USA Baseball Announces 2026 NHSI Lineup
USA Baseball has announced the lineup for the National High School Invitational, featuring some of the top teams and players in the nation.
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On Wednesday afternoon, USA Baseball released the roster for the 13th annual National High School Invitational, one of the premier high school tournaments on the scouting calendar.
Sixteen teams will travel to the National Training Complex in Cary, NC, and participate in the single-elimination tournament that guarantees four games for each team. The tournament will take place from March 25th to March 28th.
The tournament has been running since 2012 and has featured a long list of major league talent, including the likes of Max Fried, Ryan McMahon, Roman Anthony, and more. In recent years, Seth Hernandez, Billy Carlson, and Ralphy Velazquez were participants, to name a few.
Both participants in the final, Venice Senior and Trinity Christian Academy, will return from the 2025 field, as well as Casteel. Multi-time champion Orange Lutheran will make its return after a year away from Cary in 2025. A total of nine states will be represented in the field.
Here’s the full list of participants in this year’s tournament:
– Aquinas High School (California)
– Baylor School (Tennessee)
– Casteel High School (Arizona)
– Delbarton High School (New Jersey)
– Edmond Memorial High School (Oklahoma)
– Gloucester Catholic High School (New Jersey)
– Harvard-Westlake School (California)
– Nolensville High School (Tennessee)
– Orange Lutheran High School (California)
– Regis Jesuit High School (Colorado)
– St. John Bosco High School (California)
– Tampa Jesuit High School (Florida)
– Trinity High School (Kentucky)
– Trinity Christian Academy (Florida)
– Venice Senior High School (Florida)
– Wakefield High School (North Carolina)
2026 players included in this tournament are as follows, including their ranking on our Top 50 Prep list:
– SS James Clark, St. John Bosco (#13)
– RHP Kaden Waechter, Tampa Jesuit (#14)
– OF Brady Harris, Trinity Christian Academy (#16)
– RHP Wilson Andersen, Tampa Jesuit (#28)
– RHP Cooper Sides, Orange Lutheran (#29)
– OF Jaden Jackson, St. John Bosco (#40)
Other names to watch include CJ Weinstein, James Tronstein, Eric Zdunek, Gary Morse, Ryan Harwood, and Grayson Willoughby.
While we have no list for 2027-eligible players yet, here are a few names to keep an eye on:
– SS Carter Hadnot, Aquinas
– SS Graham Houston, Venice Senior
– RHP Samir Mohammed, Tampa Jesuit
– SS Bear Calvo, Orange Lutheran
– OF Ira Rootman, Harvard-Westlake
– C Blake Lundy, Baylor School
– SS Mac Morris, Baylor School
– OF Finnian O’Loughlin, Delbarton
– RHP RJ Shields, Venice Senior
– OF Max Phillips, Trinity
– SS Baylor Denny, Casteel
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