Prep Baseball Report

Preseason All-State: TrackMan Hitting Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Utah Operations

On Saturday, March 4th the PBR Utah staff hosted our final high school event of the winter with the Utah Preseason All-State at Hurricane High School in Hurricane, Utah. The event was loaded from top-to-bottom with some of Utah's top prospects in four different classes highlighted by a bunch of former Future Gamers and nine Division I commitments with 21 total commits at the event.

We had prospects from the 2023 - 2026 classes in attendance which gave our staff a look at 110 players with a boat load of uncommitted talent, several of whom have a chance to join Team Utah at this summer's Future Games or West Coast Games. Over the next week our staff will begin to break down everything from the event with leaderboards from four sets of leaderboards from our tech partners, as well as Quick Hits with scouting notes on some standouts.

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times and splits measured by Swift Performance, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan and Blast Motion, visual testing measured by Vizual Edge, Catch Pop Time and Velocity, Outfield Evaluation and Velocity, Infield Evaluation and Velocity, Pitcher Bullpens analyzed and assessed by TrackMan. We pride ourselves on utilizing the latest technology in the game to provide the most accurate data for both the player and those recruiting/evaluating the player.

Below, we continue to break down all the data from the event with a look at the top TrackMan hitting data from the batting practice portion of Saturday's event.

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UTAH PRESEASON ALL-STATE | TRACKMAN HITTING LEADERBOARDS

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Top Hitting Statistical Performers in each category tracked by TrackMan 

Peak Exit Velocity - 104.4MPH | 1B/OF Dax Watts - 2024, American Fork | Uncommitted
Avg. Exit Velocity - 93.4MPH | 1B/3B Cole Kershaw - 2023, Jordan | Utah
Peak Distance -  397 ft. | 3B/OF Drake Piersall - 2024, Riverton | Uncommitted
Avg. Distance - 325 ft. | C/3B Luke Taylor - 2024, Olympus | USC
Hard Hit % - 71 % | RHP/3B Malik Harris - 2023, Juan Diego Catholic | Memphis
Sweet Spot % - 100 % | LHP/1B Noah Simon - 2023, Corner Canyon | Cuesta College
Line Drive % - 85 % | 2B Noah Gatti - 2025, Jordan | Uncommitted

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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY (UPPERCLASS)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Dax Watts UT American Fork 2024 OF 104.4 mph
2 Luke (LT) Taylor UT Olympus 2024 C 103.6 mph
3 Drake Piersall UT Riverton 2024 3B 102.2 mph
4 Cole Kershaw UT Jordan 2023 1B 101.9 mph
5 Keaton Stinson UT Olympus 2024 OF 101.7 mph
6 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 99.7 mph
7 Malik Harris UT Juan Diego Catholic 2023 RHP 99.5 mph
8 Carson Moody UT Riverton 2024 OF 99.3 mph
9 Jordan Jones UT Mountain Crest 2024 1B 98.9 mph
10 Andrew Lombana UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 LHP 98.6 mph

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY (UNDERCLASS)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Merrick Bostock UT Orem High 2025 3B 100.6 mph
2 Tucker Norris UT Mountain Ridge 2025 OF 97.4 mph
3 Cooper Clark UT Ridgeline 2026 OF 96.2 mph
4 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 96.0 mph
5 Mason Henry UT Pleasant Grove 2026 RHP 96.0 mph
6 Stockton Fowlks UT Mountain Ridge 2025 3B 95.8 mph
7 Austin Park UT Juab 2025 SS 94.5 mph
8 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 94.3 mph
9 Riley Brown UT Brighton 2025 3B 94.0 mph
10 Trey Vaughn UT Snow Canyon 2026 1B 93.9 mph

AVG EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Cole Kershaw UT Jordan 2023 1B 93.4 mph
2 Luke (LT) Taylor UT Olympus 2024 C 93.3 mph
3 Malik Harris UT Juan Diego Catholic 2023 RHP 91.9 mph
4 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 91.7 mph
5 Petey Soto Jr. UT Crimson Cliffs 2023 SS 90.6 mph
6 Jordan Jones UT Mountain Crest 2024 1B 90.0 mph
7 Owen Miller UT Orem 2024 RHP 88.4 mph
8 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 88.3 mph
9 Mason Salazar UT Mountain View 2023 OF 87.4 mph
10 Jak Sinclair UT Corner Canyon 2023 OF 87.4 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Drake Piersall UT Riverton 2024 3B 397 ft
2 Malik Harris UT Juan Diego Catholic 2023 RHP 396 ft
3 Dax Watts UT American Fork 2024 OF 395 ft
4 Cole Kershaw UT Jordan 2023 1B 392 ft
5 Luke (LT) Taylor UT Olympus 2024 C 385 ft
6 Andrew Lombana UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 LHP 380 ft
7 Noah Simon UT Corner Canyon 2023 LHP 370 ft
8 Maxwell Lee UT Viewmont 2023 C 368 ft
9 Zach Carlson UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 OF 367 ft
10 Merrick Bostock UT Orem High 2025 3B 366 ft

AVG DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Luke (LT) Taylor UT Olympus 2024 C 325 ft
2 Cole Kershaw UT Jordan 2023 1B 297 ft
3 Noah Simon UT Corner Canyon 2023 LHP 296 ft
4 Malik Harris UT Juan Diego Catholic 2023 RHP 279 ft
5 Andrew Lombana UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 LHP 279 ft
6 James Peterson UT Farmington 2025 C 278 ft
7 Drake Piersall UT Riverton 2024 3B 269 ft
8 Stockton Fowlks UT Mountain Ridge 2025 3B 265 ft
9 Tualau Wolfgramm UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 264 ft
10 Bowen Barnes UT Lone Peak 2026 3B 261 ft

HARD HIT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Malik Harris UT Juan Diego Catholic 2023 RHP 71 %
2 Luke (LT) Taylor UT Olympus 2024 C 66 %
^ Petey Soto Jr. UT Crimson Cliffs 2023 SS 66 %
^ Jordan Jones UT Mountain Crest 2024 1B 66 %
3 Cole Kershaw UT Jordan 2023 1B 60 %
4 Casey Robinson UT Hurricane 2023 3B 57 %
5 Zach Engemann UT Orem 2025 SS 55 %
6 Tualau Wolfgramm UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 53 %
7 Mason Salazar UT Mountain View 2023 OF 50 %
^ Luke Jacobs UT Viewmont 2023 OF 50 %
^ Dax Watts UT American Fork 2024 OF 50 %
^ Riley Brown UT Brighton 2025 3B 50 %

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Noah Simon UT Corner Canyon 2023 LHP 100 %
2 Zach Carlson UT Juan Diego Catholic 2024 OF 90 %
3 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 85 %
4 Leo Bacciocco UT Mountain Ridge 2025 SS 83 %
5 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 81 %
6 Tualau Wolfgramm UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 76 %
7 Grant Scholzen UT Hurricane 2023 SS 72 %
^ Cooper Clark UT Ridgeline 2026 OF 72 %
^ Case Beames UT Brighton 2025 RHP 72 %
^ Chase Johnston UT Maple Mountain 2025 LHP 72 %

LINE DRIVE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Noah Gatti UT Jordan 2025 2B 85 %
2 Cayman Sanchez UT Olympus 2026 SS 66 %
^ Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 66 %
3 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 63 %
4 Max Hunter UT Davis 2024 SS 57 %
5 Zach Engemann UT Orem 2025 SS 55 %
6 Chase Johnston UT Maple Mountain 2025 LHP 54 %
^ Case Beames UT Brighton 2025 RHP 54 %
7 Riley Brown UT Brighton 2025 3B 50 %
^ Leandro Pena UT Copper Hills 2024 1B 50 %
^ Sebastian Ritter UT Park City 2024 RHP 50 %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Northern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 04/22 American Fork High School - American Fork, UT
Southern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 05/06 Hurricane High School


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