2025 Georgia Team Preview: Lee County Trojans
January 1, 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: Lee County Trojans
Head Coach: Wes Shiver
Classification: GHSA Class 5A
Region: 2-5A
2024 Record (Finish): 17-15, First Round
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 8
Team Strengths: Returning offense and defense.
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- 2025 UTL Durrah Butler
- 2025 1B Weston Bryan
- 2025 C Josh Barnes
- 2026 SS/P Graysen Spears
- 2026 3B Matt Bounds
- 2026 P Cole Lindsey
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 2027 OF Ayden Mazariegos
- 2027 INF Logan Mathis
- 2028 C Kaleb Rodriguez
- 2028 P Matthew Giles
TEAM OUTLOOK
Coach Shiver put together a strong campaign in 2024, and returns the majority of his defense, which will be a big help in 2025. The Trojans will stack up in a tough region against Houston County, Coffee and Thomas County Central who all have strong returning groups. They will be led by seniors Durrah Butler and Weston Bryan on the mound, along with junior Graysen Spears. Butler has been a key piece over the years, contributing on the mound, in the line up and on defense. On the mound he is starting to creep into the 90’s. We got a chance to see him this fall and he was sitting into the upper 80’s. Bryan earned 2nd team all region honors in 2024 and will be another 2 way piece on the mound and over at 1B. Senior, Josh Barnes will lead the team behind the dish. He earned defensive player of the year in 2024 and should be a key contributor in the line up as well. They will have pitcher Cole Lindsey back in 2025 after his 2024 season was cut short due to injury. The Trojans will have an upperclass heavy squad in 2025, which will give them the experience they need to get back to the playoffs in 2025.
Find more information on the 2025 Lee County program below:
+ Follow them on X: @LeeCountyTNBF
+ 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 |