Defending national champion seeks to make another run at the top.
Video: Parkview (GA) Baseball - Preseason Rankings
Head coach Chan Brown guided the Panthers to a national championship last season.
Photo by Kyle Hess
Chan Brown (326-121 career record)
2015 record: 34-2
State classification: Georgia Class 6A
Enrollment: 2,715
Players to watch
Catcher Austin Biggar connected for 11 home runs last season.
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, C, senior, .370, 48 RBIs, 6 doubles, 11 home runs - Committed to Georgia
Will Ethridge, RHP/1B/3B, senior, .324, 6 doubles, 13-1 pitching record, 1.47 ERA, 49 Ks, 71.1 IP - Committed to Ole Miss
Garrett Fowler, RHP/OF, senior, 0.75 ERA, 9 IP, 14 Ks
Brian Kregel, OF, senior, .262, 20 RBIs, 6 doubles, 2 home runs
Johnathan Whitmer, 1B/C, senior, .292, 20 RBIs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs
Cody Collett, LHP/1B, junior, 4-0 pitching record, 1.38 ERA, 25 Ks, 25.1 IP
Caleb Mitchell, LHP/OF, junior
Evan Bensch, LHP/OF/DH, senior
Alex Hendrix, 2B, senior
Michael Lawson, OF, senior
Corey Whitlock, RHP, senior
Pitcher Will Ethridge posted a 13-1 record with a 1.47 earned run average last year.
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Outfielder Brian Kregel
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Feb. 27 -
Collins Hill (Suwanee, Ga.)March 1 - at
Cartersville (Ga.)March 4 - at
Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)March 5 - at
Marist (Atlanta)
March 10-12 - Perfect Game Showdown (Lakepoint, Ga.)
March 28 - at
Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)April 18 - Grayson
Panthers storylines
* Parkview is the defending national champion by every major baseball rankings service, including MaxPreps, after going 34-2 last year and winning the Georgia Class 6A state championship for the second time in less than five seasons. The Panthers will get a true test at the Perfect Game High School Showdown in early March, where they could meet Oxford (Miss.), the preseason No. 1 team.
* The Panthers had one of the top home-run hitting teams in the nation last year with 37 round-trippers. A total of 18 of those home runs return this year, including 11 by Austin Biggar, who figures to be one of the top catching prospects in the country.
* The road to another Class 6A state championship this year figures to be a difficult one. Teams from Walton and Pope figure to be among the top 25 teams in the nation this year and other teams like North Gwinnett and Collins Hill could provide stumbling blocks during the postseason.
View entire gallery from the preseason photo shoot with No. 4 Parkview
Leading the charge for the Panthers this season are senior players (left to right) Johnathan Whitmer, Will Ethridge, Garrett Fowler, Brian Kregel and Austin Biggar.
Photo by Kyle Hess
