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Wed February 24, 2021
The PBR Preseason All-State event, with the combined forces of PBR Nebraska and PBR Iowa, took place Sunday, February 21, 2021. The event was held at Iowa Western CC in Council Bluffs, IA. The event featured prospects from the 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 grad classes; and included many breakout performances from the players in attendance. Players showcased their talents in front of our scouting staff and coaches in attendance. Thank you to the players, parents, our staff; along with the coaching staff at Iowa Western CC for such a great event.
There were a number of great individual performances this year at the PBR Preseason All-State.
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Fastball Stats
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Ryan Harrahill
NE
Elkhorn North
2023
RHP
89.5 mph
2
Mason Koch
NE
Millard West
2022
RHP
89.1 mph
3
Traeton Brandt
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
RHP
88.7 mph
4
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
88.0 mph
5
Ryan Semin
NE
Lincoln Southwest
2022
RHP
88.0 mph
6
Cooper Erikson
NE
Lincoln East
2022
SS
87.9 mph
7
Ryan McElmeel
NE
Gross Catholic
2022
RHP
87.7 mph
8
Alex Thomas
NE
Elkhorn South
2023
LHP
87.3 mph
9
Luke Broderick
NE
Mount Michael
2022
RHP
87.0 mph
10
Jake Daneff
MO
Park Hill
2022
SS
86.7 mph
Average Effective Velocity
Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, it release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement. With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Eff Velocity (avg)
1
Ryan Harrahill
NE
Elkhorn North
2023
RHP
87.8 mph
2
Luke Broderick
NE
Mount Michael
2022
RHP
86.7 mph
3
Cooper Erikson
NE
Lincoln East
2022
SS
86.5 mph
4
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
86.0 mph
5
Alex Thomas
NE
Elkhorn South
2023
LHP
85.8 mph
6
Ryan Semin
NE
Lincoln Southwest
2022
RHP
85.6 mph
7
Mason Koch
NE
Millard West
2022
RHP
85.4 mph
8
Traeton Brandt
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
RHP
85.4 mph
9
Ryan McElmeel
NE
Gross Catholic
2022
RHP
85.0 mph
10
Samuel Ojeda
NE
Lincoln Pius X
2022
RHP
85.0 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Ryan McElmeel
NE
Gross Catholic
2022
RHP
2597 rpm
2
Aron Harrington
IA
Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2022
OF
2392 rpm
3
Maxwell Sanders
NE
Creighton Prep
2021
OF
2379 rpm
4
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
2366 rpm
5
Johnny Vallinch
NE
Papillion LaVista South HS
2023
RHP
2363 rpm
6
Hudson Hart
NE
Gretna
2022
RHP
2362 rpm
7
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
2350 rpm
8
Mason Koch
NE
Millard West
2022
RHP
2320 rpm
9
Blake Dreyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
SS
2311 rpm
10
Luke Broderick
NE
Mount Michael
2022
RHP
2310 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Ryan McElmeel
NE
Gross Catholic
2022
RHP
2399 rpm
2
Maxwell Sanders
NE
Creighton Prep
2021
OF
2314 rpm
3
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
2296 rpm
4
Johnny Vallinch
NE
Papillion LaVista South HS
2023
RHP
2295 rpm
5
Aron Harrington
IA
Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2022
OF
2274 rpm
6
Ryan Semin
NE
Lincoln Southwest
2022
RHP
2273 rpm
7
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
2260 rpm
8
Hudson Hart
NE
Gretna
2022
RHP
2246 rpm
9
Blake Dreyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
SS
2236 rpm
10
Michael Valdivia
NE
Elkhorn South
2024
SS
2227 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Movement
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Jake Daneff
MO
Park Hill
2022
SS
20.6 in
2
Alex Heffelfinger
NE
Norris
2023
OF
20.2 in
3
Jackson Dyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2023
OF
20.2 in
4
Ryan Semin
NE
Lincoln Southwest
2022
RHP
20.1 in
5
Logan Manz
IA
Council Bluffs Lewis Central
2023
3B
20.0 in
6
Dakota Thomas
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
3B
19.8 in
7
Braden Sweet
NE
Millard South
2022
LHP
19.6 in
8
Sam Patton
NE
Creighton Prep
2023
OF
19.5 in
9
Tyler Fay
NE
Grand Island
2022
RHP
19.5 in
10
Daniel Lester
NE
Bellevue West
2022
RHP
18.9 in
Average Horizontal Movement
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Cody Bruss
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2022
LHP
-19.5
2
Emerson Dolph
NE
Lincoln Pius X
2022
RHP
19.1
3
Kaizer Papenhagen
NE
Norris
2023
SS
17.6
4
Joe Sieben
IA
Sioux City North
2022
SS
17.4
5
Nolan Tate
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
RHP
16.4
6
James Sengstock
NE
Omaha Skutt
2023
SS
14.7
7
Riley Pearson
NE
Omaha Gross
2022
SS
14.7
8
Alex Thomas
NE
Elkhorn South
2023
LHP
-14.2
9
Dakota Thomas
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
3B
13.5
10
Eli Feekin
NE
Papillion Lavista
2021
RHP
12.3
Curveball Stats
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Ryan Harrahill
NE
Elkhorn North
2023
RHP
78.3 mph
2
Ethan Nguyen
NE
Bennington
2023
OF
75.4 mph
3
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
75.3 mph
4
Alex Thomas
NE
Elkhorn South
2023
LHP
73.9 mph
5
Cooper Erikson
NE
Lincoln East
2022
SS
73.8 mph
6
Blake Dreyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
SS
73.7 mph
7
Jake Daneff
MO
Park Hill
2022
SS
73.4 mph
8
Luke Broderick
NE
Mount Michael
2022
RHP
73.3 mph
9
Daniel Lester
NE
Bellevue West
2022
RHP
72.7 mph
10
Payton Engel
NE
Waverly
2022
LHP
72.5 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Nolan Tate
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
RHP
2474 rpm
2
Tyler Fay
NE
Grand Island
2022
RHP
2447 rpm
3
Blake Dreyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
SS
2435 rpm
4
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
2425 rpm
5
Payton Engel
NE
Waverly
2022
LHP
2422 rpm
6
Daniel Lester
NE
Bellevue West
2022
RHP
2422 rpm
7
Eli Feekin
NE
Papillion Lavista
2021
RHP
2399 rpm
8
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
2362 rpm
9
Ryan Harrahill
NE
Elkhorn North
2023
RHP
2355 rpm
10
Johnny Vallinch
NE
Papillion LaVista South HS
2023
RHP
2345 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Nolan Tate
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
RHP
2418 rpm
2
Payton Engel
NE
Waverly
2022
LHP
2383 rpm
3
Tyler Fay
NE
Grand Island
2022
RHP
2352 rpm
4
Blake Dreyer
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
SS
2337 rpm
5
Daniel Lester
NE
Bellevue West
2022
RHP
2332 rpm
6
Traeton Brandt
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
RHP
2318 rpm
7
Ryan Harrahill
NE
Elkhorn North
2023
RHP
2307 rpm
8
Ryan Clementi
NE
Lincoln East
2022
C
2301 rpm
9
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
2299 rpm
10
Eli Feekin
NE
Papillion Lavista
2021
RHP
2292 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Traeton Brandt
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
RHP
-20.9 in
2
Daniel Lester
NE
Bellevue West
2022
RHP
-16.8 in
3
Jackson Coe
NE
Bennington
2023
OF
-16.6 in
4
Caleb Lanphear
NE
Millard West
2023
RHP
-13.2 in
5
Jackson Steele
NE
Bellevue West
2023
SS
-13.1 in
6
Shea Wendt
NE
Blair
2023
RHP
-12.6 in
7
Cade Parry
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
3B
-12.0 in
8
Maxwell Sanders
NE
Creighton Prep
2021
OF
-11.7 in
9
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
-11.5 in
10
Tyler Fay
NE
Grand Island
2022
RHP
-10.5 in
Average Horizontal Break
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Adam DeBoer
NE
Beatrice
2022
SS
-18.0
2
Cody Bruss
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2022
LHP
17.8
3
Dakota Thomas
NE
Lincoln Northeast
2023
3B
-16.4
4
Nolan Tate
NE
Elkhorn South
2022
RHP
-15.8
5
Carter Bland
IA
Ankeny Centennial
2023
RHP
-14.9
6
Tyler Fay
NE
Grand Island
2022
RHP
-14.9
7
Eli Feekin
NE
Papillion Lavista
2021
RHP
-14.7
8
Jack Nilsson
NE
Parrish Community High School
2022
OF
-14.4
9
Braden Cannon
NE
Millard South
2022
3B
-13.5
10
James Sengstock
NE
Omaha Skutt
2023
SS
-13.5