High Desert Summer ID: Statistical Analysis
June 19, 2026
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LANCASTER, CALIF. - This past Wednesday, June 17th, the Prep Baseball California team is hosted the High Desert Summer ID at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Cal. This was an open event for all high school classes (2027-2030), and gave our staff an ample look at some of that area's and surrounding areas' top players.
Around 35 players made their way to Antelope Valley College and participated in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball California staff. For a closer look at the showcase details and the technologies we had on-site to assist our in-person evaluation for all in attendance, click here.
To start the day, all position players in attendance were electronically measured for height, weighed in, and recorded grip strength readings. From there, they ran a 60-yard sprint with all split times being gathered using VALD Technologies' laser timing system. Upon completion of the athletic and body testing portion of the day, the players went into offensive evaluations with multiple rounds of batting practice, where Trackman Technologies and Blast Motion swing trackers were in use to gather batted ball and swing data on players in attendance, in addition under going Vizual Edge testing and VALD Jump testing. Which was then followed by defensive evaluations at their primary and secondary position (OF, C, SS, 1B) with arm strength being measured via a Stalker Radar gun and skill evaluations by our staff on hand. Once the batting practice portion of the event was completed, we shifted into the pitching portion of the day with pitchers throwing bullpens from the main mound with Trackman Technologies running to gather pitch data.
Today, we will be looking at some of the top statistical performers from the event, found below. For all of the event information, please click here.
FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Max FB |
| 1 | Adyen Katuszonek | CA | Rosamond High Early College Campus | 2027 | RHP | 87 mph |
| 2 | Tommy Gabel | CA | Chaminade College Preparatory-High School | 2027 | RHP | 82 mph |
| 3 | James Tomlin, IV | CA | St. John Bosco | 2029 | OF | 81 mph |
FASTBALL SPIN RATE (AVG.)
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Adyen Katuszonek | CA | Rosamond High Early College Campus | 2027 | RHP | 2242 rpm |
| 2 | Oliver Price | CA | Castaic High | 2027 | 1B | 2188 rpm |
| 3 | James Tomlin, IV | CA | St. John Bosco | 2029 | OF | 2185 rpm |
60-YARD DASH
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
| 1 | Preston Lee | CA | Thousand Oaks High | 2027 | OF | 6.52 s |
| 2 | Taylor Chairez | CA | Norco High | 2029 | SS | 6.61 s |
| 3 | Michael Ba | CA | Brentwood School | 2027 | OF | 6.75 s |
| 4 | Noah Verkaik | CA | Aquinas | 2027 | OF | 6.77 s |
| 5 | Aaron Bernal jr | CA | St Bernards Catholic School | 2029 | OF | 6.79 s |
| 6 | Elijah Stephens | CA | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | 2027 | OF | 6.90 s |
| 7 | Dylan Sax | CA | Thousand Oaks High | 2027 | 2B | 6.94 s |
| 8 | Parker Medlin | CA | Paraclete | 2028 | C | 7.02 s |
| 9 | James Tomlin, IV | CA | St. John Bosco | 2029 | OF | 7.05 s |
| 10 | Mateo Dominguez | CA | Highland High | 2027 | OF | 7.08 s |
EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Noah Verkaik | CA | Aquinas | 2027 | OF | 110.3 mph |
| 2 | Jayden Ross | CA | Citrus Valley High | 2027 | OF | 104.1 mph |
| 3 | Michael Ba | CA | Brentwood School | 2027 | OF | 101.3 mph |
| 4 | Paulson Cheung | CA | Ruben S. Ayala High | 2028 | 2B | 100.3 mph |
| 5 | Matthew Daines | CA | Glendora High | 2028 | SS | 99.6 mph |
| 6 | Jack Sweeney | CA | St. Augustine Academy | 2027 | C | 98.7 mph |
| 7 | Dylan Sax | CA | Thousand Oaks High | 2027 | 2B | 98.5 mph |
| 8 | Izayah Najera | CA | Norco High | 2028 | C | 97.9 mph |
| 9 | Luke Valverde | CA | Liberty High | 2029 | SS | 97.0 mph |
| 10 | Matthew Riesenberg | CA | Culver City High | 2029 | C | 96.4 mph |
TOP INFIELD VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
| 1 | Gavin Gorman | CA | Paraclete | 2028 | 3B | 83 |
| 2 | Oliver Price | CA | Castaic High | 2027 | 1B | 81 |
| ^ | Taylor Chairez | CA | Norco High | 2029 | SS | 81 |
| 3 | Luke Valverde | CA | Liberty High | 2029 | SS | 80 |
| ^ | Dylan Sax | CA | Thousand Oaks High | 2027 | 2B | 80 |
| 4 | Adam Camas | CA | Paraclete | 2028 | OF | 78 |
| 5 | Nathan Quijas | CA | Highland High | 2029 | SS | 77 |
| ^ | Matthew Daines | CA | Glendora High | 2028 | SS | 77 |
TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
| 1 | Noah Verkaik | CA | Aquinas | 2027 | OF | 91 |
| 2 | James Tomlin, IV | CA | St. John Bosco | 2029 | OF | 89 |
| 3 | Jayden Ross | CA | Citrus Valley High | 2027 | OF | 87 |
| ^ | Michael Ba | CA | Brentwood School | 2027 | OF | 87 |
| 4 | Elijah Stephens | CA | Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | 2027 | OF | 85 |
| ^ | Matthew Riesenberg | CA | Culver City High | 2029 | C | 85 |
| 5 | Adrian Guzman | CA | Ridgeview High | 2028 | OF | 84 |
TOP CATCHER VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Matthew Riesenberg | CA | Culver City High | 2029 | C | 78 |
| 2 | Miguel Wong | CA | Verdugo Hills Senior High | 2027 | C | 76 |
| 3 | Parker Medlin | CA | Paraclete | 2028 | C | 75 |
| 4 | Bryson Nieuwkoop | CA | Castaic High | 2027 | C | 74 |
| ^ | Hunter Rich | CA | Harvard-Westlake | 2029 | C | 74 |
| 5 | Jack Sweeney | CA | St. Augustine Academy | 2027 | C | 73 |
TOP POP TIMES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Jack Sweeney | CA | St. Augustine Academy | 2027 | C | 2.00-2.10 |
| 2 | Matthew Riesenberg | CA | Culver City High | 2029 | C | 2.00-2.11 |
| 3 | Parker Medlin | CA | Paraclete | 2028 | C | 2.02-2.10 |
| 4 | Hunter Rich | CA | Harvard-Westlake | 2029 | C | 2.03-2.11 |
| 5 | Miguel Wong | CA | Verdugo Hills Senior High | 2027 | C | 2.03-2.17 |
For all of the event information, please click here.
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