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Tennessee HS Team Preview: Upperman Bees

March 5, 2025
Prep Baseball Tennessee Staff

The 2025 Tennessee 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 Tennessee.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in Murfreesboro at the state tournament championships – 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 Tennessee. 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: Upperman
Head Coach: Wes Shanks
TSSAA Classification: AAA
District & Region: 7AAA
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 19-17 (Sub State)

 

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 8
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 7
+ Key Returners:

2025 OUTLOOK

+ The Upperman High baseball program finished the 2024 season going 19-17 and was eliminated by Signal Mountain in the sectional round. Upperman was coming off of back to back state championship appearances and ended up winning it in 2022. Upperman returns 8 starters and 7 pitchers from last year’s team. 

In the senior class, four impact players return. 2025 Tennessee Tech University commit OF/LHP Justin Fallon is a former Future Games participant who has been the leadoff and center fielder for Upperman his whole high school career. Fallon has totaled over 147 hits in the past 3 years and has hit over .400 twice. He is also a big arm on the mound and has topped out at 93 mph. 2025 Carson Newman University commit RHP/INF Alec Wilson comes in as one of the top of the staff arms for Upperman. Wilson is a strike thrower that gets soft contact. He will also be the starting first baseman for the Bees. 2025 Roane State commit MIF/RHP Julian Llano returns as the starting shortstop and top of the order hitter for Upperman. Llano will also be the ace of the staff with a fastball in the upper 80s. 2025 C Rookie Allison will be the starting catcher for Upperman. Allison has been a strong defender behind the plate where he has been a staple since his freshman year. 

In the junior and sophomore classes, two impact players return in Carson Shupe and Chris Wirsing. 2026 INF/C Carson Shupe will be relied upon to be a big bat in the middle lineup and man one of the corner infield positions. 2027 INF/RHP Chris Wirsing made an immediate impact for the Bees, plugging into the middle of the lineup as a freshman. Wirsing will also see increased innings on the mound with a fastball up to 87 mph. 

The Upperman Bees had a disappointing year in 2024 with the standard they have set for themselves. Upperman has become a perennial powerhouse in 3A baseball. With a strong senior class, they are poised for a return to Murfreesboro and a run at the state championship.

Find more information on Upperman’s 2025 season below:

+ Follow them on X: @Baseball_UHS
+ Find more 2025 team previews on our TSSAA Season Preview page

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