Thu February 17, 2022
On Saturday, Feb. 12, the PBR Illinois team hosted the McHenry Preseason ID at Pro Player Academy in McHenry, Ill. The event featured a large number of talented prospects from the area, including some former PBR Future Games participants.
Our staff collaborated to highlight the biggest takeaways and highlights from Saturday’s showcase, and published them within our Quick Hits piece. Over the next couple of days we’ll be diving deeper into all of the data we collected rolling out even more coverage from the event.
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | H-1st |
| 1 | Tyler Vasey | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2023 | MIF | 3.88 |
| 2 | Kaiden Herman | IL | Grayslake North | 2023 | LHP | 3.96 |
| 3 | Ryan Quinlan | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 2B | 4.01 |
| ^ | AJ Foley | IL | Lake Zurich | 2025 | C | 4.01 |
| ^ | James Schott | IL | Carmel Catholic | 2023 | SS | 4.01 |
| 4 | Joey Garlin | IL | Huntley | 2023 | OF | 4.08 |
| 5 | Payton Sensabaugh | IL | McHenry | 2024 | OF | 4.10 |
| 6 | Cameron Marson | IL | Grayslake Central | 2023 | C | 4.13 |
| ^ | Austin Leonard | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 4.13 |
| ^ | Calen Scheider | IL | Hampshire | 2025 | C | 4.13 |
| 7 | Blake Binkowski | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2023 | 1B | 4.14 |
| 8 | Kyle Boelkens | IL | McHenry | 2024 | OF | 4.15 |
| 9 | Paulie Rudolph | IL | Jacobs | 2024 | 3B | 4.16 |
| 10 | Landon Banaszynski | IL | Johnsburg | 2023 | OF | 4.20 |
| ^ | Caden Guenther | IL | Jacobs | 2023 | MIF | 4.20 |
| ^ | Jack Stecker | IL | McHenry | 2024 | OF | 4.20 |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Max FB |
| 1 | Andrew Ressler | IL | Huntley | 2023 | RHP | 89 mph |
| 2 | Chandler Alderman | IL | North Boone | 2023 | LHP | 88 mph |
| ^ | Ryan Skwarek | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2023 | SS | 88 mph |
| ^ | Cooper Cohn | IL | McHenry | 2023 | C | 88 mph |
| 3 | Lleyton Grubich | IL | McHenry | 2023 | LHP | 87 mph |
| 4 | Lucas Foley | IL | Lake Zurich | 2023 | LHP | 86 mph |
| ^ | Ian Boal | IL | Johnsburg | 2023 | LHP | 86 mph |
| 5 | Parker Schuring | IL | Huntley | 2023 | RHP | 85 mph |
| ^ | Spencer Kennamann | IL | Lakes Community | 2024 | RHP | 85 mph |
| ^ | James Allie | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2023 | RHP | 85 mph |
| 6 | Isaiah Vance | IL | Libertyville | 2023 | RHP | 84 mph |
| ^ | AJ Putty | IL | Huntley | 2025 | 3B | 84 mph |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Christian Graves | IL | Jacobs | 2023 | 3B | 99.4 mph |
| 2 | Ryan Quinlan | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 2B | 99.3 mph |
| 3 | Blake Binkowski | IL | Lincoln-Way East | 2023 | 1B | 98.2 mph |
| 4 | Sheppard Graf | IL | Lake Forest | 2023 | 3B | 96.2 mph |
| 5 | Cooper Cohn | IL | McHenry | 2023 | C | 96.2 mph |
| 6 | Dillon Putty | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 1B | 95.9 mph |
| 7 | Sean Kempf | IL | Crystal Lake Central | 2024 | C | 94.8 mph |
| 8 | Ryan Skwarek | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2023 | SS | 94.5 mph |
| 9 | Tyler Vasey | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2023 | MIF | 94.3 mph |
| 10 | Nathan Jonas | IL | Jacobs | 2023 | 1B | 93.8 mph |
| 11 | Dylan Harer | IL | St. Viator | 2023 | OF | 93.7 mph |
| 12 | Ravi Thakkar | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 1B | 93.7 mph |
| 13 | CJ Filipek | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 1B | 93.6 mph |
| 14 | Kiefer Tarnoki | IL | Sycamore | 2023 | OF | 93.5 mph |
| 15 | Austin Leonard | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 93.2 mph |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
| 1 | J.R. Nelson | IL | Stevenson | 2023 | SS | 86 |
| 2 | Christian Graves | IL | Jacobs | 2023 | 3B | 85 |
| ^ | James Schott | IL | Carmel Catholic | 2023 | SS | 85 |
| 3 | Trace Vrbancic | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2023 | RHP | 83 |
| ^ | Ryan Skwarek | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2023 | SS | 83 |
| ^ | Ryan Quinlan | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 2B | 83 |
| 4 | Sheppard Graf | IL | Lake Forest | 2023 | 3B | 82 |
| 5 | Charlie Meister | IL | Hersey | 2025 | C | 81 |
| ^ | Tyler Vasey | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2023 | MIF | 81 |
| ^ | CJ Filipek | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 1B | 81 |
| ^ | Nathan Jonas | IL | Jacobs | 2023 | 1B | 81 |
| 6 | Spencer Kennamann | IL | Lakes Community | 2024 | RHP | 80 |
| ^ | Joseph Pflug | WI | Westosha Central | 2023 | SS | 80 |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
| 1 | Aiden Zimmerman | IL | Huntley | 2023 | C | 86 |
| 2 | Jayden Gumprecht | IL | Crystal Lake South | 2023 | OF | 85 |
| 3 | Peter Mitchell | IL | Jacobs | 2022 | OF | 84 |
| ^ | Joey Garlin | IL | Huntley | 2023 | OF | 84 |
| ^ | Tyler Vasey | IL | Prairie Ridge | 2023 | MIF | 84 |
| 4 | Will Bartels | IL | Carmel Catholic | 2023 | OF | 83 |
| 5 | Kiefer Tarnoki | IL | Sycamore | 2023 | OF | 82 |
| ^ | Owen Micklinghoff | IL | McHenry | 2024 | RHP | 82 |
| ^ | Patrick Weaver | IL | Cary-Grove | 2024 | OF | 82 |
| ^ | Liam Arnold | IL | Palatine | 2024 | RHP | 82 |
| 6 | Connor Anderson | IL | Cary-Grove | 2024 | OF | 81 |
| ^ | Caden Monti | IL | Woodstock | 2023 | CF | 81 |
| ^ | Kaiden Herman | IL | Grayslake North | 2023 | LHP | 81 |
| 7 | Preston Sanders | IL | Rockford Lutheran | 2023 | OF | 80 |
| ^ | Dylan Harer | IL | St. Viator | 2023 | OF | 80 |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Cooper Cohn | IL | McHenry | 2023 | C | 82 |
| 2 | Nate Branch | IL | Palatine | 2023 | C | 78 |
| 3 | Cooper Jaworski | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 76 |
| 4 | Cameron Marson | IL | Grayslake Central | 2023 | C | 75 |
| ^ | Austin Leonard | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 75 |
| ^ | Josh Efflandt | IL | Wauconda | 2024 | RHP | 75 |
| 5 | AJ Foley | IL | Lake Zurich | 2025 | C | 74 |
| ^ | Calen Scheider | IL | Hampshire | 2025 | C | 74 |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Cooper Cohn | IL | McHenry | 2023 | C | 1.83-1.95 |
| 2 | Austin Leonard | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 2.01-2.09 |
| 3 | Calen Scheider | IL | Hampshire | 2025 | C | 2.03-2.09 |
| 4 | Mason Willis | IL | Antioch | 2025 | C | 2.05-2.09 |
| ^ | Josh Efflandt | IL | Wauconda | 2024 | RHP | 2.05-2.09 |
| 5 | Cameron Marson | IL | Grayslake Central | 2023 | C | 2.07-2.18 |
| 6 | Nicolas (Cole) Bush | IL | Grant Community | 2024 | C | 2.10-2.19 |
| 7 | Cooper Jaworski | IL | Hampshire | 2023 | C | 2.10-2.26 |
| 8 | Ravi Thakkar | IL | Huntley | 2023 | 1B | 2.14-2.18 |
