IHSA Team to Watch: Washington
March 20, 2024
The Illinois high school baseball season kicked off on March 11, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Since then, we’ve published our team previews ahead of the 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.
Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.
Today, we’re taking a look at some of the Teams to Watch in 2024:
High School: Washington Panthers
Head Coach: Kyle Wisher
Classification: 3A
Conference: Mid-Illini
2023 Record (Finish): 23-13 (Lost in first game of Regionals)
Key Players Lost: None, young last season.
ROSTER PREVIEW
No. of Returning Positional Starters: Six
No. of Returning Pitchers: Five
Team Strengths: Hitting and starting pitching.
| Name | Class | Pos | Commitment |
| Braden Vanderheydt | 2024 | OF/RHP | Maryville University of St. Louis |
| Garrett Cox | 2024 | RHP/3B | Parkland College |
| Cole Burton | 2024 | RHP | - |
| Kaden Griswold | 2024 | OF/1B | Sauk Valley CC |
| Tate Hall | 2024 | INF | Illinois Central College |
| Micah McCoy | 2025 | 3B | - |
| Brady Johnson | 2024 | RHP | - |
| Zane Skulte | 2025 | RHP | - |
| Brody Hangartner | 2025 | RHP | - |
| Thomas Diederich | 2025 | RHP | - |
| Andrew Strickler | 2025 | RHP | - |
| Gavin Lawrence | 2025 | RHP/SS | - |
| Tyler Humphrey | 2025 | C | - |
| Carter Prina | 2025 | 1B | - |
| Pierce Martin | 2025 | RHP/OF | - |
| Anson Zaiser | 2026 | C/RHP | - |
Find more information on the 2024 Washington program below:
+ Follow them on X: @wacohibaseball
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 homepage