2025 KSHSAA Team Preview: McPherson Bullpups
January 15, 2025
The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Kansas 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 2025 preseason coverage continues today.
Head Coach: Heath Gerstner (10 years)
Classification: 4A
2024 Record (Finish): 20-8 (Regional Runner-Up)
2025 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 8
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4
Top Returners:
- LHP Ian Razak (2025; Cloud County CC)
- 6'3", 175 lbs, L/L
- CF Brody Seidl (2025; Cloud County CC)
- 6'0", 180 lbs, L/R - 1st team all state a year ago
- C/RHP Carter Allen (2025; Pratt CC)
- 6'0", 190 lbs, R/R
- RHP Logan Beede (2025; Neosho County CC)
- 6'4", 200 lbs, R/R
- SS Brock Richardson (2025; Butler CC)
- 5'10", 170 lbs, R/R
- UTL Brenden Doile (2025; Western Nebraska CC)
- 6'1", 170 lbs, R/R
- INF/RHP Cade Strathman (2026)
- 6'0", 169 lbs, R/R - Really came on last spring
- INF/RHP Carter Bengtson (2027)
- 5'7", 151 lbs, R/R - Was our best hitter in 2024 as a freshman
Key Players Lost:
- RHP/OF Owen Fetsch
Coach’s Insight: “The strength of the 2025 team will be our pitching staff. We return 2 all-state arms (both committed to Kansas jucos) that will anchor and give us a chance each time they take the mound. Virtually every starter has played a year of varsity baseball which is impossible to replicate. We struggled offensively and in some pressure situations a year ago. To reach our goals, we will need execute offensively.” – Heath Gerstner, head coach
Find more information on the 2025 McPherson program below:
+ Follow them on X: @bullpupbaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2025 KSHSAA Team Previews page to learn more.
+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form