Four Minnesota Homeschool Baseball Players Reinstated by MSHSL

Local Homeschool News: Minnesota

Four homeschooled Minnesota baseball players were cleared to play this spring. The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) reportedly reinstated the students after they had been ruled ineligible for the season (Alpha News).

All four are part of the Athletic Performance Homeschool Cooperative (APHC), a faith-based network of homeschool families with student athletes, and use a private online curriculum. Baseball trainer Justin Gominsky said the league had treated that curriculum choice as making them “private school” students. He noted the families had filed their homeschool paperwork, were recorded as homeschoolers by their district, and had played MSHSL sports before without problems.

APHC director of operations Michael Caldeen said the decision was never put in writing and that the league had asked for transcripts, which he called highly unusual. State Sen. Michael Kreun said the league has no authority to question a homeschool family’s status when the family follows state law and the district accepts the student as a homeschooler.

According to Gominsky, the ruling was reversed after the MSHSL met with the Minnesota Department of Education. He shared an email that appeared to confirm one student was eligible. The league said it does not comment on student eligibility. Gominsky said he hopes families without the same connections are treated fairly too.

For more on homeschooling in the state, see our Minnesota Homeschool Laws page.

Sources:

• Rose Korabek and Alpha News Staff, “Homeschool student athletes reportedly reinstated after row with state high school league,” Alpha News, February 27, 2026