2026 Arkansas Rising Stars Games: Data Dive

June 16, 2026
Mikel Howell
Arkansas Asst. Director

On Wednesday, June 1oth, the Prep Baseball Arkansas staff traveled to the University of Central Arkansas' Bear Stadium in Conway, AR to host our Arkansas Rising Stars Games. This event was open to all 2030-2031 class members and featured 30+ members in attendence.

We'll continue our coverage from this event today within this 'Data Dive'. Continue reading below to see which players in attendance showed well from a batted ball, pitch metric, and swing analytics perspective.

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Cameron Steeneck	AR	Bentonville	2030	SS	7.36 s
^	Miles Smith	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	C	7.36 s
2	Sullivan Taylor	AR	Van Buren	2030	C	7.39 s
3	Elias Huskey	AR	Brookland	2030	OF	7.40 s
4	Kaycee Canter	AR	Searcy	2030	2B	7.41 s
5	Dawson Davis	AR	Conway	2030	C	7.49 s

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Cooper Andrews	AR	Bryant High School	2030	OF	90.8 mph
2	Ben McNemar	AR	Hamburg	2030	RHP	89.8 mph
3	Miles Smith	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	C	88.8 mph
4	Lane Engle	AR	N/A	2030	1B	88.7 mph
5	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	88.4 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Dawson Davis	AR	Conway	2030	C	80.4 mph
2	Cooper Andrews	AR	Bryant High School	2030	OF	79.7 mph
3	Ben McNemar	AR	Hamburg	2030	RHP	78.7 mph
4	Miles Smith	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	C	78.5 mph
5	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	78.2 mph

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Dawson Davis	AR	Conway	2030	C	330 ft
2	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	314 ft
3	Easton Prater	AR	Brookland	2031	SS	314 ft
4	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	312 ft
5	Sullivan Taylor	AR	Van Buren	2030	C	309 ft

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Easton Prater	AR	Brookland	2031	SS	251 ft
2	Max Tyson	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	236 ft
3	Ben McNemar	AR	Hamburg	2030	RHP	232 ft
4	Miles Smith	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	C	225 ft
5	Lucas Lowrey	AR	Nashville High School	2030	RHP	224 ft

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Lucas Lowrey	AR	Nashville High School	2030	RHP	83.4 mph
2	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	78.7 mph
3	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	78.4 mph
4	Jackson Guiltner	AR	Marion	2031	RHP	77.8 mph
5	Ben McNemar	AR	Hamburg	2030	RHP	77.5 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	2361 rpm
2	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	2261 rpm
3	Max Tyson	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2252 rpm
4	Cooper Andrews	AR	Bryant High School	2030	OF	2152 rpm
5	Kaycee Canter	AR	Searcy	2030	2B	2010 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Chase Sage	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2418 rpm
2	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	2282 rpm
3	Fox Forrester	AR	Rivercrest High School	2030	1B	1733 rpm
4	Jacob Diaz	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	RHP	1644 rpm
5	Hayes Smith	AR	Conway	2030	OF	1576 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Chase Sage	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2281
2	Brody Trobis	AR	Beebe	2030	1B	2147
3	Fox Forrester	AR	Rivercrest High School	2030	1B	1733
4	Jacob Diaz	AR	Southside (Fort Smith)	2030	RHP	1624
5	Hayes Smith	AR	Conway	2030	OF	1576

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Chase Sage	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2538 rpm
2	Bryce Parker	AR	Catholic	2031	C	2230 rpm
3	Max Tyson	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2153 rpm
4	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	2100 rpm
5	Kaycee Canter	AR	Searcy	2030	2B	2099 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Chase Sage	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2538 rpm
2	Bryce Parker	AR	Catholic	2031	C	2137 rpm
3	Max Tyson	AR	Valley View	2030	SS	2072 rpm
4	Kaycee Canter	AR	Searcy	2030	2B	2018 rpm
5	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	1938 rpm

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Cameron Steeneck	AR	Bentonville	2030	SS	16.5
2	Bentley Renick	AR	Greenwood	2030	SS	14.0
3	Jackson Guiltner	AR	Marion	2031	RHP	13.7
4	Lane Engle	AR	N/A	2030	1B	-13.0
5	Hayes Smith	AR	Conway	2030	OF	6.3

FOR ALL OF THE STATISTICS FROM THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE.