2025 Spring Team Preview - Forest Hills Eastern Hawks

February 12, 2025
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2025 Spring Team Preview: Forest Hills Eastern Hawks

Team Name: Forest Hills Eastern Hawks
Head Coach: Ian Hearn
Division: 2
2024 Record: 28-9
2024 Tourney Finish: District Finals loss to East Grand Rapids
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 5/6

Coach Outlook: "We are excited to come back together as a team for the 2025 season and continue to compete and improve by focusing on getting better every day."

2025 Team Strengths:

Experience
Depth

Top Returning Players:

Brendan Thompson, SS, 2025 Cal State Bakersfield recruit

Inside the Ranking Spotlight 🔦

‘25 Brendan Thompson (Forest Hills Eastern)

STATE RANK: 12
BUILD: 6-2 180
ARM Strength: 90 ⚡️
60 yard: 6.99 💨

SCOUT CARD: Ranked Michigan’s #1 Shortstop in the 2025 Class who can put on a display defensively and on the base-paths 🧠. Fluid… pic.twitter.com/TnunoUxFkO
— Prep Baseball Michigan (@PrepBaseballMI) October 30, 2024

James Dempsey, C, 2025 MIT recruit

2025 C/RHP James Dempsey @EJ_Dempsey @diamondshoover

James clears the bases and picks up 3 RBIs on this deep double.#pbncc #pbr15 pic.twitter.com/VIVAbC6UT4
— Prep Baseball Ohio Scouting Coverage (@PrepBaseOHScout) July 18, 2024

Max Ferrick, OF/RHP, 2025

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠@MaxFerrick25 checked in as the top uncommitted OF in the latest update. Sub 7 runner up to 90 from the OF has been a consistent producer at the plate entering his 4th season w/ @FHE_Baseball

📰 :… pic.twitter.com/3VDgo7eTCg
— Prep Baseball Michigan (@PrepBaseballMI) December 5, 2024

Landen Lindley, RHP, 2025 Southeastern Illinois College recruit

2025 RHP Landen Lindley@LandenLindley18 | @FHE_Baseball

FB: 81-83
CB: 69-72

Big start from Lindley in the QF. Went the distance on the mound allowing just 3 hits. Big 6-4 projects well on the mound#RoadtoMcLane pic.twitter.com/2fHSFtoDdg
— Prep Baseball Michigan Scouting Coverage (@PrepBaseMIScout) June 10, 2023

Manel Connors, OF/RHP, 2025

2025 OF/C @Manel4848 @MIEliteSelect

Connors 2nd XBH of the day is a laser to straight away left as he shows off the speed for a triple #pbncc #pbr26 pic.twitter.com/VUJbRVwDmk
— Prep Baseball Ohio Scouting Coverage (@PrepBaseOHScout) July 19, 2024

Cam Pallo, RHP/INF, 2026

2026 RHP Cam Pallo@CamPallo14 | @FHE_Baseball

FB: 85-87 T88
CB: 75-77
CH: 78-79

Projectable 6-1/165 frame. Generated run on FB and was able to get S/M on breaking ball. Good composure to work around a couple early walks finishing w/ 6K/2H in 5 scoreless as Hawks lead 3-0 pic.twitter.com/qU7OXlDuKO
— Prep Baseball Michigan Scouting Coverage (@PrepBaseMIScout) April 16, 2024

Class of 2025 Prospects:

Keegan Penkevich, RHP

Drew DenBraber, RHP

Tommy Toigo, OF

Class of 2026 Prospects:

Colton Brinks, RHP

Ben Fausey, INF/RHP

Kenric Penkevich, RHP/INF

Class of 2027 Prospects:

Drew Ferrick, MIF/RHP

Silas Langeau, RHP/3B

Andrew Martin, RHP/1B