Prep Baseball Minnesota 2024 High School Preview: Prior Lake Lakers
March 23, 2024
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As we prepare for the upcoming 2024 High School season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.
PRIOR LAKE LAKERS PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Team: Prior Lake
Nickname: Lakers
X: @PLLakerBaseball
Class: 4A
Conference: South Suburban Conference
Head Coach: Zach Hendrikson
Years as Head Coach at School (Overall Record): First year
2023 Overall Record: 9-14
2023 Post-Season Finish: Section Quater Finals
# of Returning Starters: 7
# of Pitchers With 15+ Innings Returning: 3
# of Starters Lost: 1
# of Pitchers with 15+ Innings Lost: 2
PLAYERS TO WATCH
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Hudson Johnson LHP / Prior Lake , MN / 2024Rankings StateRank: 18 / POS: 4
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Linus Fleek C / Prior Lake , MN / 2024Rankings StateRank: 115 / POS: 10
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Nikhil Kandi SS / Prior Lake, MN / 2025Rankings StateRank: 52 / POS: 8
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Ben Snider LHP / Prior Lake, MN / 2025Rankings StateRank: 34 / POS: 6
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ALUMNI IN COLLEGE
Brady Baur - University of Sioux Falls
Nate Bodine - St. Johns (MN)
Grant Brening - Crown College
Michael Gabbard - University of Minnesota-Duluth
Dustin Green - UW-Eau Claire
Matthew Johnson - Benedictine (KS)
Charles Running - Luther
Tyus Smith - SDSU
Harrison Fleek - GCU
2024 OUTLOOK
”Our defense, pitching, and experience will be our strengths this year without a doubt. If we can string some at bats together and grow on the offensive side of the ball, this group should be a conference and section title contender.” - Zach Hendrikson, Head Coach