The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on March 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. 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 Kansas 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: Marion
Head Coach: Roger Schroeder (12 years experience)
Classification: 2A
League: Heart of America (2023 Champions)
2023 Record: 21-3, 2-1A State Runner Up

 

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2024 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Starters:

5

Top Returning Players:

Jack Lanning, Utility, Sr., .549, 39 H, 4 2B, 4 3B, HR, 23 RBI, 44 R, 27 SB, 3.11 ERA, 2-1, 2 SV, 18 IP

Cooper Bailey, OF/P, Sr., .328, 21 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, HR, 22 RBI, 28 R, 8 SB, 3.25 ERA, 4-1, 23.2 IP

Gavin Wasmuth, C, Sr., .377, 19 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 28 RBI

Cole Smith, INF, Sr., .279, 12 H, 2 2B, 19 RBI, 23 R

Lander Smith, 1B/OF, Jr. (INJURED - MAY NOT PLAY THIS SEASON) .383, 23 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 30 RBI, 30 R

Trevor Schafers, 1B/P, Sr., (INJURED MOST OF 2023) .333, 2 H, 1 2B, 2 R., 0.00 ERA, 2-0, 10 IP.

Coach’s Insight:

“Our strength this season will be our overall level of experience. We have 5 returning multi year starters. We will need to replace over half our innings pitched from last year. Finding depth on the mound throughout the regular season will be a challenge.” – Roger Schroeder, head coach

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Find more information on the 2024 Marion program below:

+ Follow them on X: @MarionWarriorBB
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2024 KHSHAA Season Preview page to learn more.

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