Hawaii Rising Stars ID: Statistical Analysis

April 23, 2024
Cam Black-Araujo
Hawaii Operations

On Sunday, April 21st, the Prep Baseball Hawaii staff hosted it's first and only Rising Stars event of the year with the Hawaii Rising Stars at Pearl City High School in Pearl City, Hawaii. This event featured 33 prospects from the 2028 - 2029 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look and analysis of the players in attendance.

Today we'll start our deep dive into the data collected at this event within this Statistical Analysis story. Over the next couple of days we’ll be diving deeper into all of the data we collected rolling out even more coverage from the event.

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Katin Tilton	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	OF	6.89 s
2	Kai Watanabe	HI	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School	2028	C	6.96 s
3	Keawe Kaalekahi	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	3B	7.03 s
4	Daly Watson	HI	Punahou School	2028	3B	7.10 s
5	Ruston Hiyoto	HI	Kalani High School	2028	OF	7.20 s
6	Brennan Tomas	HI	Punahou School	2028	OF	7.23 s
7	Tyler Tokuda	HI	Mililani High School	2028	3B	7.32 s
8	Noah Andrew Castillo	HI	James Campbell High School	2028	RHP	7.35 s
9	Kolotau Koka	HI	N/A	2029	3B	7.39 s
10	Case Cannon	HI	N/A	2028	SS	7.41 s

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Noah Andrew Castillo	HI	James Campbell High School	2028	RHP	85.8 mph
2	Keona Barraza	HI	Punahou School	2029	RHP	80.1 mph
3	Evan SoliaiHowlett	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	3B	78.5 mph
4	Daly Watson	HI	Punahou School	2028	3B	77.9 mph
5	Keawe Kaalekahi	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	3B	74.9 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Kai Watanabe	HI	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School	2028	C	91.8 mph
2	Blaze Kahale	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	1B	89.3 mph
3	Case Cannon	HI	N/A	2028	SS	87.9 mph
4	Micah James Kamoku	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	C	87.8 mph
5	Kaikea Planas	HI	Waimea High School	2028	1B	87.8 mph
6	Kekoanui Payanal	HI	Punahou School	2028	SS	87.6 mph
7	Brennan Tomas	HI	Punahou School	2028	OF	86.4 mph
8	Kolotau Koka	HI	N/A	2029	3B	85.9 mph
9	Daly Watson	HI	Punahou School	2028	3B	85.8 mph
10	Keona Barraza	HI	Punahou School	2029	RHP	84.6 mph

DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Brennan Tomas	HI	Punahou School	2028	OF	324 ft
2	Case Cannon	HI	N/A	2028	SS	321 ft
3	Kolotau Koka	HI	N/A	2029	3B	314 ft
4	Daly Watson	HI	Punahou School	2028	3B	303 ft
5	Ruston Hiyoto	HI	Kalani High School	2028	OF	302 ft
6	Keona Barraza	HI	Punahou School	2029	RHP	301 ft
7	Kekoanui Payanal	HI	Punahou School	2028	SS	298 ft
8	Kamakai Angell	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	OF	297 ft
9	Richard Wells Jr	HI	Hilo High School	2029	1B	291 ft
10	Kaeo Nouchi	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	C	289 ft

INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Tyler Tokuda	HI	Mililani High School	2028	3B	83
^	Kekoanui Payanal	HI	Punahou School	2028	SS	83
2	Daly Watson	HI	Punahou School	2028	3B	82
3	Case Cannon	HI	N/A	2028	SS	80
4	Keona Barraza	HI	Punahou School	2029	RHP	79

OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Noah Andrew Castillo	HI	James Campbell High School	2028	RHP	82
2	Brennan Tomas	HI	Punahou School	2028	OF	73
3	Evan Concepcion	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	OF	72

CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Kai Watanabe	HI	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School	2028	C	79
2	Micah James Kamoku	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	C	72
3	Kaeo Nouchi	HI	Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus	2028	C	70

POP-TIME

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Kai Watanabe	HI	Henry Perrine Baldwin High School	2028	C	1.89-1.99
2	Micah James Kamoku	HI	Saint Louis School	2028	C	2.01-2.07
3	Noah Kawakami	HI	Pearl City High School	2028	C	2.14-2.17