Prep Baseball Report

Top Prospect Games: TrackMan Hitting Leaders


Brandon Hall
Mid-Atlantic Scouting Director

PBR of North Carolina hosted its Top Prospect Games on August 2nd at Campbell University. The event featured players from across the state in the 2024-2026 grad classes. The Top Prospect Games continues to be one of the most popular summer events on the PBR summer schedule with several college coaches in attendance taking a look at the prospects in attendance.  

The day started with position players taking batting practice on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After BP position players went through a defensive evaluation that began with the outfielders followed by the catchers and infielders. When players finished their defensive workout they ran a laser timed 60 using Swift Technology. In the afternoon players were split into 6 teams with each team playing 2 controlled games with Trackman gathering information on each pitcher that threw in the game. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance looking at the top performers in select categories. 

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TrackMan Hitting Leaders

 

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Cameron Turner SC P27 2024 1B 103.7 mph
2 Quintin Blake NC Greenfield 2024 OF 101.1 mph
3 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 100.8 mph
4 Levi Baker NC Wake County Warriors 2024 3B 100.0 mph
5 Zack Scruggs NC Southwestern Randolph 2025 SS 97.7 mph
6 Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 97.6 mph
7 Tommy Williams III NC Wake County Homeschool 2024 OF 97.5 mph
8 Chase Byrd NC Croatan 2025 RHP 96.5 mph
9 Micah Greer NC Hibriten 2025 C 96.4 mph
10 Prince Zion Odom NC High Point Christian 2025 OF 96.3 mph



AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact.  The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Levi Baker NC Wake County Warriors 2024 3B 94.4 mph
2 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 93.5 mph
3 Tommy Williams III NC Wake County Homeschool 2024 OF 92.7 mph
4 Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 90.9 mph
5 Cameron Turner SC P27 2024 1B 90.2 mph
6 Hayden Ashby NC Cox Mill 2024 1B 90.2 mph
7 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 89.2 mph
8 Prince Zion Odom NC High Point Christian 2025 OF 88.8 mph
9 Edwin Allen NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 OF 88.7 mph
10 Caden Nolan NC Richmond Senior 2026 3B 88.6 mph



DISTANCE OFF THE BAT


TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.


Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 388 ft
2 Cameron Turner SC P27 2024 1B 384 ft
3 Levi Baker NC Wake County Warriors 2024 3B 380 ft
4 Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 379 ft
5 Tommy Williams III NC Wake County Homeschool 2024 OF 372 ft
6 Quintin Blake NC Greenfield 2024 OF 368 ft
7 Prince Zion Odom NC High Point Christian 2025 OF 366 ft
8 Gavin Pufky NC Rolesville 2024 1B 361 ft
9 Adrian Gonzalez NC Apex High 2025 3B 360 ft
10 Edwin Allen NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 OF 356 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Tommy Williams III NC Wake County Homeschool 2024 OF 279 ft
2 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 277 ft
3 Adrian Gonzalez NC Apex High 2025 3B 274 ft
4 Zak Stear NC Cleveland 2024 SS 270 ft
5 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 265 ft
6 Ethan Nobles NC Terry Sanford 2025 RHP 260 ft
7 Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 253 ft
8 Jack Newell NC Marvin Ridge 2024 3B 250 ft
9 Chase Byrd NC Croatan 2025 RHP 247 ft
10 Cameron Turner SC P27 2024 1B 246 ft



HARD HIT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter.  Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls.  This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 87 %
2 Levi Baker NC Wake County Warriors 2024 3B 85 %
3 Tommy Williams III NC Wake County Homeschool 2024 OF 70 %
^ Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 70 %
4 Cameron Turner SC P27 2024 1B 66 %
5 Hayden Ashby NC Cox Mill 2024 1B 63 %
6 Prince Zion Odom NC High Point Christian 2025 OF 61 %
7 Quintin Blake NC Greenfield 2024 OF 60 %
^ Brett Cassell NC Cox Mill 2024 SS 60 %
8 Micah Dalton NC Hibriten 2025 RHP 55 %
9 Caden Nolan NC Richmond Senior 2026 3B 50 %
^ JD Mace NC Burlington Christian 2025 RHP 50 %
10 Gavin Pufky NC Rolesville 2024 1B 46 %



LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Evan Lecnar NC East Forsyth 2024 2B 70 %
^ Ethan Bunce NC Grace Christian Sanford 2025 C 70 %
2 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 66 %
^ Cannon Lee NC Pro5 Baseball Academy 2025 SS 66 %
3 Edwin Allen NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 OF 63 %
4 Andru Hall NC West Stokes 2025 SS 62 %
5 Michael Gurganus NC Bear Grass Charter 2025 RHP 60 %



Fly Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Chase Byrd NC Croatan 2025 RHP 77.8 %
2 Chase Kiker NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2026 RHP 64.3 %
3 Michael Rogers SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 62.5 %
4 Ethan Nobles NC Terry Sanford 2025 RHP 58.3 %
^ Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 58.3 %
5 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 54.5 %
^ Jack Newell NC Marvin Ridge 2024 3B 54.5 %
^ Zak Stear NC Cleveland 2024 SS 54.5 %



Ground Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Southern Smith-Tilley NC Mooresville 2025 OF 55 %
2 Jake Henderson NC Watauga 2024 OF 54 %
^ Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship High 2025 OF 54 %
3 Brett Cassell NC Cox Mill 2024 SS 50 %
4 Evan Hodges NC Richmond Senior 2026 C 46 %
^ Eric Branch NC Surry Central 2026 C 46 %
5 Hayden Ashby NC Cox Mill 2024 1B 45 %