The 2025 Mississippi high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across Mississippi.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons at Pearl’s Trustmark Park, in the State Tournament finals at the end of May, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Mississippi. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings that’ll carry us into the opening week of action.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state. Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week and updating the Power 25 rankings.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Nanih Waiya
Head Coach: Tyler Rogers
MHSAA Classification: MHSAA 1A
District Number: Region 6
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 19-9-1 (Eliminated Second Round)

 

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ROSTER PREVIEW

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 3
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 1
+ Key Returners:

• UTL Kade Massey (2026)
• UTL Caden McDaniel (2025)

More Names to Know

2025s:

• 1B Kaleb Davis (2025)

2026s:

• C Dillan Starnes (2026)

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2025 OUTLOOK

+ Nanih Waiya returns 3 positional starters and just one pitcher from last year’s team that ended the season at 19-9-9 following a 2nd round loss in the 1A State Playoffs. Head Coach Tyler Rogers will count on those returners along with a few others to step up in order for the Warriors to be competitive in 2025. 

Top returners for Nanih Waiya will be senior Caden McDaniel (UT) along with junior Kade Massey (UT). Massey will be counted on offensively after hitting .364 as a sophomore last season. 

Other players expected to contribute are senior Kaleb Davis (1B) and junior Dillan Starnes (C). Davis hit .333, finishing 2nd on the team with 25 runs batted in while, Starnes hit .364 in limited action. 

The Warriors begin regular season play on February 11th versus Leake Central.

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