Prep Baseball Report

PBR IL - Heartland CC Scout Day: Stat Story


By: Kevin Cronin and Diego Solares
Illinois Scouting Staff

On Thursday, September 23, the PBR Illinois scouting staff held the Heartland Community College Scout Day at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. All the prospects in attendance showcased their talents in front of our staff, including a handful of other scouts that attended. 

Now, at the event’s conclusion, we’re eager to pump out content pertaining to what we saw from the day. Inside this piece we’ll publish those who paced the event in our traditional statistical categories, such as the top 60-yard dash, max throwing velocities, and other numbers gathered through our staff. 

We’ll also roll out more analysis as the week rolls on, like a takeaways piece from the day and deeper data dives with the statistics collected from our technological partners at TrackMan and Blast Motion. 

For now, take a look at which players turned in noteworthy statistical outputs. 

STAT STORY

+ Heartland started their scout day with nine running under a sub-7.00 in the 60-yard dash, led by OF Quinn Willard (Cornerstone Christian Academy, 2021). The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Willard oozes athleticism, running an event high 6.50 in the 60-yard dash and using that explosive twitch to generate loud contact in BP, barreling his best ball up at 101 mph. Willard also topped at 88 mph from the outfield, further completing his high-octane skill set. 

+ INF Sam Antonacci (Sacred Heart-Griffin, 2021) represented Team Illinois at the PBR Future Games a few years ago and the left-handed hitter was amongst the top infielders in attendance from the event. A 6-foot, 185-pound freshman, Antonacci finished in the top five for several different of our statistical categories. He ran a 6.81 in the 60-yard dash, recorded a max exit velocity of 101 mph in BP, and threw an 87 mph bullet across the infield, too. 

+ A toolsy, high level athlete from Wisconsin, OF Jacyk Uehling (South Milwaukee, 2020) continues to show explosive twitch on the diamond. He recorded the hardest throw from the outfield at 94 mph and also juiced one up at 102 mph off the barrel in BP, per TrackMan. 

+ The Hawks had three arms who recorded a max fastball over 90 mph, led by RHP Mitchell Sampson (Galesburg, 2020), who topped at 93 mph. RHP Keegan Buska (Homewood-Flossmoor, 2021) and RHP Reese Dutton (Tremper, WI; 2019) each peaked at 90 mph in their ‘pens. 

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos 60-yard
1 Quinn Willard Heartland CC 2021 OF 6.50
2 Ben Hartl Heartland CC 2021 C 6.76
^ Auston Brewer Heartland CC 2021 OF 6.76
3 Bryce Brown Heartland CC 2020 3B 6.80
4 Sam Antonacci Heartland CC 2021 SS 6.81
5 Daniel Mosele Heartland CC 2021 2B 6.87
6 Braden Zenor Heartland CC 2020 OF 6.89
7 Mason Sawyer Heartland CC 2020 C 6.95
8 Jeremy Figueroa Heartland CC 2020 2B 6.98

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Max FB
1 Mitchel Sampson Heartland CC 2020 RHP 93 mph
2 Keegan Buksa Heartland CC 2021 RHP 91 mph
3 Reese Dutton Heartland CC 2019 RHP 90 mph
4 Connor Aten Heartland CC 2020 RHP 89 mph
^ Luke Skudlarczyk Heartland CC 2020 RHP 89 mph
^ Meade Johnson Heartland CC 2021 RHP 89 mph
^ Teague Conrad Heartland CC 2019 RHP 89 mph
^ Brayden Closs Heartland CC 2021 LHP 89 mph
5 Connor Best Heartland CC 2020 RHP 87 mph
^ Luke Markunas Heartland CC 2019 RHP 87 mph
^ Drew Martin Heartland CC 2021 RHP 87 mph
^ Michael Rivera Heartland CC 2021 RHP 87 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Exit Velo
1 Tyler Brandenburg Heartland CC 2019 1B 105
2 Matthew Murphy Heartland CC 2020 C 103
3 Bobby Atkinson Heartland CC 2021 1B 102
^ Jacyk Uehling Heartland CC 2020 OF 102
^ Riley Rundquist Heartland CC 2019 1B 102
4 Quinn Willard Heartland CC 2021 OF 101
^ Mason Sawyer Heartland CC 2020 C 101
^ Sam Antonacci Heartland CC 2021 SS 101
5 Jeremy Figueroa Heartland CC 2020 2B 100
6 Sean Shook Heartland CC 2020 2B 99
^ Bryce Brown Heartland CC 2020 3B 99
7 Ben Hartl Heartland CC 2021 C 98

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos INF Velo
1 Sam Antonacci Heartland CC 2021 SS 87
^ Ben Hartl Heartland CC 2021 C 87
2 Bryce Brown Heartland CC 2020 3B 86
3 Sean Shook Heartland CC 2020 2B 85

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos OF Velo
1 Jacyk Uehling Heartland CC 2020 OF 94
2 Bryce Brown Heartland CC 2020 3B 92
3 Quinn Willard Heartland CC 2021 OF 88

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos C Velo
1 Ben Hartl Heartland CC 2021 C 81
2 Mason Sawyer Heartland CC 2020 C 79
3 Matthew Murphy Heartland CC 2020 C 76

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name School HS Grad Year Pos Pop Time
1 Ben Hartl Heartland CC 2021 C 1.93-2.07
2 Matthew Murphy Heartland CC 2020 C 1.96-2.03
3 Mason Sawyer Heartland CC 2020 C 1.97-2.03

For a full list of statistics taken from this event, CLICK HERE.

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