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2024 Spring Team Preview: Olentangy Orange Pioneers

January 31, 2024
Dylan Hefflinger
PBR Ohio Editor in Chief/Scout and Senior Writer

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With 2023 now in the past, PBR Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best high school coverage that can be found anywhere in 2024. Starting in February, we began releasing team previews for squads across the state. Ahead, we will have Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings coming your way.

To view the full list of 2024 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2024 Team Preview, click here.

Interested in attending a PBR Ohio event? Check out our schedule by clicking here.

2024 Spring Team Preview: Olentangy Orange Pioneers

Team Name: Olentangy Orange Pioneers
Head Coach: Tom Marker
Division: I
2023 Record: 23-11
2023 Tourney Finish: State Finals loss to Archbishop Moeller
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 4/1

Coach Outlook: "It's tough to gauge what a season will be when you're competing against familiar faces inside the walls of your own facilities. However, I do like the maturity of the group and there is some comfort in knowing that we return a lot of guys that had the opportunity to grow through the experiences of a deep run in 2023. The key, much like it is any year, is how we respond to a very tough and demanding schedule and how we gel as a unit on our annual spring trip. If we can approach those two main things with maturity and we master the idea of failure recovery, we have a shot. "

2024 Team Strengths:

  • Speed
  • Defense
  • Pitching Depth

Top Returning Players:

  • James Wimsatt, SS, 2025, 5-10 / 172 pounds, R/R, 2-year starter - .368 AVG, 1 2B, 1 3B, 27 R, 23 RBI, 11 SB
  • Keegan Knupp, 3B/RHP, 2025, 6-3 / 192 pounds, R/R, 2-year starter, Eastern Michigan Commit - .294 AVG, 3 2B, 17 R, 20 RBI, 8 SB
  • Casey Covert, C, 2024, 6 / 182 pounds, R/R, 2-year starter
  • Wyatt Lidke, OF/RHP, 2025, 6 / 159 pounds, R/R, 2-year starter

Class of 2024 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Brock Kompa, RHP, 6-1 / 226 pounds

Class of 2025 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • James Wimsatt (Video Below)
  • Wyatt Lidke
  • Devin Parker, RHP, 6'1" / 176 pounds

Class of 2026 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Zane Konczak, INF

A Look Back At The 2023 Season:

To view the 2023 Team Previews, click here.

To view the 2023 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

To View the 2023 PBR All-State Teams click below:

    To view the 2023 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

    To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

      To view the 2023 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click here.

      A Look Back At The 2022 Season:

      To view the 2022 Team Previews, click here.

      To view the 2022 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

      To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

      To View the 2022 PBR All-State Teams click below:

        To view the 2022 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

        To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

          To view the 2022 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click here.

          A Look Back At The 2021 Season:

          To view the 2021 Team Previews, click here.

          To view the 2021 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

          To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

          To View the 2021 PBR All-State Teams click below:

          To view the 2021 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

          To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

          To view the 2021 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click below:

                    A Look Back At What Would've Been The 2020 Season:

                    To view each of the parts to the No 'Last Dance' Series, click below:

                    To view the 2020 Team Previews, click here.

                    To view the 2020 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.

                    To view the 2020 Virtual Ohio High School State Tournament/Preseason Team Rankings, click here.

                    A Look Back At The Last Decade:

                    To view the Ohio High School All-Decade Team 2010-2019, click here.

                    A Look Back At The 2019 Season:

                    To view the 2019 Team Previews, click here.

                    To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                    To view the 2019 All-State Teams, click below.

                    To view the 2019 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

                    A Look Back At The 2018 Season:

                    To view the 2018 Team Previews, click here.

                    To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                    To view the 2018 All-State Teams, click below.

                    To view the 2018 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

                    A Look Back At The 2017 Season:

                    To view the 2017 Team Previews, click here.

                    To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                    To view the 2017 All-State Teams, click below.

                    To view the 2017 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

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