Prep Baseball Report

IHSA Teams to Watch: Evanston


By: Pete Hamot
Assistant Director, Illinois & Wisconsin

The Illinois high school baseball season kicks off on March 11, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Over the next two weeks, leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Evanston Wildkits
Head Coach: Frank Consiglio
Classification: 4A
Conference: Central Suburban League
2023 Record (Finish): 29-8 (Sectional Finals Appearance)
Key Players Lost: Hank Liss (Belmont), Jared Lortie (Hamilton College), Brandon Brokowski, Mason Denlow

 


ROSTER PREVIEW


Team Strengths: Strong senior core. Depth on the mound. 

NAME STATE CLASS POS COMMITMENT
Noah Cryns IL 2024 RHP Lindenwood
Thomas Ferguson IL 2024 RHP Haverford College
Braden Grimm IL 2024 RHP Minnesota State
Charlie Kalil IL 2024 INF Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
McHenry Mason IL 2024 RHP Kenyon College
Henry Rouch IL 2024 RHP Lafayette
Eron Vega IL 2024 INF/RHP Denison 
Jonah Hofeld IL 2024 OF
Jake Kobus IL 2024 INF
Matthew Luczak IL 2024 OF
Caleb Watson IL 2024 OF
Owen Vander-Velde IL 2025 OF
Cole Vander-Velde IL 2025 OF
Clay Lemmon IL 2025 INF

Find more information on the 2024 Evanston program below:

+ Follow them on X: @WildkitBaseball
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 homepage


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