Prep Baseball Report

2026 Prep Baseball Iowa Summer ID-Central Iowa: Data Dive


Tyler Cropley
State Director, Prep Baseball Iowa

Norwalk, Iowa  - On Wednesday, August 5th, Prep Baseball Iowa held its Summer ID - Central Iowa at Fareway Fields/Sportsplex Norwalk. The event featured 26 prospects from the class of 2027 through 2029. The event featured many solid performances from the players in attendance. Thank you to the players, parents and the Fareway Fields/Sportsplex Norwalk staff for such a great event.

There were a number of great individual performances this year at the Summer ID - Central Iowa 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-yard
1 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 6.77
2 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 6.91
3 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 6.92
4 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 6.98

TOP MAX IF VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 82
2 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 79
3 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 77
^ Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 77
^ Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 77
^ Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 77
4 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 76

TOP MAX OF VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 84
2 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 83
3 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 81
4 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 80

TOP MAX C VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 85
2 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 76
3 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 73
4 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 68

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 1.90-1.96
2 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 2.00-2.14
3 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 2.01-2.14
4 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 2.21-2.34

TOP MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 96.4 mph
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 95.9 mph
3 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 95.8 mph
4 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 95.1 mph

TOP MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Kerrick Waugh IA North Polk High School 2027 RHP 84.6 mph
2 Jackson Molloy IA Ankeny High School 2027 RHP 83.9 mph
3 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 79.9 mph
4 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 78.9 mph

VISUAL EDGE

EDGE SCORE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 73.09
2 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 71.13
3 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 69.36
4 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 68.17

TRACKING PERCENTILE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Tracking %
1 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 99 %
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 98 %
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 96 %
^ Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 96 %
^ Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 96 %
^ Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 96 %
4 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 94 %

DIVERGENCE PERCENTILE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Divergence %
1 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 90 %
2 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 84 %
3 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 80 %
4 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 76 %

CONVERGENCE PERCENTILE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Convergence %
1 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 92 %
2 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 62 %
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 57 %
4 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 43 %

RECOGNITION PERCENTILE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Recognition %
1 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 96 %
2 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 87 %
^ Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 87 %
^ Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 87 %
3 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 85 %
4 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 83 %

DATA DIVE

POSITION STATS

TOP 60-YARD TIME

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 6.91
2 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 6.92
3 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 6.98
4 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 7.04
5 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 7.25
6 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 7.29
7 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 7.59
8 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 7.61

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 6.77
2 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 7.29
3 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 7.35
4 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 7.36
5 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 7.38
6 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 7.52
7 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 7.87

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 7.01
2 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 7.09
3 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 7.27
4 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 7.34
5 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 7.38
6 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 7.74
7 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 8.65

TOP MAX IF VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 77
^ Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 77
2 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 76

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 79
2 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 75
3 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 73
4 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 59

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 82
2 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 77
^ Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 77
3 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 71
4 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 68

TOP MAX OF VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 84
2 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 83
3 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 79
4 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 78

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 81
2 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 78
3 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 68

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 80

TOP MAX C VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 76
2 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 73

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 85
2 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 68

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 2.00-2.14
2 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 2.01-2.14

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 1.90-1.96
2 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 2.21-2.34

TRACKMAN HITTING

TOP MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 95.1 mph
2 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 94.4 mph
3 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 90.9 mph
4 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 90.5 mph
5 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 90.0 mph
6 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 89.4 mph
7 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 85.7 mph
8 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 82.1 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 96.4 mph
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 95.9 mph
3 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 94.1 mph
4 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 91.7 mph
5 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 86.7 mph
6 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 80.9 mph
7 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 79.2 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 95.8 mph
2 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 92.7 mph
3 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 92.2 mph
4 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 90.3 mph
5 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 86.9 mph
6 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 86.4 mph
7 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 80.2 mph

AVG EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 90.3 mph
2 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 86.5 mph
3 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 84.6 mph
4 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 83.7 mph
5 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 80.6 mph
6 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 77.3 mph
7 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 75.7 mph
8 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 72.6 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 90.5 mph
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 87.8 mph
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 84.6 mph
4 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 82.5 mph
5 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 76.1 mph
6 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 63.9 mph
7 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 63.3 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 88.7 mph
2 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 85.8 mph
3 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 85.3 mph
4 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 81.7 mph
5 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 81.1 mph
6 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 76.9 mph
7 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 54.0 mph

AVG DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 192 ft
2 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 158 ft
3 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 157 ft
4 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 139 ft
5 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 130 ft
6 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 118 ft
7 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 60 ft
8 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 18 ft

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 218 ft
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 140 ft
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 125 ft
4 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 123 ft
5 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 112 ft
6 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 106 ft
7 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 59 ft

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 254 ft
2 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 207 ft
3 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 189 ft
4 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 164 ft
5 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 102 ft
6 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 95 ft
7 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 79 ft

TRACKMAN PITCHING

TOP MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Kerrick Waugh IA North Polk High School 2027 RHP 84.6 mph
2 Jackson Molloy IA Ankeny High School 2027 RHP 83.9 mph
3 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 79.9 mph
4 Willie Fratto IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 RHP 78.9 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 78.9 mph
2 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 78.7 mph
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 78.4 mph

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 78.4 mph
2 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 76.0 mph
3 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 73.9 mph

TOP PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Jackson Molloy IA Ankeny High School 2027 RHP 2348 rpm
2 Willie Fratto IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 RHP 2313 rpm
3 Kerrick Waugh IA North Polk High School 2027 RHP 2108 rpm
4 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 1973 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 2184 rpm
2 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 2082 rpm
3 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 1972 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 2004 rpm
2 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 1943 rpm
3 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 1884 rpm

TOP PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Jackson Molloy IA Ankeny High School 2027 RHP 2534 rpm
2 Kerrick Waugh IA North Polk High School 2027 RHP 1915 rpm
3 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 1870 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 2675 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 2006 rpm
2 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 1951 rpm
3 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 1639 rpm

TOP PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Willie Fratto IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 RHP 2376 rpm
2 Kerrick Waugh IA North Polk High School 2027 RHP 1920 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 2718 rpm
2 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 2034 rpm
3 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 2031 rpm

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 1893 rpm

VISUAL EDGE

TOP VISUAL EDGE SCORE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Hudson Lewerke IA ADM Senior High School 2027 C 69.36
2 Nathan Popovich IA Valley High School 2027 OF 66.03
3 Edgar Perez IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 3B 56.62
4 Mitchell Fox IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 56.36
5 Evan Varcoe IA Des Moines Christian School 2027 RHP 52.88
6 Ben Lancaster IA Carlisle High School 2027 2B 50.99
7 Taite Fitch IA Interstate 35 High School 2027 C 44.22
8 Liam Hogan IA Dowling Catholic High School 2027 OF 42.58

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Landry Johnson IA Lamoni High School 2028 3B 73.09
2 Jaden McDonald IA Interstate 35 High School 2028 1B 71.13
3 Noah Reiman IA Kuemper High School 2028 SS 66.01
4 Casen Woodward IA Moravia High School 2028 2B 64.93
5 Elias Bronson IA Moravia High School 2028 OF 61.77
6 Luke Coughennower IA Valley High School 2028 OF 57.06
7 Zeke Fisher IA Dowling Catholic High School 2028 LHP 50.69

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Kellen McGaffin IA Ankeny Centennial High School 2029 3B 68.17
2 Kellan Fonkert IA Oskaloosa High School 2029 C 61.33
3 Tyler Pedersen IA Johnston Senior 2029 SS 60.27
4 Carson Waddingham IA ADM Senior High School 2029 SS 52.83
5 Cole Sterna MO Lee's Summit West 2029 1B 50.76
6 Brayden Walderbach IA Norwalk 2029 SS 49.76
7 Zak Randall IA Waukee High School 2029 C 49.35