Prep Baseball Report

British Columbia Fall Invite: Positional Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Canada

On Wednesday, September 24th, the Prep Baseball British Columbia staff hosted the British Columbia Fall Invite hosted at McLeod Athletic Park, home of the Langley Blaze, in Langley, British Columbia.

The event featured roughly 31 players within BC's 2026 - 2029 classes and the event allowed players within the province to update their profiles one final time before the baseball season comes to a close.

All players ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, as well 60-yard times with 10-yard and 30-yard splits via VALD Performance. Over the next several days we'll be highlighting top performers from the event within our post-event analysis. Stay locked into our social media channels over the next several days as we continue to push out video, leaderboards and more.

Earlier this week, we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive articles. Today, we will continue our post-event coverage within this Hitting Data Dive article as we bring you the top Trackman Hitting data collected during batting practice on Wednesday.

For complete event results, click here.

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TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 95.3 mph
2 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 89.7 mph
3 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 87.1 mph
4 Cameron Juhasz BC Garabaldi Secondary 2026 OF 86.2 mph
5 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 86.1 mph
6 Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 85.3 mph
7 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 84.7 mph
8 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 84.7 mph
9 Benjamin Dartnell BC Magee Secondary Vancouver BC 2027 RHP 84.7 mph
10 Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 84.4 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 85.7 mph
2 Marcus De Groot BC Westview High School, Maple Ridge 2026 C 78.0 mph
3 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 77.8 mph
4 Cameron Juhasz BC Garabaldi Secondary 2026 OF 77.1 mph
5 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 76.7 mph
6 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 76.5 mph
7 Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 76.4 mph
8 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 76.2 mph
9 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 76.1 mph
10 Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 75.4 mph

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 357 ft
2 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 328 ft
3 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 317 ft
4 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 311 ft
5 Cameron Juhasz BC Garabaldi Secondary 2026 OF 308 ft
6 Connor Fischer BC Delta Secondary 2026 C 305 ft
7 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 302 ft
8 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 291 ft
9 Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 290 ft
10 Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 290 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 257 ft
2 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 233 ft
3 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 233 ft
4 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 223 ft
5 Connor Fischer BC Delta Secondary 2026 C 223 ft
6 Jaxon Van Der Hijde BC McMath Secondary 2028 OF 204 ft
7 Marcus De Groot BC Westview High School, Maple Ridge 2026 C 197 ft
8 Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 193 ft
9 Benjamin Dartnell BC Magee Secondary Vancouver BC 2027 RHP 188 ft
10 Lucas Brett BC Argyle Secondary 2028 2B 186 ft

LINE DRIVE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Lucas Brett BC Argyle Secondary 2028 2B 54 %
2 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 50 %
^ Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 50 %
^ Benjamin Dartnell BC Magee Secondary Vancouver BC 2027 RHP 50 %
3 Austin Zhang BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 OF 46 %
4 Gaby Nakada BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 RHP 44 %
5 Callum Cowan BC Homeschool (BC) 2028 3B 42 %
6 Santiago Acosta BC Homeschool (BC) 2029 LHP 40 %
^ Jaxon Van Der Hijde BC McMath Secondary 2028 OF 40 %

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Lucas Brett BC Argyle Secondary 2028 2B 81 %
2 Benjamin Dartnell BC Magee Secondary Vancouver BC 2027 RHP 71 %
3 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 66 %
^ Marcus De Groot BC Westview High School, Maple Ridge 2026 C 66 %
4 Austin Zhang BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 OF 61 %
5 Callum Memmott BC Richmond Christian school 2027 OF 60 %
6 Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 58 %
7 Callum Cowan BC Homeschool (BC) 2028 3B 57 %
8 Santiago Acosta BC Homeschool (BC) 2029 LHP 50 %
^ Jaxon Van Der Hijde BC McMath Secondary 2028 OF 50 %
^ Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 50 %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

VALD PERFORMANCE

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 6.73 s
2 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 7.03 s
3 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 7.06 s
4 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 7.16 s
5 Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 7.21 s
^ Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 7.21 s
6 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 7.27 s
7 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 7.32 s
8 Gaby Nakada BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 RHP 7.35 s
9 Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 7.42 s

10-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 1.63 s
2 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 1.68 s
3 Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 1.70 s
4 Austin Zhang BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 OF 1.71 s
^ Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 1.71 s
5 Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 1.72 s
6 Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 1.73 s
7 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 1.74 s
8 Marcus De Groot BC Westview High School, Maple Ridge 2026 C 1.75 s
9 Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 1.77 s
^ Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 1.77 s
^ Gaby Nakada BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 RHP 1.77 s

30-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 30-yd
1 Christian Pighin BC RE Mountain 2026 OF 3.81 s
2 Reece Abbott BC Homeschool (BC) 2027 OF 3.91 s
3 Lane German BC Sullivan Heights 2027 RHP 3.92 s
4 Sam Dowle BC - Not Listed - 2028 SS 4.02 s
^ Dawson Clift BC North Surrey Secondary School 2026 SS 4.02 s
5 Benjamin van den Hoven BC Maple Ridge Secondary School 2026 OF 4.04 s
6 Chance Miller BC Maple Ridge Secondary 2027 OF 4.06 s
^ Isaac Lima BC Seycove Secondary 2028 SS 4.06 s
7 Phoenix Portras BC Norkam Secondary School 2026 RHP 4.07 s
8 Gaby Nakada BC Sir Winston Churchill Secondary 2028 RHP 4.09 s


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