The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association, or the IHSBCA, has released its All-State teams for the 2026 season. Locally, United was represented by recently graduated Ian Leffler and senior-to-be Chance Stewart were named to the class 1A first team. Another Lincoln Trail Conference member, Annawan-Wethersfield’s Maddux Heitzler, was also a first-team member. LTC member Bureau Valley’s Logan Philhower was named to the class 1A Honorable Mention list.
Local Class 2A first team members include Macomb senior-to-be Nick Elbe, Rockridge graduate Carsen Dekeyrel and his teammate senior-to-be Cullen Schwigen, Illini West graduate Wesley Robertson and Brimfield/Elmwood graduate Kaeden Schatsiek. On the class 2A Honorable Mention list is Illini West’s Ethan Carlisle, Farmington’s Landon Crawford, Brimfield/Elmwood’s Dane Fagerburg and Alleman’s Kelly Honert.
| 2026 IHSBCA All-State Baseball Team | ||
| Teams are selected by the IHSBCA Board from the nominations of the head coach from each team. | ||
| A player must be nominated by their head coach to be considered for All-State. | ||
| 1A ALL-STATE TEAM | ||
| Braeden Collins | Jr. | St. Teresa |
| Ayden Collom | Jr. | Dwight |
| Jack Compton | Sr. | North Clay |
| Andrew Dawson | Sr. | Tremont |
| Collin Dieterle | Jr. | Brown County |
| Kendall Erdmann | Sr. | Forreston |
| Caleb Fulkerson | Jr. | Yorkville Christian |
| Maddux Heitzler | Sr. | Annawan-Wethersfield |
| Jackson Hensley | Sr. | Edwards County |
| Will Hilligoss | Sr. | Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond |
| Drew Koenigs | Sr. | Galena |
| Ian Leffler | Sr. | Monmouth United |
| Luke Madigan | Sr. | Lena-Winslow |
| Luke Martin | Sr. | Mt. Pulaski |
| Griffin Meeker | Sr. | Tremont |
| Justin Mueslman | Sr. | Tremont |
| Chase Rhodes | Sr. | Tremont |
| Traxton Roberts | Jr. | Armstrong-Potomac |
| Carson Rowe | Sr. | Henry-Senachwine |
| Reed Sparrow | Jr. | Liberty |
| Chance Stewart | Jr. | Monmouth United |
| Johnathon Stunkel | Sr. | Putnam County |
| Brady Turner | Sr. | Routt Catholic |
| Fisher Watts | So. | Crab Orchard |
| Aiden Wild | Sr. | Lena-Winslow |
| All-State Honorable Mention – Bryden Banks (Hardin; Jr.), Braeden Barber (Lexington; Sr.), Matt Boylen (Brown County; Jr.), Cash Conner (Edwards County; Sr.), Caleb Cox (Springfield Lutheran; Sr.), Evan Cox (Dwight; Sr.), Aiden Frerichs (Milford; Sr.), Blaine Friedmansky (Lexington; Sr.), Gavin Greer (Pawnee; So.), Ted Jones (Meridian; Sr.), Drew Koenigs (Galena; Sr.), Karter Livengood (Milledgeville; Sr.), Reed Millette (Gardner South Wilmington; Jr.), Braden Montgomery (Okaw Valley; Sr.), Logan Philhower (Bureau Valley; Sr.), Joey Starks (Dwight; Sr.), Zander Tierney (East Dubuque; Sr.) | ||
| 2A ALL-STATE TEAM | ||
| Trevor Ames | Sr. | St. Joseph Ogden |
| Omar Avalos | Jr. | Father McGivney |
| Austin Borries | Sr. | Teutopolis |
| Carter Braddy | Jr. | Effingham |
| Caden Considine | Sr. | Byron |
| Ian Crabb | Jr. | Harrisburg |
| Lance Cuddy | Sr. | Coal City |
| Carsen Dekeyrel | Sr. | Rockridge |
| Nick Elbe | Jr. | Macomb |
| Quincy Fulton | So. | Newton |
| Hayden Gratton | Sr. | Pittsfield |
| Bryson Houchens | Sr. | St. Joseph Ogden |
| Ryan Kettman | Sr. | Wilmington |
| Jason Kreke | Sr. | Teutopolis |
| Cohen Merrill | Sr. | Freeburg |
| Cole Miller | Sr. | Freeburg |
| Alec Novotney | Sr. | Marquette (Ottawa) |
| Zach Ohlund | Sr. | Wilmington |
| Asher Pruemer | Sr. | St. Joseph Ogden |
| Wesley Robertson | Sr. | Illini West |
| Kaeden Schatsiek | Sr. | Brimfield/Elmwood |
| Cullen Schwigen | Jr. | Rockridge |
| Ryan St. Louis | Jr. | Harvest-Westminster |
| Rowdy Sussenbach | Sr. | Greenvile |
| Andrew Talbert | Jr. | Byron |
| Isaac Wendler | Sr. | Father McGivney |
| Koyie Williams | Sr. | Monticello |
| All-State Honorable Mention – Braden Behringer (Sandwich, Sr.), Miles Browne (Breese Central, Sr.), Mathew Bywater (Litchfield, Sr.), Ethan Carlisle (Illini West, Sr.), Anthony Couch (Marquette (Ottawa), Sr.), Cy Craft (DuQuoin, Jr.), Landon Crawford (Farmington, Sr.), Nash Donnan (PORTA, Jr.), Cruz Dubois (Bismarck-Henning Rossville/Alvin, Sr.), Dane Fagerburg (Brimfield/Elmwood, Sr.), Jaxton Faulkenberry (Herrin, Jr.) Ryan Garland (Freeburg, Sr.), Collin Grosenheider (Williamsville, Jr.), Cooper Holman (Wilmington, Jr.), Kelly Honert (Alleman Catholic, Jr.), Jett Karrick (PORTA, Sr), Cohen Merrill (Freeburg, Sr.), Preston Morel (Aurora Christian, Jr.), Garrett Pugh (Marshall, Sr.), Dax Randolph (Harrisburg, So.), Nathan Southern (Warrensburg-Latham, Sr.), Austin Ulmer (Shelbyville, Sr.), Kash VanHouten (Canton, Jr.), Davin Worman (Teutopolis, Sr.) | ||
| 3A ALL-STATE TEAM | ||
| Adam Swanson | Sr. | Ottawa Township |
| Blake Heyer | Sr. | Montini Catholic |
| Brandon Thomsen | Sr. | Saint Viator |
| Caleb Hornbrook | Sr. | Normal U-High |
| Cannon Madej | Sr. | Lemont |
| Carson Moll | Sr. | Mascoutah |
| Carson Trivellini | Jr. | Crystal Lake South |
| Carter Lippens | Jr. | Dunlap |
| Colin Quinn | Sr. | St. Rita |
| Colton Zaleski | Sr. | Prairie Ridge |
| Drew Ward | Sr. | Sacred Heart-Griffin |
| Gavin Hartigan | So. | Nazareth Academy |
| Jackson Ahrens | Sr. | East Peoria |
| John Louise | Jr. | Montini Catholic |
| Keegan Seipp | Jr. | Triad |
| Landon Thome | Sr. | Nazareth Academy |
| Liam Schultz | Jr. | Burlington Central |
| Mason Bruesch | Jr. | Geneva |
| Mason Sauder | Sr. | Metamora |
| Noah Hallahan | Jr. | Geneva |
| Noah Munoz | Jr. | Evergreen Park |
| Nolan Keller | Sr. | Triad |
| RJ Duncheon | Sr. | East Peoria |
| Ryan Pipkins | So. | Champaign Central |
| Tanner Beyna | Jr. | Saint Viator |
| All-State Honorable Mention – Terrell Hampton-Hall (De La Salle, Fr.) Leobel Chan (Elmwood Park, Jr.), Quentin Santoria (Plano, Jr), Alex Abraham, (Geneva, Jr.), Chase Grigonis (Wheaton St. Francis, So.), Rhett Lambert (Centralia, Jr.), Eli Penne (Sterling, Sr.), Kanon Baxley (Kaneland, So.), Josh Aggen (Tinley Park, Sr), AJ Charpentier (Jacksonville, Sr.), Nick Stowasser (Crystal Lake South, Jr.), Beckett Breseman (Prairie Ridge, Jr.), Maxx Grieme (Taylorville, Sr.), Jake Bishop (Evergreen Park, So.), Cole Smith (Metamora, Sr.), Anthony Monegan Jr. (Crete Monee, Sr.), Evan Bushman (Newman CC., Sr.), Jack Corliss (Saint Viator, Sr.), Darren Klein (Mascoutah, Jr.) AJ Minderman (Geneva, So), Owen Satterlee (Prairie Ridge, Jr.) | ||
| 4A ALL-STATE TEAM | ||
| Brady Cunningham | Jr. | Brother Rice |
| Brady Kozlowski | Sr. | Minooka |
| Carson Hamblin | Jr. | Lake Zurich |
| Chase Lockwood | Sr. | Libertyville |
| Colin Doyle | Jr. | Downers Grove North |
| Cory Les | Sr. | St. Laurence |
| Dodger Friedrich | So. | Lane Tech |
| Dylan Kassab | Sr. | Hinsdale Central |
| Ethan Bass | Sr. | Glenbrook North |
| Finn Stovall | Sr. | Harlem High School |
| Gavin Swartz | Sr. | Normal Community |
| Hunter Baugh | Sr. | Edwardsville |
| Ian Tosi | Sr. | Mount Carmel |
| Jack Slightom | Sr. | Lyons Township |
| Jackson Heidemann | Sr. | Harlem |
| Jacson Tucker | Jr. | Oswego East |
| Jeremy Thompson | Sr. | Romeoville |
| Jimmy Benson | Jr. | St. Laurence |
| Jory Crocker | Sr. | Willowbrook |
| Juan Avila | Sr. | Reavis |
| Justin Canvin | Sr. | Oak Lawn |
| Kaden Wasniewski | Jr. | McHenry |
| Nate Larson | Jr. | Huntley |
| Nick Linares | Sr. | Payton College Prep |
| Sammy Atkinson | Sr. | Providence Catholic |
| TJ McQuillan | Sr. | Mount Carmel |
| Tony Eberlin | Sr. | Edwardsville |
| Tristan Steger | Jr. | St. Laurence |
| Tyler Gluting | Jr. | Metea Valley |
| Will Steffens | So. | Barrington |
| Zane Caves | Sr. | Minooka |
| Honorable Mention – Braden Fournie (Belleville West, Sr.), Brandon Pelz (Bartlett, Sr.), Braydon McKendrick (Brother Rice, Sr.), Cameron Larson (Quincy, Sr.), Carson Bauer (O’Fallon Township, Sr.), Dominic Battista (Oswego East, Sr.), Evan Adamczewski (Maine South, Jr.), Gavin Michaels (Normal Community, Sr.), Justin Canvin (Oak Lawn Community, Sr.), Luca Agne (Brother Rice, Jr.), Max Heineman (Normal Community, Sr.), Michael Pettit (Lincoln-Way West, Sr.), Noah Edison (Willowbrook, Sr.), Oscar Alexander Jr. (West Aurora, Jr.), Patrick Connors (Hinsdale Central, Sr.), Rocco Triolo (Lincoln-Way East, Jr.), Simon Rose (Highland Park, Jr.), Trace Schaaf (Lockport Township, Sr.), Zach Neukirch (Wheeling, Sr.), Zach Thoma (West Aurora, Sr.). | ||
