2026 Prep Baseball Iowa Top Prospect Games: TrackMan Pitching

August 12, 2026
Tyler Cropley
State Director, Prep Baseball Iowa

FORT DODGE, IOWA - The Iowa Top Prospect Games took place August 8th & 9th, 2026. The event was held at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The event featured over 180 prospects from the class of 2027 through 2029 and many standout performances from the players in attendance. Thank you to the players, parents, coaches and the Iowa Central staff for such a great event.

There were a number of great individual performances this year at the Iowa Top Prospect Games event.

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Below we have listed the leaders for the TrackMan Pitching categories at the event.

TRACKMAN PITCHING

TOP MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)	Zone %
1	Luke Deike	IA	Solon High School	2027	RHP	90.6 mph	50 %
2	Owen Gilbert	IA	Des Moines Christian School	2027	OF	89.8 mph	46 %
3	Drake Gosselink	IA	WDM Valley	2028	RHP	89.1 mph	60 %
4	Brett McInnis	IA	Le Mars High School	2027	RHP	88.0 mph	53 %
5	Lucas Herrell	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2027	RHP	87.3 mph	46 %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)	Zone %
1	Luke Deike	IA	Solon High School	2027	RHP	90.6 mph	50 %
2	Owen Gilbert	IA	Des Moines Christian School	2027	OF	89.8 mph	46 %
3	Brett McInnis	IA	Le Mars High School	2027	RHP	88.0 mph	53 %
4	Lucas Herrell	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2027	RHP	87.3 mph	46 %
5	Henry Birt	IA	Iowa City	2027	RHP	87.3 mph	37 %
6	Hayes Lautenbach	IA	Pella	2027	RHP	87.3 mph	50 %
7	Colton Schneider	IA	Harlan	2027	SS	87.2 mph	50 %
8	Connor Williams	IA	Ankeny Centennial	2027	RHP	86.3 mph	23 %
9	Lewis Waterbury	IA	Liberty High School	2027	LHP	85.9 mph	52 %
10	Jack Wilson	IA	Cedar Falls	2027	OF	85.8 mph	57 %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)	Zone %
1	Drake Gosselink	IA	WDM Valley	2028	RHP	89.1 mph	60 %
2	Tate Welsch	IA	John F Kennedy High School	2028	2B	86.7 mph	33 %
3	Mason Hayes	IA	Perry High School	2028	LHP	86.2 mph	20 %
4	Bode Ferrell	IA	Cardinal Community High School	2028	OF	86.0 mph	55 %
5	Conlan Panther	IA	North Scott High School	2028	SS	84.3 mph	69 %
6	Carson Gerlach	IA	Alburnett Senior High School	2028	RHP	84.3 mph	45 %
7	Texton Bollers	IA	Clear Creek Amana	2028	3B	82.0 mph	54 %
8	Jake Scheck	IA	John F Kennedy High School	2028	C	81.0 mph	66 %
9	Braxdyn Tucker	IA	East Union Middle-High School	2028	RHP	80.9 mph	25 %
10	Colin Ruge	IA	Southeast Polk High School	2028	SS	80.9 mph	55 %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)	Zone %
1	Bronx Siebersma	IA	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School	2029	RHP	84.1 mph	48 %
2	Blake Estlund	IA	Davenport North	2029	RHP	83.9 mph	50 %
3	Brody Blegen	IA	Urbandale High School	2029	LHP	82.4 mph	69 %
4	John Gayton	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2029	RHP	82.4 mph	55 %
5	Lucas Patterson	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2029	SS	82.1 mph	56 %
6	Colt Sebring	IA	Linn-Mar	2029	OF	81.3 mph	50 %
7	Andre Purpura	IA	Linn-Mar	2029	RHP	80.1 mph	33 %
8	Avery Galvin	IA	Dallas Center-Grimes	2029	RHP	79.4 mph	66 %
9	Eli Morio	IA	Cedar Rapids Xavier	2029	3B	79.2 mph	50 %
10	Chase Spieker	IA	Waukee Northwest	2029	3B	78.1 mph	42 %

HIGHEST PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)	Velo Range
1	Luke Deike	IA	Solon High School	2027	RHP	2426 rpm	86.3-89.5 mph
2	Frankie Stoos	IA	East High School	2027	LHP	2364 rpm	80.8-82.5 mph
3	Tyler Edgar	IA	Oskaloosa High School	2027	RHP	2259 rpm	84.2-85.4 mph
4	Bode Ferrell	IA	Cardinal Community High School	2028	OF	2242 rpm	83.6-85.4 mph
5	Carson Gerlach	IA	Alburnett Senior High School	2028	RHP	2240 rpm	79.9-83.0 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)	Velo Range
1	Luke Deike	IA	Solon High School	2027	RHP	2426 rpm	86.3-89.5 mph
2	Frankie Stoos	IA	East High School	2027	LHP	2364 rpm	80.8-82.5 mph
3	Tyler Edgar	IA	Oskaloosa High School	2027	RHP	2259 rpm	84.2-85.4 mph
4	Owen Duffek	IA	Lewis Central Senior High School	2027	SS	2236 rpm	82.6-84.6 mph
5	Henry Birt	IA	Iowa City	2027	RHP	2193 rpm	85.1-87.2 mph
6	Brett McInnis	IA	Le Mars High School	2027	RHP	2162 rpm	85.6-88.0 mph
7	Owen Gilbert	IA	Des Moines Christian School	2027	OF	2124 rpm	86.4-89.3 mph
8	Hayes Lautenbach	IA	Pella	2027	RHP	2119 rpm	85.1-86.8 mph
9	Jade Mielk	IA	Northeast	2027	RHP	2108 rpm	79.0-81.7 mph
10	Gavin Weinschenk	IA	Waukee High School	2027	LHP	2086 rpm	80.8-82.8 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)	Velo Range
1	Bode Ferrell	IA	Cardinal Community High School	2028	OF	2242 rpm	83.6-85.4 mph
2	Carson Gerlach	IA	Alburnett Senior High School	2028	RHP	2240 rpm	79.9-83.0 mph
3	Jack Plummer	IA	Valley High School	2028	SS	2204 rpm	77.2-79.4 mph
4	Conlan Panther	IA	North Scott High School	2028	SS	2167 rpm	83.0-84.1 mph
5	Texton Bollers	IA	Clear Creek Amana	2028	3B	2164 rpm	79.0-81.9 mph
6	Beckett Rahe	IA	Harris-Lake Park	2028	SS	2127 rpm	74.2-75.9 mph
7	Tate Welsch	IA	John F Kennedy High School	2028	2B	2083 rpm	83.4-86.4 mph
8	Drake Gosselink	IA	WDM Valley	2028	RHP	2046 rpm	83.1-87.7 mph
9	Braxdyn Tucker	IA	East Union Middle-High School	2028	RHP	2031 rpm	80.3-80.8 mph
10	Colin Ruge	IA	Southeast Polk High School	2028	SS	1936 rpm	79.3-80.3 mph

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)	Velo Range
1	Bronx Siebersma	IA	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School	2029	RHP	2217 rpm	81.1-83.5 mph
2	Chase Spieker	IA	Waukee Northwest	2029	3B	2203 rpm	74.0-77.5 mph
3	Eli Morio	IA	Cedar Rapids Xavier	2029	3B	2185 rpm	76.5-78.6 mph
4	John Gayton	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2029	RHP	2028 rpm	79.1-82.2 mph
5	Lucas Patterson	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2029	SS	1955 rpm	78.5-81.1 mph
6	Avery Galvin	IA	Dallas Center-Grimes	2029	RHP	1894 rpm	77.4-79.4 mph
7	Brody Blegen	IA	Urbandale High School	2029	LHP	1891 rpm	78.5-81.0 mph
8	Andre Purpura	IA	Linn-Mar	2029	RHP	1889 rpm	74.6-80.1 mph
9	Colt Sebring	IA	Linn-Mar	2029	OF	1875 rpm	77.5-80.4 mph
10	Blake Estlund	IA	Davenport North	2029	RHP	1707 rpm	81.1-83.5 mph

HIGHEST AVG FASTBALL IVB

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)	Release Ht (avg)
1	Colin Ruge	IA	Southeast Polk High School	2028	SS	18.6 in	5.2 ft
2	Garrett Sandersfeld	IA	Liberty High School	2027	RHP	18.0 in	6.7 ft
3	Brody Borg	IA	Lynnville-Sully High School	2028	RHP	17.9 in	6.0 ft
4	Jake Scheck	IA	John F Kennedy High School	2028	C	17.7 in	5.1 ft
5	Luke Deike	IA	Solon High School	2027	RHP	17.0 in	6.3 ft
6	Hunter Damm	IA	Pleasant Valley High School	2027	1B	16.9 in	5.6 ft
7	Grantland McDanel	IA	Centerville High School	2028	SS	16.8 in	5.6 ft
8	Keyshaun Patton	IA	Southeast Polk High School	2027	OF	16.7 in	5.8 ft
9	Michael Valen	IA	Graettinger-Terril High School	2027	LHP	16.7 in	6.6 ft
10	Gradyn Klehn	IA	Waukee Northwest	2027	LHP	16.5 in	5.6 ft