The 2025 Wisconsin 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 the Badger State.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective WIAA Division State Championship, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams with this initial Preseason Power 25 release which will take us right up to first pitch.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across Wisconsin. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, Scout Blog and much more.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Waukesha West Wolverines
Preseason Rank: 20
Head Coach: Chad Montez
WIAA Division: 1
Conference: Classic Eight
Last Year’s Record: 17-11
Key Players Lost:

• RHP Adam Diesch (UW-Oshkosh)
• RHP/1B Ryan Richter (UW-Oshkosh)

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ROSTER PREVIEW

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X-FACTOR

He's a bulldog on the mound, and that’s probably his most important role overall, but RHP/MIF Tanner Kalinowski (McHenry County JC commit) is critically important to West’s daily lineup. He hit .287 as a junior, while defending either side of the second base bag when he wasn’t pitching. The Wolverines’ pitching depth is their most obvious strength, but they have depth inside the lineup too – they just need one of these upperclassmen to level up offensively in 2025, and this two-way senior could be that guy.

When it is his turn on the mound though, Kalinowski should be able to bring it. The two arms they graduated from last year’s roster do leave a hole in the amount of returning innings Waukesha West brings back, but there’s plenty of options to fill the void, namely an expanded role from Kalinowski himself. He has a high-spin mid-80s fastball that has carry to it that is even tougher to pick up when you factor in his hammer-like 12/6 breaking ball that operates off the same plane.

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NEWCOMER TO WATCH

It’s not out of the question that RHP/1B Dylan Schreiber (2027) ends the year as this team’s top statistical performer. He’s one of the very best sophomores in the state, which might be putting a lot on the underclassman, but he saw plenty of action on this squad as a freshman in 2024. In 78 plate appearances, he hit .343 with a near-.800 OPS – great marks for such a young talent acclimating to one of the toughest conferences in the state right away.

While Schreiber’s left-handed bat is particularly important to West’s spring season, the brightest part of his future is actually on the mound. Just recently, at the Madison ID, Schreiber threw his fastball for strikes at 89-91 mph from a low average release height (5.0 feet), especially for someone listed at 6-foot-6, 205 pounds. The arm slot generates hard arm-side life that should induce a lot of weak contact in the WIAA, and he has a wicked changeup, 81-83 mph, too.

RHP/1B Dylan Schreiber (Waukesha West, 2027) is a 6-foot-6, 205-pound athlete who topped #MadisonID's FB leaderboard; also a strong, quick LH swing.

🔹FB: 88-91 mph; strikes, late HM
🔹SL: 75-76; -7.3 HM
🔹CH: 81-83; -0.1 IVB
🔹94.3 mph max EV
🔹7.27 runner

👤PROFILE:… pic.twitter.com/Agau1nXYFZ

— Prep Baseball Wisconsin (@PrepBaseballWI) March 17, 2025

Again, he’s not just a PO who can hit a little bit on the side, Schreiber is an all-out run-manufacturer offensively, so he really elevates Waukesha West’s potential this spring.

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TEAM OUTLOOK

“The Wolverines return a deep pitching staff with a lot of varsity experience. Seniors Evan Brown (second team, All-Classic Eight), Tanner Kalinowski, and Nate Szuta all return for their third year on the mound for West. In addition to these pitchers, Brock Goral (second team, All-Classic Eight) and Max Mullane will be the backbone for the Wolverines. Sophomore Dylan Schreiber is also expected to be a major contributor for the Wolverines offensively and on the mound.” – Chad Montez, Waukesha West head coach

The Classic Eight is probably Wisconsin’s toughest conference again in 2025, with at least one premium next-level prospect featured on each program’s roster conference-wide, and then there’s the heavyweights in the area with several in their daily lineup and/or their rotation.

Waukesha West’s roster is actually a pretty balanced one, and their experience and depth on the mound should keep them in the race for the conference crown this spring. And while there are some question marks about their offense, there’s talent projected in spots Nos. 1-9.

We mentioned a couple key two-way players already, in the senior Kalinowski and the sophomore Schreiber, but OF Brock Goral (2025; Rock Valley JC) is their top statistical returning bat. At last summer’s inaugural Wisconsin State Games, Goral impressed our staff with a 7.00 flat time in the 60-yard dash and his easy right-handed swing has both bat speed and bat strength (90.9 mph max EV). He hit .311 as a junior and hit in the top-half of the lineup all spring.

Another senior, 1B/OF/LHP Max Mullane (Winona State), will be leaned on offensively as well. At 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, Mullane is one of the few left-handed hitters in this projected daily lineup, and he has a swing that’s geared for game power.

Elsewhere in the senior class, RHP/3B Evan Brown (UW-La Crosse) should lead them on the mound after becoming one of the most reliable arms in the conference as a junior. Last year, he finished with a 1.71 ERA in 41 innings and he K’d 57 total batters. He’ll also play third base for them when it isn’t his turn to pitch.

RHP Nate Szuta also returns to this staff, bolstering the depth and experience they can depend on as conference action gets heated.

West’s juniors feel like the make-or-break element of this roster. It’s a talented group headlined by two returning uncommitted starters: MIF/C Bradyn Kundinger and CF Nolan Schmidbauer. Kundinger has a likable right-handed swing that graded out well at this winter’s West MKE ID, and he moves well up the middle of the infield on defense, though he could be asked to spend some time at catcher this spring. Schmidbauer is an exceptional athlete with big-time speed that helps him patrol center field reliably for Coach Montez’s squad. His defense is his best asset, giving his pitching staff some peace of mind when a batted ball makes it to the outfield, but any jump he can make offensively will also be a welcome weapon to this lineup that might be searching for runs at times.

There’s actually a few sophomores waiting in the wings at West who could force their way into more regular game time as well, like OF/RHP Jackson Farina, 1B Brady Lettenberger, INF Hudson Liska, and C/OF Victor Lorino. And if not, they’ll be there to re-tool this roster in 2026.

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BOTTOM LINE

The Wolverines bring back a squad loaded with experience giving them a higher floor, with a few of their returners capable of impacting in a much larger role this season. Playing in what is routinely one of the top conferences in the state, West has the potential to be in the mix at the top.

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Find more information on the 2025 Waukesha West program below:

• Follow the Wolverines on X: @WWBaseball22

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