2026 Illinois HIGH SCHOOL HEAT SHEET
With the high school season underway, our scouting staff has seen some of the state's top arms so far. From those games, we have compiled a max fastball velocity leaderboard. This list is made using only the players our staff has seen in person. We will be updating this weekly during the season as our staff sees new arms.
2026 MAX FB VELO Leaderboard
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Max FB |
| 1 | Brady Buenik | IL | Libertyville | 2027 | RHP | 97 mph |
| 2 | Jack Slightom | IL | Lyons Township | 2026 | RHP | 96 mph |
| ^ | Gavin Swartz | IL | Normal Community | 2026 | RHP | 96 mph |
| 3 | Caleb Cox | IL | Springfield Lutheran | 2026 | RHP | 95 mph |
| ^ | Colin Doyle | IL | Downers Grove North | 2027 | RHP | 95 mph |
| ^ | Tre Cole | IL | Champaign Central | 2026 | RHP | 95 mph |
| 4 | Kaeden Schatsiek | IL | Brimfield High School | 2026 | OF | 94 mph |
| ^ | Chase Rhodes | IL | Tremont | 2026 | RHP | 94 mph |
| ^ | Ryan Duncheon Jr. | IL | East Peoria | 2026 | C | 94 mph |
| ^ | Liam Nash | IL | Huntley High School | 2027 | RHP | 94 mph |
| 5 | Traxton Roberts | IL | Armstrong | 2027 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Grant Umbright | IL | Naperville Central | 2026 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Austin Winge | IL | Lockport | 2027 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Connor McKay | IL | Nazareth Academy | 2026 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Dodger Friedrich | IL | Lane Tech | 2028 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Kaden Wasniewski | IL | Mchenry Community High School | 2027 | RHP | 93 mph |
| ^ | Josh Jones | IL | Normal Community | 2026 | RHP | 93 mph |
| 6 | Charley Spour | IL | St. Anthony | 2027 | RHP | 92 mph |
| ^ | Brady Cunningham | IL | Brother Rice | 2027 | 3B | 92 mph |
| ^ | Anderson Kaufmann | IL | Alton | 2028 | RHP | 92 mph |
| 7 | Samuel Finn | IL | Plainfield North | 2026 | LHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Andrew Dawson | IL | Tremont | 2026 | 3B | 91 mph |
| ^ | Jack Postma | IL | Barrington | 2028 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Kobe Jordan | IL | Providence Catholic | 2027 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Connor Elenteny | IL | Mount Carmel | 2026 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Jack Gianikos | IL | Maine South | 2026 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Logan O'Dell | IL | Collinsville | 2026 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Anthony Eberlin | IL | Edwardsville | 2026 | RHP | 91 mph |
| ^ | Brett Alkire | IL | Dunlap | 2027 | RHP | 91 mph |
| 8 | Mark Coffey | IL | Marist | 2026 | OF | 90 mph |
| ^ | Finn Stovall | IL | Harlem | 2026 | 3B | 90 mph |
| ^ | Owen Satterlee | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2027 | RHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Tommy Cavaliere | IL | Lyons Township | 2029 | RHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Ian Tosi | IL | Mount Carmel | 2026 | LHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Cullen Schwigen | IL | Rockridge | 2027 | RHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Beckett Weber | IL | Normal Community | 2026 | RHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Chase Lockwood | IL | Libertyville | 2026 | RHP | 90 mph |
| ^ | Eli Michanicou | IL | Dunlap | 2027 | SS | 90 mph |
| 9 | Tyler Henry | IL | Unity | 2026 | SS | 89 mph |
| ^ | Devin De Loach | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2026 | LHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Austin Borries | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Matt Ritchie | IL | St. Charles North | 2027 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Will Renshaw | IL | Barrington High School | 2026 | LHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Jimmy Benson | IL | St. Laurence | 2027 | LHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Keegan Crabtree | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2028 | SS | 89 mph |
| ^ | Wade Ozment | IL | Crystal Lake Central | 2027 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Zane Caves | IL | Minooka | 2026 | LHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Connor Fox | IL | Mt. Zion | 2027 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Logan Mackin | IL | Minooka Community High School | 2027 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Grayson Waters | IL | Oak Park-River Forest | 2027 | LHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Travis Dudycha | IL | Huntley | 2026 | 1B | 89 mph |
| ^ | Henry Murphy | IL | Maine South | 2028 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Anderson Boss | IL | Morton High School | 2027 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Jacob Wojciechowski | IL | Joliet Catholic | 2026 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Cameron Barnes | IL | Oak Park-River Forest | 2026 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Dylan Huff | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Will Vanderheyden | IL | O'Fallon | 2028 | RHP | 89 mph |
| ^ | Hunter Baugh | IL | Edwardsville | 2026 | SS | 89 mph |
| ^ | Nick Bailey | IL | New Trier | 2026 | RHP | 89 mph |
| 10 | Owen Novak | IL | Lincoln-Way Central | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Peter Jurcenko | IL | Sandburg | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Dean Miller | IL | Glenbrook North | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Joe Kennedy | IL | Bartlett | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Gavin Fuscone | IL | St. Charles East | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Aiden Robles | IL | Yorkville | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Aiden Gallucci | IL | Rolling Meadows | 2027 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | James Sobkowiak | IL | Comm High School Dist 99 - South High Sch | 2028 | SS | 88 mph |
| ^ | Landon Gray | IL | Dunlap | 2026 | OF | 88 mph |
| ^ | Landon Ludwig | IL | Ridgeview High School | 2028 | LHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Liam Decker | IL | O Fallon Township High School | 2027 | SS | 88 mph |
| ^ | Braden Tolzien | IL | Libertyville | 2026 | 1B | 88 mph |
| ^ | Rylan Lamp | IL | lake zurich senior high school | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Keegan Schwarting | IL | Joliet West | 2027 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | John Strzechowski | IL | St. Laurence | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Asher Pruemer | IL | St. Joseph-Ogden | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Gavin Shimizu | IL | Yorkville | 2028 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Blake Harris | IL | El Paso-Gridley | 2028 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Hayden Noha | IL | Oak Forest | 2026 | C | 88 mph |
| ^ | Jack Compton | IL | North Clay Community | 2026 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Davin Worman | IL | Teutopolis | 2026 | OF | 88 mph |
| ^ | Landon Dippel | IL | O'Fallon | 2027 | RHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Ryan Pipkins | IL | Champaign Central | 2028 | OF | 88 mph |
| ^ | Rocco Szambelan | IL | Joliet Catholic | 2026 | LHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Nicholas Chiarodo | IL | Edwardsville | 2028 | SS | 88 mph |
| ^ | Grady Mueller | IL | Glenwood | 2026 | OF | 88 mph |
| ^ | Nolan Keller | IL | Triad | 2026 | 3B | 88 mph |
| ^ | Max Flack | IL | Effingham Unit 40 | 2026 | C | 88 mph |
| ^ | Connor Basinski | IL | Columbia | 2028 | RHP | 88 mph |
| 11 | Graydon Leonard | IL | GCMS High School | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Cameron Nelson | IL | Hononegah | 2026 | OF | 87 mph |
| ^ | Landon Paul | IL | St Charles North High School | 2027 | 1B | 87 mph |
| ^ | Elliot Paul | IL | Evanston | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Tommy Miller | IL | Lockport | 2027 | SS | 87 mph |
| ^ | Aksel McKnight | IL | Libertyville | 2027 | 3B | 87 mph |
| ^ | Cooper Weyant | IL | Metamora | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Aidan Webster | IL | Lyons Township Highschool | 2027 | C | 87 mph |
| ^ | Zeke Young | IL | Monticello | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Parker Roop | IL | Normal University | 2027 | SS | 87 mph |
| ^ | Cannon Madej | IL | Lemont | 2026 | LHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Aidric Arndt | IL | Burlington Central | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Christopher Chittaro | IL | Saint Ignatius | 2027 | LHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Brendan Carlson | IL | Providence Catholic High School | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Matthias Rudolph | IL | Monticello | 2027 | LHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Carter Braddy | IL | Effingham | 2027 | LHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Joe Kelly | IL | Loyola Academy | 2026 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Collin Lawlor | IL | Marist | 2028 | LHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Andrew Jones | IL | Marist | 2029 | SS | 87 mph |
| ^ | Tyler Osmanski | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Koen Lynes | IL | Joliet Catholic | 2027 | SS | 87 mph |
| ^ | Andrew Dawson | IL | Oak Forest | 2026 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Camden Taylor | IL | Morton | 2026 | SS | 87 mph |
| ^ | Collin Augustine | IL | Columbia | 2027 | 3B | 87 mph |
| ^ | Liam Scaiefe | IL | Freeburg | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Wes Thompson | IL | Normal University | 2028 | C | 87 mph |
| ^ | Darren Klein | IL | Mascoutah | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| ^ | Ethan Killion | IL | New Trier | 2028 | OF | 87 mph |
| 12 | Cole Woodward | IL | Glenwood | 2028 | 2B | 86 mph |
| ^ | Decker McDonald | IL | Naperville Central | 2027 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Trevor McClure | IL | Mount Vernon High School | 2027 | SS | 86 mph |
| ^ | Aidan Dillon | IL | Brother Rice | 2027 | LHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Mason Sauder | IL | Metamora | 2026 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Rocco Galasso | IL | Brother Rice | 2027 | SS | 86 mph |
| ^ | Alex Han | IL | Stevenson | 2026 | SS | 86 mph |
| ^ | Matthew Theobald | IL | Plainfield Central | 2027 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Maxwell Kouzes | IL | Batavia | 2026 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Hayden Foster | IL | Kaneland | 2026 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Tommy Hosty | IL | Marist | 2027 | OF | 86 mph |
| ^ | Nolan Lebert | IL | Mascoutah | 2026 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Nick Audet | IL | Lake Zurich | 2027 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Cooper Gulgren | IL | Jacobs | 2026 | RHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Quinten Hale | IL | Glenwood | 2027 | OF | 86 mph |