2025 MSHSAA Team Preview: St. Louis University Jr. Billikens
March 17, 2025
The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA 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 Missouri 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: Kaleb King (1 year)
Classification: 6A
2024 Record (Finish): 24-11
2025 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 14
No. of Returning Pitchers: 5
Top Returners:
- SS/P Cole Chambers (2027) - R/R
- P Michael Strong (2026) - R/R
- P/3B Brady Nolan (2026)
- CF Alex Rose (2025) - R/R
- 2B Steven Baudendistel (2025) - R/R
- C Logan Studer (2026) - R/R
Top Newcomers:
- 1B Henry Beuligmann (2027) - R/R
Key Players Lost:
- Charlie Isom-McCall (Lindenwood)
- Drew Figge
Coach’s Insight: “[Our strengths will be] strong, experienced pitchers that pound the zone and control the game. Great leadership and culture from a big turnaround season last year. [We will be] competitive in the batters box and intelligent on the bases. [We are] looking to improve on offensive numbers especially slugging ” – Kaleb King, head coach
Find more information on the 2025 SLUH program below:
+ Follow them on X: @SLUHBASEBALL
+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2025 MSHSAA 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