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2026 Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Data Dive

March 2, 2026
Mikel Howell
Arkansas Asst. Director

On Sunday, February 22nd, the Prep Baseball Arkansas staff traveled to Har-Ber High School in Springdale, AR to host our annual Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID.  This event was open to all 2026-2029 class members and featured 40+ 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 Cole Kelly AR Bentonville 2027 OF 6.76 s
2 Hudson Haney AR Elkins 2029 C 6.85 s
3 Eli Marrin AR Har-Ber 2027 C 6.97 s
4 Reese Cavitt AR Har-Ber 2028 SS 7.02 s
5 Maddox McClain AR Har-Ber 2029 OF 7.06 s

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Jacob Oglesbee AR Shiloh Christian 2027 OF 96.5 mph
2 Brodie Curry AR Farmington 2028 1B 95.8 mph
3 Eli Marrin AR Har-Ber 2027 C 95.8 mph
4 Dylan Howard AR Bentonville West 2027 1B 95.4 mph
5 Reese Cavitt AR Har-Ber 2028 SS 95.3 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

PEAK BAT SPEED

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

PEAK HAND SPEED

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Quinn Birdsong AR Shiloh Christian 2028 RHP 92.1 mph
2 Austin Herring AR Joe T. Robinson 2026 RHP 87.9 mph
3 Dekklyn Henslee AR Har-Ber 2029 SS 82.8 mph
4 Jaxon Tillman AR Rogers 2028 LHP 81.8 mph
5 Parson Kelly AR Fayetteville 2028 C 81.5 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT

  

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

  

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