Hawaii 2025 Class: Top 500
November 24, 2024
Hawaii’s 2025 class is one of the strongest and deepest classes out of Hawaii in the last twenty years with dozens of DI and four-year commits along with and a handful of players who are on Major League Baseball scout’s radar as potential July drafts.
Five of our local boys landed on Prep Baseball's Top 500 Overall Rankings going into their senior year. Considering the 2025 class nationwide is a exceptional class, five representatives from the 808 is a robust number.
Here are Prep Baseball Hawaii's Top 5 players who made Prep Baseball's Top 500 Overall Rankings:
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Bruin Agbayani SS / 2B / Saint Louis, HI / 2025All eyes were on Agbayani, Prep Baseball Hawaii’s #1 ranked 2025 and the #1 follow for many MLB scouts going into 2025. Agbayani showed off his best arm to date with 94 mph INF velo, a three mph increase from his last Prep Baseball Hawaii event in January. Swung it well as usual taking a strong BP working the entire field with line-drives and drove a few balls in Sunday’s game. The recent Michigan commit will be seen early and often in 2025 by MLB scouts and could be the first player selected out of Hawaii in the 2025 MLB Draft.
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Logan Honma SS / C / Pearl City, HI / 2025First time ever trying behind plate, Prep Baseball Hawaii’s #2 ranked 2025 posted the third best pop-time (1.88) and second best catcher velo (79 mph), looking like catching was his natural position. Left handed hitting catchers are a commodity and Honma’s value shot way up in the eyes of MLB scouts as a potential July MLB Draft. Trimmed down and got stronger, body looks great. The University of Southern California commit may have a tough decision to make next July.
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Elai Iwanaga RHP / OF / Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus, HI / 2025Hawaii’s King of Spin successfully defended that title and once again was #1 in Trackman Spin Rate Max (3041) ripping off some tight/late SL’s that induced bad hacks/chases. Iwanaga also was #1 in TrackMan velo (91.3) and showed feel for CHG. Prep Baseball Hawaii’s #3 ranked 2025 and UCLA commit is a priority for MLB scouts to see next spring.
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Leahiaukai Araujo-Waiau 3B / C / Mililani, HI / 2025Araujo-Waiau consistently scores amongst the top in power bat categories: Trackman Max Distance (#6), Blast Hand Speed (#7) and Blast Bat Speed (#8). Arm strength is arguably Araujo-Waiau’s best tool with 89 INF velo and 78 catcher velo. Value goes way up in the eyes of MLB scouts if Araujo-Waiau can catch, posting an impressive 1.92 pop-time with little experience behind plate. Prep Baseball Hawaii’s #4 ranked 2025 and University of Hawaii commit likely won’t catch for Mililani this spring and MLB scouts likely invite him to pre-draft workouts where they can work him out behind-the-plate.
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Kaimana Lau Kong 3B / OF / 'Iolani, HI / 2025Towering over most is one of the first players you notice, 6-foot-7, 220-pound Mana Lau Kong. Staying with the term towering, Lau Kong hit some towering HR’s nearly 400 ft in wood BP with some serious hang-time on a damp night. Lau Kong scored at or near the top in many categories: Blast Hand Speed (#1), Blast Bat Speed (#7), Trackman EV (#6), Trackman Max Distance (#3) and Trackman Rotation Acceleration (#3). Prep Baseball Hawaii’s #5 ranked 2025 and University of Hawaii commit profiles as a middle-of-the-order power-hitting 3B/OF run producer next level – which could be DI or MLB.
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