2026 Prep Baseball Dakotas Preseason ID-South Dakota: Data Dive
February 24, 2026
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA - The Preseason ID-South Dakota event took place February 21st, 2026. The event was held at the Sioux Falls Sports Dome in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event featured over 85 prospects from the class of 2026 through 2029 and many standout performances from the players in attendance. Thank you to the players, parents, coaches and the Sioux Falls Sports Dome staff for such a great event.
There were a number of great individual performances this year at the Preseason ID-South Dakota event.
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Below we have listed the leaders for each statistical category at the event.
DATA DIVE | ALL CLASSES
POSITION STATS
TOP 60-YARD TIMES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
| 1 | Nikolas Cruz | SD | Hot Springs High School - 01 | 2027 | OF | 6.74 s |
| ^ | Landon Zink | ND | West Fargo Sheyenne High School | 2027 | OF | 6.74 s |
| 2 | Cooper Hicks | SD | Lincoln High School - 02 | 2028 | RHP | 6.75 s |
| 3 | Blayn Hunt | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2028 | SS | 6.78 s |
| 4 | Caiden Comparetto | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2027 | OF | 6.84 s |
| 5 | Carson Breidenbach | SD | Roosevelt High School - 03 | 2028 | SS | 6.92 s |
| 6 | Aiden Herner | ND | Century High School | 2027 | OF | 6.93 s |
| 7 | Quentin Hudelson | SD | Jefferson High School - 67 | 2028 | OF | 6.97 s |
| 8 | Cale Cleveland | SD | Vermillion High School - 01 | 2029 | RHP | 7.02 s |
| 9 | Alex McKinney | SD | O'gorman High School | 2027 | OF | 7.03 s |
| ^ | Cooper Durick | SD | Tri-Valley | 2028 | RHP | 7.03 s |
| ^ | Brady Waddell | SD | Rapid City Stevens | 2027 | SS | 7.03 s |
| 10 | Michael Gomez | SD | Mitchell High School - 01 | 2028 | C | 7.04 s |
TOP MAX IF VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
| 1 | Brady Waddell | SD | Rapid City Stevens | 2027 | SS | 94 |
| 2 | Jack Tooke | ND | Mandan High School | 2027 | RHP | 93 |
| 3 | Tucker Waddell | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2028 | SS | 90 |
| 4 | Kade Wede | SD | Harrisburg High School - 01 | 2027 | RHP | 89 |
| 5 | Max Zenker | ND | West Fargo Sheyenne High School | 2027 | SS | 86 |
| 6 | Trevor Schlosser | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2027 | 1B | 83 |
| ^ | Tate Johnson | SD | Sturgis Brown | 2029 | SS | 83 |
| ^ | Stratton Forst | SD | Mitchell High School | 2028 | 3B | 83 |
| ^ | Lincoln Bottum | SD | Mitchell High School - 01 | 2027 | SS | 83 |
| ^ | Opland Sonnichsen | SD | Sioux Falls Lincoln | 2027 | C | 83 |
| ^ | Noah Kuenzi | SD | Sioux Falls Jefferson | 2027 | 3B | 83 |
| 7 | Paxton Sohn | SD | Bishop O'Gorman High School | 2027 | RHP | 82 |
| ^ | Reegan Turnquist | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2028 | SS | 82 |
| ^ | Cale Cleveland | SD | Vermillion High School - 01 | 2029 | RHP | 82 |
| ^ | Sam Fedders | SD | Roosevelt High School - 03 | 2028 | 3B | 82 |
| 8 | Nathan Mailloux | SD | Rapid City | 2028 | RHP | 81 |
| ^ | Gunnar Alfson | SD | West Central High School - 01 | 2027 | SS | 81 |
| ^ | Cooper Durick | SD | Tri-Valley | 2028 | RHP | 81 |
| 9 | Adam Jansen | SD | Rapid City Stevens | 2027 | SS | 80 |
| ^ | Austin Flohr | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2027 | 3B | 80 |
| ^ | Joe Nilles | IA | North High School | 2027 | C | 80 |
| 10 | Marvin Cuny | SD | Stevens High School - 42 | 2029 | 3B | 79 |
| ^ | Calan Kliniske | ND | West Fargo Sheyenne High School | 2028 | SS | 79 |
| ^ | Carson Breidenbach | SD | Roosevelt High School - 03 | 2028 | SS | 79 |
| ^ | Ben Sheets | ND | Fargo North | 2027 | RHP | 79 |
| ^ | Jacksyn Raak | SD | Lincoln High School - 02 | 2027 | 1B | 79 |
TOP MAX OF VELOCITY
TOP MAX C VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Jakob Steen | SD | Clark High School - 01 | 2027 | C | 81 |
| ^ | Opland Sonnichsen | SD | Sioux Falls Lincoln | 2027 | C | 81 |
| 2 | Treydon Hofer | SD | Harrisburg High School - 01 | 2027 | C | 80 |
| 3 | Cody Busch | ND | Jamestown High School | 2027 | C | 78 |
| 4 | Michael Gomez | SD | Mitchell High School - 01 | 2028 | C | 77 |
| 5 | Evan Schrunk | IA | North High School | 2028 | C | 76 |
| 6 | Jack Robbins | SD | Sioux Falls Lincoln | 2026 | C | 74 |
| ^ | Landyn Johnson | SD | Tea Area High School - 03 | 2027 | C | 74 |
| 7 | Sutton Sonnenschein | SD | T F Riggs High School - 01 | 2027 | C | 73 |
| ^ | Alex Adler | SD | Bon Homme High School - 01 | 2027 | C | 73 |
| ^ | Joe Nilles | IA | North High School | 2027 | C | 73 |
| 8 | Paxton Olson | SD | Washington High School - 01 | 2029 | C | 72 |
| ^ | Ian Glau | SD | Sioux Falls Washington High school | 2029 | C | 72 |
| ^ | Dalton Wendling | SD | Harrisburg High School - 01 | 2027 | C | 72 |
| 9 | Eli Koehn | SD | West Central High School - 01 | 2028 | C | 71 |
| ^ | Murphy Eisenberg | SD | Lincoln High School - 02 | 2028 | C | 71 |
| 10 | Emerson Jarchow | SD | Vermillion High School - 01 | 2029 | C | 68 |