Natural Baseball Academy: Hitters Data Dive
October 2, 2023
On Sunday, September 23rd, the PBR Kansas staff traveled to Olathe, KS in to host the Natural Baseball Academy Scout Day. This event featured over 55 players from all four high school classes. Attendees participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, collecting unrivaled data through the help of our tech partners, while also collecting high quality video footage of their workout and more.
To see a full list of those in attendance, click HERE. For all of the stats collected at this event, click HERE.
We've broken down the statistical leaders from this event into individual categories, which you'll find in leaderboard format, HERE.
We've take a look at the leaders in our next-level pitching data collected by TrackMan, HERE.
Today, we take a look at the category leaders in our next-level hitting data collected by TrackMan and blast motion, below.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (max)
1
Cameron Blachowicz
KS
Olathe South
2026
3B
99.0 mph
2
Tyler Vanderleest
KS
Blue Valley North
2025
1B
97.6 mph
3
Zach Doolin
KS
Olathe South
2025
RHP
94.7 mph
4
Caden Wurdack
KS
Olathe Northwest
2025
3B
93.0 mph
5
Isaac Sauder
KS
Mill Valley
2025
C
92.5 mph
6
Brody Nelson
KS
Olathe
2026
1B
89.5 mph
7
Kian Hopkins
KS
DeSoto
2026
SS
89.3 mph
8
Jag Garrison
MO
Summit Christian
2026
C
88.9 mph
9
Luke Venneman
KS
Olathe East
2026
C
88.3 mph
10
Treyton DesLauriers
KS
Homeschooled
2025
LHP
88.1 mph
11
Charlie Butler
KS
Olathe East
2025
SS
87.3 mph
12
Blaine Leyden
KS
Olathe South
2026
2B
87.2 mph
13
Tristan Prier
KS
Lawrence Free State
2025
OF
87.1 mph
14
James Kegley
KS
Olathe Northwest
2026
RHP
86.5 mph
15
Luke Vaughan
KS
Blue Valley
2025
SS
86.3 mph
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 89.5 mph |
2 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 89.1 mph |
3 | Caden Wurdack | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2025 | 3B | 84.1 mph |
4 | Luke Venneman | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | C | 83.9 mph |
5 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | RHP | 82.7 mph |
6 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Homeschooled | 2025 | LHP | 82.2 mph |
7 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 82.0 mph |
8 | Jag Garrison | MO | Summit Christian | 2026 | C | 81.4 mph |
9 | Roman Barnes | KS | Paola | 2025 | C | 80.7 mph |
10 | Joseph Patnode | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | OF | 79.6 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 384 ft |
2 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 352 ft |
3 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 344 ft |
4 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | RHP | 342 ft |
5 | Evan Meyer | KS | Maize Virtual Prep | 2026 | OF | 330 ft |
6 | Blaine Leyden | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 2B | 327 ft |
7 | Charlie Butler | KS | Olathe East | 2025 | SS | 317 ft |
8 | Will Naujokaitis | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | 3B | 316 ft |
9 | Cooper Burling | KS | Eudora | 2026 | C | 310 ft |
10 | James Kegley | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2026 | RHP | 310 ft |
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | RHP | 293 ft |
2 | Evan Meyer | KS | Maize Virtual Prep | 2026 | OF | 271 ft |
3 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 261 ft |
4 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 255 ft |
5 | Parker Novay | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | RHP | 239 ft |
6 | Will Naujokaitis | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | 3B | 230 ft |
7 | Jake Blomquist | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | 3B | 222 ft |
8 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 221 ft |
9 | Jackson Blume | KS | Blue Valley Southwest | 2026 | OF | 221 ft |
10 | Jag Garrison | MO | Summit Christian | 2026 | C | 220 ft |
PEAK HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 25.6 mph |
2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 25.3 mph |
3 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | RHP | 24.6 mph |
4 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 24.1 mph |
5 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 23.2 mph |
6 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 23.0 mph |
7 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 22.6 mph |
8 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley | 2026 | LHP | 22.5 mph |
^ | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood | 2025 | 2B | 22.5 mph |
9 | James Kegley | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2026 | RHP | 22.2 mph |
10 | Parker Novay | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | RHP | 21.9 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 24.5 mph |
2 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 22.7 mph |
3 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 22.4 mph |
4 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 22.1 mph |
5 | James Kegley | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2026 | RHP | 21.5 mph |
6 | Roman Barnes | KS | Paola | 2025 | C | 21.2 mph |
7 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 21.2 mph |
8 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley | 2026 | LHP | 21.1 mph |
9 | Cooper Burling | KS | Eudora | 2026 | C | 20.8 mph |
10 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 20.6 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 83.0 mph |
2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 82.1 mph |
3 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 80.2 mph |
4 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 76.6 mph |
5 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 74.1 mph |
6 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | RHP | 72.7 mph |
7 | James Kegley | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2026 | RHP | 71.0 mph |
8 | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood | 2025 | 2B | 69.7 mph |
9 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Homeschooled | 2025 | LHP | 69.6 mph |
10 | Kian Hopkins | KS | DeSoto | 2026 | SS | 69.5 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North | 2025 | 1B | 75.8 mph |
2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | C | 75.6 mph |
3 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 3B | 74.1 mph |
4 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 72.5 mph |
5 | James Kegley | KS | Olathe Northwest | 2026 | RHP | 69.4 mph |
6 | Kian Hopkins | KS | DeSoto | 2026 | SS | 68.3 mph |
7 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Homeschooled | 2025 | LHP | 68.1 mph |
8 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 67.4 mph |
9 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley | 2026 | LHP | 66.4 mph |
10 | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood | 2025 | 2B | 66.3 mph |
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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