SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – For the 2025 season, the Spokane Indians added half a roster of fresh faces. There’s one guy who’s new to the Indians this season, that’s definitely not new to Spokane.
Left-handed pitcher Stu Flesland III graduated from Mt. Spokane in 2019 and is now on the Indians roster just six years later and two years after getting drafted to the Colorado Rockies.
Avista Stadium is a place he’s been before. As a kid, he was sitting in the stands.
“Being able to come out here and watch pro guys play at that age was really cool to me,” said Flesland. “I looked up to them and wanted to be them…It’s just an awesome experience at Avista Stadium watching from the crowd and now getting to play on the field is even better.”
Flesland played high school baseball a half hour from his new ballpark. In high school, you get a mix of kids playing for fun and ones reaching for a bigger goal. Flesland’s high school coach says it was always obvious where Stu wanted to be.
“Stu walked in with dreams of being big from the get go. He wanted to play college ball and beyond from day one,” said Mt. Spokane baseball coach Alex Schuerman.
After graduating from Mt. Spokane, Flesland played at Boise State and University of Washington during his college career before getting drafted to the Colorado Rockies in 2023. It didn’t take anyone from back home too long to figure out what that could mean.
“It’s great for the area. It’s great for Mt. Spokane to be able to say: yeah that kid went to our school, he’s a great kid and a great ball player and we just get to watch him and cheer him on,” said Schuerman.
And the game has always been in the Flesland blood. Stu and his sister Morgan – both lefty pitchers – won some pretty big games in their time as Wildcats.
“I threw a no hitter one time in high school but then like 100 feet away on the softball field my sister threw a perfect game,” said Flesland.
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