2024 Spring Team Preview: Walled Lake Central Vikings
March 27, 2024
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2024 Spring Team Preview: Walled Lake Central Vikings
Team Name: Walled Lake Central Vikings
Head Coach: Tyler Troyer
Division: 1
2023 Record: 17-17
2023 Tourney Finish: District Finals loss to Lakeland
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/6
Coach Outlook: "We will have a young team with some returning seniors mixed in. We are a very poised group that has worked very hard over the course of the offseason. We want to change the way that teams view WLC Baseball and the players have started to buy in to wanting to be great. We purposely scheduled outstanding programs for our non-conference games (Novi, Northville, Seaholm, Livonia Churchill, L'Anse Creuse North) to be battle tested for playoffs and everyone is super eager to get going. We play in a very competitive league where Lakeland has dominated the past five or so years, and we are hoping to compete for the league this year."
2024 Team Strengths:
- Starting Pitching
- Defense
- Offense
Top Returning Players:
- Griffin DeVooght - MIF/OF/P. R/R. 2024. Lansing Community College Commit. 4 year Varsity player. 288 AVG, .806 OPS, 9 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 SB. 26 R, 2-0, 15 K, 13 BB, .211 BAA
- Luke Nelson - OF/P. L/L. 2025. .396 AVG, .910 OPS, 1 2B, 37 R, 21 BB, 16 SB. 0-3, 20 K, 14 BB, .260 BAA
- Jack Shaw - 1B/P. L/L. 2025. .273 AVG, 1 2B, 15 R, 10 BB, 6 SB. 2-1, 28 K, 28 BB, .173 BAA
- Danny Sheehan - MIF/P. 2024. R/R.
- Levi Shanker - IF/P. 2024. R/R
- Nick Campbell - C/3B/. 2025. R/R.
- Parker Stasak - C/3B/P. 2025. R/R
Class of 2024 Prospects To Keep Eye On:
- Griffin DeVooght
- Carson Holzheimer
- Danny Sheehan
- Levi Shanker
Class of 2025 Prospects To Keep Eye On:
- Jack Shaw
- Parker Stasak
- Nick Campbell
- Luke Nelson
Class of 2026 Prospects To Keep Eye On:
- Tyler Malczewski
- Caden Buckley