Prep Baseball Report

PBR Arkansas Preseason All-State: Blast Board


Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

PBR Arkansas hosted the Preseason All-State  on February 18th in Conway that saw multiple players put up strong numbers and from all across the state.  Players went through a pro-style workout with BP rounds with Trackman and Blast Motion, bullpens with data captured by Trackman, a defensive workout with radar gun readings, and laser timed 60's to round out the day.  The Preseason All-State event allows players to show off their skills and tools right before the start of the season with scrimmages starting later this week.  Spring recruiting for schools at the next level is very targeted in who they are wanting to see and we saw a large amount of prospects that put up noteworthy performances.  There are multiple well-known faces that had strong days at the event as well as a few others that have made very strong jumps from where we've seen them in the past.  Today we take a look at some of the leaders in hitting data collected by Blast Motion with eyes on the top hand speeds, bat speeds, rotational accelerations, and on plane percentages.  Be on the lookout in the coming days as we dig deeper into the data collected from the event.

Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here


MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Noah Ragsdale AR Valley View 2026 2B 26.0 mph
2 Landon Holzhauer AR Fayetteville 2025 C 25.2 mph
3 Jonathan Pickard II AR Carlisle 2025 OF 25.0 mph
4 Kooper Beach AR Farmington 2025 C 24.9 mph
^ Zach Lawing AR Rogers 2025 2B 24.9 mph
5 Spencer Mounce AR Heritage 2024 OF 24.6 mph
6 Nathan Otis AR Central Arkansas Christian 2024 C 24.0 mph
^ Will Carmichael AR Bentonville 2026 OF 24.0 mph
7 Jake Reece AR Brookland 2025 1B 23.8 mph
8 Owen Roach AR Valley View 2026 OF 23.7 mph
^ Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 23.7 mph
9 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 23.5 mph
10 Grant Allmendinger AR Catholic 2024 LHP 23.3 mph
^ Tate Collins AR Little Rock Christian 2024 RHP 23.3 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Noah Ragsdale AR Valley View 2026 2B 24.1 mph
2 Spencer Mounce AR Heritage 2024 OF 23.1 mph
3 Landon Holzhauer AR Fayetteville 2025 C 22.9 mph
4 Kooper Beach AR Farmington 2025 C 22.6 mph
5 Jonathan Pickard II AR Carlisle 2025 OF 22.3 mph
6 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 22.3 mph
7 Will Carmichael AR Bentonville 2026 OF 22.0 mph
8 Zach Lawing AR Rogers 2025 2B 22.0 mph
9 Owen Roach AR Valley View 2026 OF 21.9 mph
10 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 21.8 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Gabriel Ellison AR Russellville 2023 SS 87.0 mph
2 Tate Collins AR Little Rock Christian 2024 RHP 81.5 mph
3 Trace Davis AR Smackover 2024 1B 79.8 mph
4 Grayson Johnston AR Maumelle 2025 C 79.3 mph
5 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 78.5 mph
6 Kelvin Battles II AR Sylvan Hills 2023 SS 77.6 mph
^ Jake Reece AR Brookland 2025 1B 77.6 mph
7 Will Carmichael AR Bentonville 2026 OF 76.0 mph
8 Jonathan Pickard II AR Carlisle 2025 OF 75.7 mph
9 Tyler Brown AR Nashville 2024 2B 74.8 mph
10 Morgan Schader AR Farmington 2025 OF 74.6 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Trace Davis AR Smackover 2024 1B 74.3 mph
2 Tate Collins AR Little Rock Christian 2024 RHP 72.5 mph
3 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 71.4 mph
4 Broc Mattox AR Benton 2025 1B 70.8 mph
5 Jake Reece AR Brookland 2025 1B 70.7 mph
6 Gabriel Ellison AR Russellville 2023 SS 70.3 mph
7 Kelvin Battles II AR Sylvan Hills 2023 SS 70.3 mph
8 Zach Lawing AR Rogers 2025 2B 70.2 mph
9 Will Carmichael AR Bentonville 2026 OF 70.1 mph
10 Jack Hamm AR Rogers Heritage 2024 3B 70.1 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 30.1 g
2 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 30.0 g
3 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 27.6 g
4 Cannon Driskill AR Green County Tech 2026 SS 27.0 g
^ Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 27.0 g
5 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 26.7 g
6 Hudson Rodgers AR Valley View 2025 1B 24.0 g
7 Chase Perkins AR Gosnell 2026 OF 23.2 g
8 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 23.1 g
^ Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 23.1 g
9 Conner Vaughn AR Rivercrest 2024 OF 22.0 g
10 Solomon Flores AR Marion 2026 OF 21.4 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Noah Ragsdale AR Valley View 2026 2B 25.1 g
2 Christian Battles AR Fayetteville High School East 2025 OF 24.7 g
3 Owen Roach AR Valley View 2026 OF 24.3 g
4 Harris Vinson AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 23.3 g
5 Zach Lawing AR Rogers 2025 2B 21.2 g
6 Nathan Otis AR Central Arkansas Christian 2024 C 21.1 g
7 Bryce Gahr AR Wynne 2023 C 20.4 g
8 Trace Davis AR Smackover 2024 1B 19.6 g
9 Jaden Passmore AR Southside 2025 SS 19.6 g
10 Cole Edmondson AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 19.4 g

ON PLANE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Ethan Bowen AR Van Buren 2025 C 87 %
2 Reeves Aunspaugh AR HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL 2026 C 87 %
3 Colin Poore MS WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL 2026 OF 84 %
4 Jaxson Ingle AR Lonoke 2024 OF 84 %
5 Beck Black AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2026 3B 83 %
6 Broc Mattox AR Benton 2025 1B 83 %
7 Ethan Norris AR Newport 2025 RHP 82 %
8 Jaden Passmore AR Southside 2025 SS 82 %
9 Cole Edmondson AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 80 %
10 Landon Melnychuk AR Stuttgart 2024 SS 79 %

 

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