Building Champions Scout Day: Hitting Leaderboard
June 6, 2023
On Tuesday, May 30th, the PBR Kansas and Missouri staffs converged at Shawnee Mission East high school in Kansas to host the Building Champions Scout Day. This event featured over 110 athletes representing the 2024-to-2027 grad classes in both states. Those in attendance participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, gathering unrivaled data with the help of our tech partners at TrackMan, Blast Motion, and Swift.
To see all of the players that attended this event, click HERE.
Shortly after the event’s conclusion, our staff published the day’s stat leaders, highlighting a handful of names who put up numbers across the board. You can find that by clicking HERE.
Today, with the help of our partners at TrackMan and Blast Motion, we’ve compiled leaderboards to highlight which names had the most impressive batted ball data, as well as swing metrics, too. You’ll find those leaders, below.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Jack Jones | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | 1B | 95.9 mph |
2 | Kyler Schuessler | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2025 | OF | 95.3 mph |
3 | Kendall Hagedorn | MO | Smith-Cotton | 2026 | C | 95.0 mph |
4 | Kaden Huebner | KS | Shawnee Mission South | 2024 | RHP | 94.8 mph |
5 | Colton Sims | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2025 | 3B | 94.6 mph |
6 | Drew McConnell | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | SS | 94.5 mph |
7 | Dylan Sarna | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | OF | 94.4 mph |
8 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 94.1 mph |
9 | Cooper Grace | KS | Hayden | 2025 | RHP | 94.1 mph |
10 | Logan Craft | MO | BLUE SPRINGS HIGH | 2025 | C | 93.2 mph |
11 | Cade Zimmerman | KS | Olathe West | 2026 | RHP | 93.0 mph |
12 | Lincoln Stephenson | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | RHP | 92.9 mph |
13 | Carson Shear | MO | Kearney | 2024 | C | 92.7 mph |
14 | Carter Beach | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | OF | 92.5 mph |
15 | Matthew Yarlagadda | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | OF | 92.5 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Drew McConnell | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | SS | 89.6 mph |
2 | Jack Jones | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | 1B | 89.5 mph |
3 | Kendall Hagedorn | MO | Smith-Cotton | 2026 | C | 88.6 mph |
4 | Matthew Yarlagadda | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | OF | 87.6 mph |
5 | Cooper Grace | KS | Hayden | 2025 | RHP | 87.1 mph |
6 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 86.9 mph |
7 | Dylan Sarna | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | OF | 86.7 mph |
8 | Dash Engel | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2024 | 1B | 85.1 mph |
9 | Carson Shear | MO | Kearney | 2024 | C | 84.8 mph |
10 | Carter Beach | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | OF | 84.7 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 348 ft |
2 | Luke Hanahan | KS | Blue Valley Southwest | 2026 | OF | 345 ft |
3 | Jack Jones | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | 1B | 341 ft |
4 | Eli Dean | KS | Perry-Lecompton | 2025 | OF | 340 ft |
5 | Matthew Yarlagadda | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2024 | OF | 335 ft |
6 | George Richter | MO | Liberty | 2026 | 1B | 332 ft |
7 | Easton Engelhart | KS | Mill Valley | 2027 | 3B | 327 ft |
8 | Drew McConnell | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | SS | 324 ft |
9 | Owen Hughes | MO | Rockhurst | 2027 | OF | 324 ft |
10 | Hagan Whitcraft | KS | Spring Hill | 2024 | OF | 323 ft |
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 283 ft |
2 | Camden Morris | KS | Blue Valley | 2025 | C | 266 ft |
3 | Eli Dean | KS | Perry-Lecompton | 2025 | OF | 259 ft |
4 | Lincoln Stephenson | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | RHP | 254 ft |
5 | Preston Harris | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2024 | SS | 252 ft |
6 | Austin Cornett | KS | Blue Valley | 2025 | OF | 245 ft |
7 | Carter Beach | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | OF | 236 ft |
8 | Easton Engelhart | KS | Mill Valley | 2027 | 3B | 233 ft |
9 | Dash Engel | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2024 | 1B | 230 ft |
10 | Kyler Schuessler | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2025 | OF | 228 ft |
PEAK HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Cooper Grace | KS | Hayden | 2025 | RHP | 26.0 mph |
2 | Drew McConnell | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | SS | 24.8 mph |
3 | Drew Hansen | MO | St. Michael's | 2027 | RHP | 24.7 mph |
4 | Reid Robinson | KS | Rockhurst | 2025 | OF | 24.6 mph |
5 | Kyler Schuessler | KS | Shawnee Mission East | 2025 | OF | 24.5 mph |
6 | Luke Hanahan | KS | Blue Valley Southwest | 2026 | OF | 24.4 mph |
^ | Sam Shelton | KS | Blue Valley West | 2025 | SS | 24.4 mph |
7 | Dax Howard | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | LHP | 24.2 mph |
^ | Brandt Cook | MO | Smithville | 2026 | RHP | 24.2 mph |
8 | Carter Beach | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | OF | 23.8 mph |
9 | Jarren Hay | KS | Olathe West | 2024 | 3B | 23.7 mph |
^ | Braxton Madrigal | KS | Mulvane High | 2025 | RHP | 23.7 mph |
^ | Hagan Whitcraft | KS | Spring Hill | 2024 | OF | 23.7 mph |
^ | Dash Engel | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2024 | 1B | 23.7 mph |
10 | Kaden Huebner | KS | Shawnee Mission South | 2024 | RHP | 23.6 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Cooper Grace | KS | Hayden | 2025 | RHP | 24.2 mph |
2 | Drew McConnell | MO | Blue Springs | 2024 | SS | 24.0 mph |
3 | Luke Hanahan | KS | Blue Valley Southwest | 2026 | OF | 23.5 mph |
4 | Reid Robinson | KS | Rockhurst | 2025 | OF | 23.3 mph |
5 | Dax Howard | KS | Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 | LHP | 23.0 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Mason Wright | MO | Park Hill South | 2026 | C | 80.0 mph |
2 | Camden Morris | KS | Blue Valley | 2025 | C | 79.7 mph |
3 | Dash Engel | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2024 | 1B | 78.4 mph |
4 | Dylan Sarna | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | OF | 76.3 mph |
5 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 76.0 mph |
6 | Jarren Hay | KS | Olathe West | 2024 | 3B | 75.9 mph |
7 | Hagan Whitcraft | KS | Spring Hill | 2024 | OF | 75.5 mph |
8 | Kaden Huebner | KS | Shawnee Mission South | 2024 | RHP | 75.1 mph |
9 | Drew Yockey | KS | Mill Valley | 2026 | 1B | 74.9 mph |
10 | Baylor Vesey | KS | Gardner-Edgerton | 2026 | 2B | 74.8 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Luke Young | KS | Blue Valley North | 2024 | 1B | 73.7 mph |
2 | Dylan Sarna | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | OF | 72.6 mph |
3 | Dash Engel | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2024 | 1B | 72.3 mph |
4 | Jarren Hay | KS | Olathe West | 2024 | 3B | 71.8 mph |
5 | Mason Wright | MO | Park Hill South | 2026 | C | 71.4 mph |
For a full list of all the statistics collected from this event, click HERE.
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