The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on March 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. 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 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 2024 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Shawnee Mission Northwest
Head Coach: Domenic Mussat (9 years experience)
Classification: 6A
League: Sunflower
2023 Record: 10-12, Lost in Regional Championship

 

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2024 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Starters:

6

Top Returning Players:

Shane Neumer - P - Senior - 6'3" - 180lbs - 2 year letterman that will be the anchor of our staff

Gabe Rice - OF - Senior - 6'0" - 170lbs - 2 year letterman in the outfield. Posses a great bat, hit .313 last year

Henry Hoge - OF - Junior - 6'3" - 175lbs - 3 year letterman in the outfield. Very clutch had 3 game winning hits for us.

Wyatt Nickoley - 3B - Junior - 5'8" - 170lbs - 2 year letterman, hit in the middle of the order last year had 2 homeruns and hit .278

Top Newcomers:

Jack Wineinger - SS/2B - Sophomore - Extremely high IQ and hit .318 with only 7 K's as a freshman over the entire varsity season

Kanoa Cobb - P/Utility - Sophomore - 5'9" - 150lbs - Very versatile, can play anywhere on the field. Will be a top pitching starter as well.

Brayden Borberg - P - Freshman

Coach’s Insight:

“We will be a young but defensively sound team. Many of our returners are juniors and sophomores. They led us to the regional championship game by knocking off the #4 seed, BVNW. Our biggest unknown for the season will be our depth at pitching. We have some unproven starters and relievers that pitched very little at the varsity level.” – Domenic Mussat, head coach

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Find more information on the 2024 Shawnee Mission Northwest program below:

+ Follow them on X: @SmnwBaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2024 KHSHAA Season Preview page to learn more.

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