-level double play combo as well as offering real upsides with their bat. A trio of junior bats in 1B Chase Hicks, OF Kingston Sims, and OF Jordan Walker look to strengthen the lineup while building on their production as role players from a year ago. Hillgrove returns ⅔ of their starting lineup from a year ago in junior RHPs Aiden Moore and Tucker Bowen who bring invaluable, battle-tested experience that will give Coach Richardson confidence against any lineup they face. Junior RHPs Alan Aguilar and Nahdir Jackson lead the bullpen with senior RHP Cameron Holmes and junior LHP Gavin Golhke also returning to give the Hawks the type of experience you need once you get in region play. It’s a very well-rounded roster for Hillgrove with potential for even more growth following the 22 wins from a year ago and one to watch in Region 3-6A.
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+ Visit the Prep Baseball Georgia, 2025 HS Team Previews
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Upcoming Events
SHOWCASE | DATE | LOCATION |
South Georgia Preseason ID | 1/04 | Lowndes High School - Valdosta, Ga |
Augusta Preseason ID | 1/05 | Augusta Christian School - Augusta, Ga |
East Georgia Preseason ID |
1/11 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
LakePoint Preseason ID | 1/12 | LakePoint Sports Complex - Emerson, Ga |
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 2020 grads) | 2/17 | LakePoint Sports |