Prep Baseball Report

USA Prime Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

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On Wednesday June 29th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Williard Stadium on the campus of High Point University for a Scout Day with USA Prime.

The day started with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight information. Following the bullpens, players ran a laser timed 60 using swift technology. Position players then took batting practice on the field with Trackman gathering ball flight data. The day concluded with outfielders and infielders going through a defensive workout. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days. 

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Trackman Hitting Data

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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 CARTER JEANBAPTISTE NC Grimsley 2024 OF 101.0 mph
2 Bryce Hooker NC Westchester Country Day 2023 C 98.0 mph
3 Ayden Wall NC Ledford 2025 C 95.8 mph
4 Josh Hammond NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2025 RHP 95.5 mph
5 Connor Berry NC Reagan 2024 3B 95.4 mph



AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 CARTER JEANBAPTISTE NC Grimsley 2024 OF 92.1 mph
2 Josh Hammond NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2025 RHP 89.6 mph
3 Jordan Wright NC Rocky Mount Academy 2024 3B 88.1 mph
4 Jack Ferguson VA Abingdon 2023 2B 87.6 mph
5 Caleb Hammond NC Westchester Country Day 2023 OF 87.0 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 Josh Hammond NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2025 RHP 376 ft
2 Jack Ferguson VA Abingdon 2023 2B 355 ft
3 Tate Vogler NC Westchester Country Day 2024 SS 339 ft
4 Jake Smith NC West Stokes 2023 LHP 332 ft
5 Caleb Hammond NC Westchester Country Day 2023 OF 332 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 CARTER JEANBAPTISTE NC Grimsley 2024 OF 279 ft
2 Jack Ferguson VA Abingdon 2023 2B 275 ft
3 HAYDEN GENTRY NC West Wilkes 2026 3B 273 ft
4 Josh Hammond NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2025 RHP 271 ft
5 Bryce Hooker NC Westchester Country Day 2023 C 257 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 CARTER JEANBAPTISTE NC Grimsley 2024 OF 58 %
2 Josh Hammond NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2025 RHP 57 %
3 Will Hodge NC High Point Christian 2024 OF 40 %
^ Jordan Wright NC Rocky Mount Academy 2024 3B 40 %
4 Gavin Griffith NC North Davidson 2024 OF 38 %
5 Ayden Wall NC Ledford 2025 C 36 %



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 TJ Fergus NC West Forsyth 2024 SS 58 %
^ Landon Hollar NC East Davidson 2026 SS 58 %
2 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 52 %
3 Shawn Sealey NC Parkland 2023 SS 50 %
^ Jack Ferguson VA Abingdon 2023 2B 50 %
^ Jackson Gallimore NC R. J. Reynolds 2025 C 50 %
^ Connor Berry NC Reagan 2024 3B 50 %
^ Jake Dunlap NC High Point Christian 2024 OF 50 %
^ Issac Nichols VA Lord Botetourt 2025 3B 50 %
4 Hank Porter NC East Wilkes 2023 SS 46 %
^ Thomas Holder NC West Forsyth 2025 C 46 %
5 Hayden Magaha NC West Forsyth 2024 OF 45 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 HAYDEN GENTRY NC West Wilkes 2026 3B 66.7 %
2 Bryce Hooker NC Westchester Country Day 2023 C 60.0 %
3 CARTER JEANBAPTISTE NC Grimsley 2024 OF 58.3 %
^ Sam Zalinsky NC Weddington 2025 SS 58.3 %
4 Randy Holleman NC South Iredell 2024 LHP 54.5 %
^ Briggs Gentry NC East Wilkes 2023 C 54.5 %
^ Evan Cecile NC West Stokes 2023 SS 54.5 %
5 Bret Clements NC East Forsyth 2023 OF 53.8 %
^ Joshua Jones NC West Stokes 2023 3B 53.8 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Connor Berry NC Reagan 2024 3B 100 %
^ Lucas Riley NC Ledford 2025 OF 100 %
2 Tucker Martin NC North Davidson 2026 OF 70 %
3 Dakota Green NC Parkland 2023 C 66 %
4 Bo Nichols NC West Wilkes 2024 1B 63 %
5 Kaleb Downey NC Lexington 2025 C 54 %
^ Calvin Lancaster VA Patrick Co. 2026 CF 54 %