Prep Baseball Report

2023 Minnesota High School Preview: Hopkins Royals


Parker Hageman
Prep Baseball Report Minnesota

 

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As we prepare for the upcoming 2023 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.


Team: Hopkins
Nickname: Royals
Class: AAAA
League: Lake
Head Coach: Jason Mihalakis
Years as Head Coach at School (Overall Record): (81-45)
2022 Overall Record: 21-5
2022 League Record: 11-1
2022 League Finish: 1st
2022 Post-Season Finish: Section runner-up

# of Returning Starters:
 2
# of Pitchers With 15+ Innings Returning: 2

# of Starters Lost:
 7
# of Pitchers with 15+ Innings Lost: 5

PLAYERS TO WATCH: 
Drew Charney, C / OF, 2023 (Butler University)
Marcus Champagne, RHP/IF, 2023 (Upper Iowa University commit)
Chase Johnson, C/IF, 2023
Olin Lysne, P/OF, 2023
Grady Anderson, OF, 2023
Will Tomanek, P/INF, 2023 (Luther College commit)
Elijah Stewart, 1B/OF, 2023


ALUMNI CURRENTLY PLAYING COLLEGE BASEBALL:
Jake Perry
Maddox Mihalakis
Wyatt Nelson
Miles Halligan
Joey Hurth
Chris Chiriboga
Jack Mausser
Brock Zimmer
Paul Safranski
Gabe Olson
Sajan Chesson
Americo Sculati
Ryan McGie
Luke Nordean
Jackson View


2023 OUTLOOK:
"This is the second straight year we have lost a lot of Seniors, but we have a great core of new Seniors and a lot of talent in our lower levels that we are hoping will come together by Sections and we're excited for the season to begin."
Jason Mihalakis, Hopkins Head Coach