MaxPreps 2015 Wisconsin Baseball Fab 5 presented by the Army National Guard
1. Kimberly
2014 finish: 20-8
Head coach: Ryan McGinnis
Kimberly fell just short of a state championship last year, falling to Sun Prairie in the championship game. However the Papermakers return three players who earned all-area honors last year, including junior infielder
Ben Carew, utility
Brice Swick and pitcher
Griffin Hawley. Kimberly will miss two-time all-state selection Scott Schreiber, who earned all-area player of the year honors last year.
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2. Sun Prairie
2014 finish: 27-5
Head coach: Rob Hamilton
Winners of three straight Division I state championships, Sun Prairie has averaged 27 wins a year for the past three seasons. The Cardinal return a pair of all-conference first team selections in infielder
Michael Brekke and junior infielder
Marcus Reuter. Second team all-conference pitcher
Kanyon Fellers also returns along with honorable mention infielder
Coby Oswalt.
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3. Stevens Point
2014 finish: 26-3
Head coach: Kraig Terpstra
Stevens Point reached the quarterfinals of the Division I meet, falling to eventual state champion Sun Prairie. The Panthers had eight players earn some type of all-district honor, including player of the year honors for Cal Giese. Although he has graduated, outfielder
Andrew Ruzek returns along with infielder
Jake Slowinski.
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4. Lake Country Lutheran (Hartland)
2014 finish: 32-0
Head coach: David Bahr
The Lightning finished the season with the nation's longest win streak at 32 games in a row while winning the Division 4 state championship. While all-state pitcher B.J. Sabol has graduated,
Ben Wilkins, who went 10-0 last year, returns.
Jacob Budnik (.400 batting average) is also back along with juniors
Andrew Buran (.466) and
Jake Hall (.444, 3 home runs).
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5. Viroqua
2014 finish: 23-7
Head coach: Pete Swanson
The Blackhawks reached the Division II state championship game last year before falling to Jefferson. Viroqua will miss state player of the year Mitch Stalsberg, who struck out 21 batters in a semifinal playoff win. A pair of all-conference players return, however, in
Zack Trautsch and
Ross Withington. All-District honorable mention pick
Tyler Bentz also returns.
