High school baseball 2024: Minnesota’s top players and their college plans. Two chose the Gophers.

Check out 25 players to watch from the Twin Cities and 10 more from beyond the metro. The best teams are listed, too.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
April 15, 2024 at 10:56PM
Clockwise from top: Jake Quinn of Cretin-Derham Hall, Paul Jones II of Cretin-Derham Hall and Josh Donna (10) of Mahtomedi. (Star Tribune staff)

Twenty-five metro players to watch

Max Arlich, East Ridge, senior P/1B/OF. College: Texas A&M.

Jonathan Dobis, St. Thomas Academy, senior OF/P. College: Minnesota.

Josh Donna, Mahtomedi, junior SS/P. College: Iowa Western Community College.

Blake Eckerle, White Bear Lake, junior C/P. College: Utah.

Ethan Felling, Mahtomedi, junior P/OF. College: TCU.

Tyler Guerin, Mounds View, senior P/1B/3B. College: Iowa.

Will Haas, Rockford, junior P/OF. College: Tennessee.

Myles Hanson, Elk River, senior P/2B. College: Augustana.

Hudson Johnson, Prior Lake, senior P/1B. College: Cincinnati.

Paul Jones II, Cretin-Derham Hall, senior 1B/P. College: Maryland.

John Henry Kohorst, Cretin-Derham Hall, junior P/OF. College: Iowa.

Caleb Koskie, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, senior OF/P. College: Indiana.

Evan Kueppers, Minnetonka, senior P. College: Kansas.

Riley Leatherman, Wayzata, senior P/SS. College: North Carolina.

Aiden Lieser, Centennial, senior P/1B. College: Nebraska.

Lucas McNellis, Woodbury, senior C. College: St. Thomas.

Alex Mezzetti, East Ridge, senior 3B/1B/OF. College: Illinois-Chicago.

Jack Morris, Shakopee, senior P/OF. College: Clemson.

Anthony Pardo, Andover, senior P/1B. College: Illinois State.

Tyler Phenow, Champlin Park, senior P/OF. College: TCU.

Jake Quinn, Cretin-Derham Hall, senior OF. College: Minnesota.

Jake Reigert, East Ridge, senior P. College: Mississippi.

Riane Ritter, Rogers, senior P/1B/3B. College: St. Thomas.

Luke Ryerse, East Ridge, junior P/OF/DH. College: Alabama.

Sam Stockman, Elk River, senior P/1B. College: Utah.

Ten metro teams to watch

1. East Ridge

2. Stillwater

3. Wayzata

4. Cretin-Derham Hall

5. Mounds View

6. Prior Lake

7. Champlin Park

8. Farmington

9. Minnetonka

10. Andover

Ten non-metro players to watch

Noah Asuma, Cherry, sophomore SS. College: uncommitted.

Carson Beavers, Rochester Mayo, senior OF. College: Wichita State.

Nick Bowron, Rochester Lourdes, junior C/1B/OF. College: uncommitted.

Wilson Magers, Mankato West, senior P/SS/OF. College: Creighton.

Owen Marsolek, Duluth Marshall, junior P/1B/OF. College: uncommitted.

Preston Ohm, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, senior P/OF. College: St. Thomas.

Hudson Ohm, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, sophomore (P/OF). College: uncommitted.

Will Steil, Rocori, senior P/SS/3B. College: North Dakota State (football).

Nicholas Terhaar, Proctor, junior P/CF. College: Iowa.

Hunter VaDeer, Lyle-Pacelli, junior P/OF. College: Creighton.

Five non-metro teams to watch

1. Mankato West (Class 3A)

2. Rocori (Class 3A)

3. Rochester Mayo

4. Little Falls (Class 3A)

5. Grand Rapids (Class 3A)

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