IHSA Teams to Watch: Fenwick
March 21, 2024
The Illinois high school baseball season kicks off on March 11, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Over the next two weeks, leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing 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.
Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.
High School: Fenwick Friars
Head Coach: Kyle Kmiecik
Classification: 4A
Conference: Chicago Catholic League
2023 Record (Finish): 17-17 (Made it to Super Sectionals in 3A and lost to Grayslake 2-1)
Key Players Lost: Jordan Vazquez (Concordia Wisconsin) & Luis Gonzalez
ROSTER PREVIEW
No. of Returning Positional Starters: Eight
No. of Returning Pitchers: Ten
Team Strengths: Experience and depth along with pitching and defense.
NAME | STATE | CLASS | POS | COMMITMENT |
Josh Wicker | IL | 2024 | SS | - |
Will Gladden | IL | 2024 | OF | University of Chicago |
Mike Sosna | IL | 2024 | RHP | University of Chicago |
Joey Krzak | IL | 2024 | RHP | St. Mary's - Winona |
Alex Boliker | IL | 2024 | 1B | Illinois Tech |
Gabe Kotwasinski | IL | 2024 | RHP | Illinois Tech |
Ian MacKinnon | IL | 2024 | OF/LHP | - |
Finn Koch | IL | 2024 | C | - |
Tommy Clark | IL | 2024 | OF | - |
Ryan Lazewski | IL | 2025 | INF | - |
Ben Jarnecke | IL | 2025 | RHP/UTL | - |
Josh Morgan | IL | 2027 | OF | - |
JJ Obaldo | IL | 2027 | INF | - |
Find more information on the 2024 Fenwick program below:
+ Follow them on X: @baseballfriars
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 homepage
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