Prep Baseball Report

Utah Preseason ID: TrackMan Hitting Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Utah Operations

On Saturday, February 11th, PBR Utah hosted it's first identification showcase of the 2023 season, the Utah Preseason ID at The Hive, Juab High School's Fieldhouse. 

Preseason ID's allow our staff to get a look at players ahead of the high school season, as well as offer players a chance to update their profiles and metrics as they head into the season. The events also serve as identifiers for invite-only showcases in Utah and nationally, including the Future and Jr. Future Games, West Coast Games, Utah Preseason All-State Games, Utah Top Prospect Games and Utah All-State Games.

The event featured players from the 2023 - 2026 classes and gave our staff a look at over 70 players from across the State. We had some good showings from some unsigned 2023s and 2024s, as well some intriguing underclassmen who are just jumping onto the scene.

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan and Blast Motion, 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 begin our post-event coverage with a look at the top TrackMan hitting data from the event.

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UTAH PRESEASON ID | TRACKMAN HITTING LEADERBOARDS

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Top Hitting Statistical Performers in each category tracked by TrackMan 

Peak Exit Velocity - 105.3MPH | 1B/RHP Justin Michaelis - 2025, Park City | Uncommitted
Avg. Exit Velocity - 94.1MPH | OF/RHP Remington Edwards - 2024, Mountain Ridge | Uncommitted
Peak Distance -  396 ft. | 1B/RHP Justin Michaelis - 2025, Park City | Uncommitted
Avg. Distance - 327 ft. | LHP/OF Ryker Freeman - 2025, South Sevier | Uncommitted
Hard Hit % - 66 % | OF/RHP Remington Edwards - 2024, Mountain Ridge | Uncommitted
Sweet Spot % - 100 % | 3B/SS Cooper Ford - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted
Line Drive % - 100 % | 3B/SS Cooper Ford - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted

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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 105.3 mph
2 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 100.4 mph
3 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 98.2 mph
4 Dylan Vea UT Copper Hills 2024 OF 97.9 mph
5 Connor Cowan UT Juab High 2025 LHP 95.6 mph
6 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 94.9 mph
7 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 94.8 mph
8 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 94.8 mph
9 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 94.8 mph
10 Landon Carter UT Bradshaw Christian 2025 C 93.9 mph

AVG EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 94.1 mph
2 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 90.4 mph
3 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 88.5 mph
4 Connor Cowan UT Juab High 2025 LHP 88.2 mph
5 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 86.4 mph
6 Jake Diamond UT Park City 2024 OF 85.7 mph
7 Dylan Vea UT Copper Hills 2024 OF 85.4 mph
8 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 84.8 mph
9 Deagen Thayne UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 84.5 mph
10 Boede Rudd UT Logan 2023 RHP 84.4 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 396 ft
2 Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 360 ft
3 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 359 ft
4 Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 356 ft
5 Logan Burgess UT Copper Hills 2024 C 350 ft
6 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 342 ft
7 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 340 ft
8 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 337 ft
9 Deagen Thayne UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 336 ft
10 Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 334 ft

AVG DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 327 ft
2 Jake Diamond UT Park City 2024 OF 310 ft
3 Leo Bacciocco UT Mountain Ridge 2025 SS 281 ft
4 Kobe Goodman UT Desert Hills 2025 OF 281 ft
5 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 279 ft
6 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 265 ft
7 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 261 ft
8 Kash Wallin UT Riverton High 2026 1B 247 ft
9 Max Hunter UT Davis 2024 SS 242 ft
10 Collin Haymond UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 241 ft

HARD HIT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 66 %
2 Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 50 %
^ Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 50 %
^ Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 50 %
3 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 44 %
^ Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 44 %
4 Connor Cowan UT Juab High 2025 LHP 37 %
5 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 33 %
^ Bode Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 RHP 33 %
^ Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 33 %
^ Diego Morfin UT Mountain Ridge 2024 1B 33 %
^ Dylan Vea UT Copper Hills 2024 OF 33 %
^ Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 33 %

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 100 %
2 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 83 %
3 Joey Breza UT Park CIty 2026 2B 80 %
4 Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 77 %
5 Tatum Packer UT Hillcrest 2023 C 69 %
6 Collin Haymond UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 66 %
^ Kanyon Okerlund UT South Sevier 2025 SS 66 %
7 Dallin Scharmann UT Lone Peak 2026 SS 62 %
^ Connor Cowan UT Juab High 2025 LHP 62 %
^ Trenton Ash UT Springville 2023 SS 62 %

LINE DRIVE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 100 %
2 Collin Haymond UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 66 %
3 Joey Breza UT Park CIty 2026 2B 60 %
4 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 55 %
5 Kanyon Okerlund UT South Sevier 2025 SS 50 %
^ Connor Cowan UT Juab High 2025 LHP 50 %
^ Jaxon Sisam UT Bingham 2026 OF 50 %
^ Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 50 %
^ Harley Vicchrilli UT Woods Cross 2024 LHP 50 %
^ Connor Drachman UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 50 %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) UT 03/04 Hurricane High School
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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