2026 Illinois State Games: Positional Workout Day

August 5, 2026
By: Anthony Jablonski
Prep Baseball Illinois Staff

On August 3rd & 4th, the Prep Baseball Illinois staff hosted the Illinois State Games at the Rantoul Family Sports Complex in Rantoul, IL. Over 375 players 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 Illinois staff.

+ To see a list of those that attended, click here.
+ For all of the statistics from this event, click here.

Today, we will be looking at the top measurable data performers from the event, found below.

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Keegan Crabtree	IL	Lincoln-Way East	2028	SS	92.1 mph
2	Michael Garner	IL	Willowbrook	2027	RHP	91.6 mph
3	Brett Alkire Jr	IL	Dunlap	2027	RHP	91.2 mph
4	Logan Mackin	IL	Minooka	2027	RHP	91.1 mph
5	Landon Connolly	IL	Naperville Central	2028	RHP	90.7 mph
6	Mason Rychetsky	IL	Kennedy	2027	RHP	90.5 mph
7	Easton DeBernardi	IL	Marquette Academy	2027	OF	90.3 mph
8	Colin Ogden	IL	Plainfield North	2027	C	90.3 mph
9	Colton Miller	IL	Wheaton Academy	2027	RHP	90.1 mph
10	Kobe Jordan	IL	Providence Catholic	2027	RHP	89.6 mph
11	Dylan Fawcett	IL	Stevenson	2027	RHP	89.5 mph
12	Owen Kelley	IL	Crystal Lake Central	2027	RHP	89.5 mph
13	Brody Libel	IL	Glenbard North	2027	RHP	89.4 mph
14	James Sobkowiak	IL	Downers Grove South	2028	SS	89.4 mph
15	Dominic Maloney	IL	Loyola Academy	2027	RHP	89.1 mph
16	Cole Clower	IL	Providence Catholic	2028	RHP	89.1 mph
17	Liam Decker	IL	O Fallon Township High School	2027	SS	89.0 mph
18	Connor Fox	IL	Mt. Zion	2027	RHP	89.0 mph
19	Will Vanderheyden	IL	O'Fallon	2028	RHP	89.0 mph
20	Dominic Talaga	IL	Stagg	2027	SS	88.9 mph

FASTBALL SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Easton DeBernardi	IL	Marquette Academy	2027	OF	2510 rpm
2	Carson Frerichs	IL	University High School	2027	RHP	2420 rpm
3	Mason Bruesch	IL	Geneva	2027	OF	2414 rpm
4	Liam Scaiefe	IL	Freeburg	2027	RHP	2398 rpm
5	Will Hunt	IL	Benet Academy	2028	RHP	2395 rpm
6	Keegan Crabtree	IL	Lincoln-Way East	2028	SS	2386 rpm
7	Robby Seifert	IL	Fremd	2027	LHP	2370 rpm
8	Brett Alkire Jr	IL	Dunlap	2027	RHP	2366 rpm
9	Ty Bachman	IL	Normal West	2028	RHP	2349 rpm
10	Braylen Brown	IL	Staunton	2027	RHP	2344 rpm
11	Ian Christopher	IL	Crystal Lake South	2028	RHP	2324 rpm
12	Christian Drye	IL	Nazareth Academy	2028	RHP	2319 rpm
13	Owen Kelley	IL	Crystal Lake Central	2027	RHP	2307 rpm
14	Colin Ogden	IL	Plainfield North	2027	C	2296 rpm
15	Michael Garner	IL	Willowbrook	2027	RHP	2276 rpm
16	Nic Bralts	IL	Champaign Central	2028	RHP	2276 rpm
17	Alex Athmer	IL	Breese Central	2027	RHP	2271 rpm
18	Devin Hopkins	IL	York	2028	3B	2270 rpm
19	Henry Murphy	IL	Maine South	2028	RHP	2268 rpm
20	Anthony Farina	IL	Lockport	2027	LHP	2255 rpm

60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Brody Phillips	IL	Arcola	2027	SS	6.31 s
2	Ryley Orlanes	IL	Naperville Central	2027	SS	6.40 s
3	Malcolm Donaldson	IL	Lincoln-Way East	2028	OF	6.52 s
4	Connor Krumrei	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2027	OF	6.53 s
5	Joey Escobarete	IL	Brother Rice	2027	SS	6.54 s
^	Weston Wyzukovicz	IL	Libertyville	2028	C	6.54 s
^	Russell Applegate	IL	Charleston	2027	OF	6.54 s
6	Paxton Freeborn	IL	Naperville North	2027	OF	6.55 s
7	Johann Lasn	IL	York	2028	OF	6.58 s
8	Austin Rutter	IL	Sacred Heart-Griffin	2027	SS	6.61 s
9	Cole Brent	IL	Normal University	2027	OF	6.62 s
^	Gabe James	IL	Mascoutah	2027	SS	6.62 s
10	Alec Harer	IL	St. Viator	2027	OF	6.65 s
^	Michael Foley	IL	Prospect	2027	3B	6.65 s
^	Trey Hrasky	IL	O'Fallon	2028	LHP	6.65 s
^	Gavin Hartigan	IL	Nazareth Academy	2028	SS	6.65 s
11	Jalen Webb	IL	Homewood-Flossmoor	2027	OF	6.67 s
^	Zane Schneider	IL	Lemont	2027	3B	6.67 s
^	Carson Ramoley	IL	Brother Rice	2028	OF	6.67 s
12	Owen Knox	IL	Normal Community	2027	OF	6.68 s
^	Evan Steinbrunner	IL	Hersey	2028	OF	6.68 s
13	Mark Jackson	IL	Wheaton Academy	2027	OF	6.69 s
14	Mason Bruesch	IL	Geneva	2027	OF	6.70 s
15	Tyler Lanzi	IL	Providence Catholic	2029	OF	6.72 s
16	Ryan St. Louis	IL	Harvest Christian Academy	2027	SS	6.73 s
17	Cannon Richard	IL	Waterloo	2027	RHP	6.74 s
^	Isaiah Martin	IL	Lane Tech	2027	OF	6.74 s
^	Grey Ernat	IL	Lasalle-Peru	2027	SS	6.74 s
18	Nathan Wong	IL	Lane Tech	2027	OF	6.75 s
19	Nick Lozano	IL	Geneva	2028	OF	6.76 s
20	Nick Hines	IL	Lyons Township	2027	LHP	6.77 s
^	Jackson Lee	IL	Crystal Lake South	2027	C	6.77 s
^	Nicholas Pignatiello	IL	Bishop McNamara	2027	3B	6.77 s
^	Tyson Arbour	IL	Bradley-Bourbonnais	2028	OF	6.77 s

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Connor Krumrei	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2027	OF	108.4 mph
2	Nick Baca	IL	Riverside Brookfield	2027	OF	106.6 mph
3	Isaiah Wolter	IL	Oswego East	2028	C	105.6 mph
4	Bryce Baxa	IL	Yorkville	2028	C	104.8 mph
5	Landon Beckman	IL	Normal University	2027	1B	103.9 mph
6	Mason Bruesch	IL	Geneva	2027	OF	103.7 mph
7	Oliver Gibson	IL	Downers Grove North	2027	OF	103.4 mph
8	ET Data	IL	Lane Tech	2027	3B	103.3 mph
9	Nolan Hecht	IL	DePaul College Prep	2028	OF	102.9 mph
10	Xavier Martin	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2027	SS	102.7 mph
11	Evan Jenks	IL	Minooka	2027	OF	102.5 mph
12	Kanon Baxley	IL	Kaneland	2028	SS	102.5 mph
13	Cannon Richard	IL	Waterloo	2027	RHP	102.4 mph
14	Gavin Stanislawski	IL	Brother Rice	2027	3B	102.3 mph
15	Matthew Hara	IL	Libertyville	2027	OF	102.1 mph
16	Kyle LaRose	IL	St. Charles East	2027	OF	101.9 mph
17	Jimmy Haas	IL	St. Patrick	2027	C	101.8 mph
18	Keegan Seipp	IL	Triad	2027	1B	101.6 mph
19	Collin Crumrine	IL	Normal Community	2028	3B	101.5 mph
20	Weston Ensign	IL	Fisher	2028	RHP	101.5 mph

TOP INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	James Sobkowiak	IL	Downers Grove South	2028	SS	92
2	Liam Decker	IL	O Fallon Township High School	2027	SS	90
3	Nathan Patterson	IL	York	2028	SS	89
^	Dominic Talaga	IL	Stagg	2027	SS	89
^	Austin Rutter	IL	Sacred Heart-Griffin	2027	SS	89
4	Owen Sunderson	IL	Hinsdale Central	2027	SS	88
^	Kanon Baxley	IL	Kaneland	2028	SS	88
^	Joey Escobarete	IL	Brother Rice	2027	SS	88
^	Alec Gilsinn	IL	Marmion Academy	2027	SS	88
5	Angelo Vitale	IL	Ridgewood	2027	SS	87
^	Braydon McMillen	IL	Timothy Christian	2029	SS	87
^	Aksel McKnight	IL	Libertyville	2027	3B	87
^	Austin Leipart	IL	Providence Catholic	2028	3B	87
^	Collin Grosenheider	IL	Williamsville	2027	SS	87
^	Sage Lelm	IL	Morton	2028	3B	87
^	Jackson Roberts	IL	Barrington	2027	SS	87
^	Koen Lynes	IL	Joliet Catholic	2027	SS	87
^	Hunter Bergdahl	IL	Lakes Community	2027	SS	87
^	Kash VanHouten	IL	Canton	2027	SS	87
6	Kody Anderson	IL	Triad	2029	SS	86
^	Dayne Franks	IL	Orion	2028	LHP	86
^	Brody Phillips	IL	Arcola	2027	SS	86
^	Maddux Miller	IL	Jacobs	2027	OF	86
^	Max Judge	IL	Hinsdale Central	2027	3B	86

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Russell Applegate	IL	Charleston	2027	OF	95
2	Caleb Prendergast	IL	Evanston	2028	OF	91
^	Josh Ouimette	IL	Carmel Catholic	2028	LHP	91
3	Jaidon Hilliard	IL	De La Salle	2027	OF	90
4	Easton DeBernardi	IL	Marquette Academy	2027	OF	89
^	Cole Brent	IL	Normal University	2027	OF	89
5	Evan Jenks	IL	Minooka	2027	OF	88
^	Ian Behl	IL	Pleasant Plains	2029	RHP	88
6	Colton Carpenter	IL	Normal University	2028	LHP	87
^	Beckham Francis	IL	Oswego	2028	OF	87
^	Colton Francisco	IL	Minooka	2028	OF	87
^	Nick Stowasser	IL	Crystal Lake South	2027	OF	87
^	Connor Fox	IL	Mt. Zion	2027	RHP	87
^	Joey Escobarete	IL	Brother Rice	2027	SS	87
^	Xavier Martin	IL	Oak Park-River Forest	2027	SS	87
7	Joseph Mueller	IL	Barrington	2027	OF	86
^	Caleb East	IL	Oswego	2028	OF	86
^	Nate Kaminski	IL	Lincoln-Way East	2027	OF	86
^	Nolan Hecht	IL	DePaul College Prep	2028	OF	86
^	Matthew Ritter	IL	Lincoln-Way East	2028	OF	86
^	Weston Wyzukovicz	IL	Libertyville	2028	C	86
^	Nick Lozano	IL	Geneva	2028	OF	86

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Colin Ogden	IL	Plainfield North	2027	C	85
2	Nick Dreves-Hunt	IL	Lyons Township	2027	C	82
3	Diego Gutierrez	IL	Metea Valley	2027	C	81
^	Beau Breyman	IL	Freeburg	2027	C	81
^	Oscar Alexander Jr.	IL	West Aurora	2027	C	81
4	Graham Stauber	IL	Fremd	2027	C	80
^	Isaiah Wolter	IL	Oswego East	2028	C	80
^	Evan Gomez	IL	South Elgin	2028	C	80
5	Adam Vogt	IL	Marmion Academy	2027	C	79
^	Michael Thompson	IL	Loyola Academy	2027	C	79
^	Lucas Sloan	IL	Olympia	2028	C	79
^	Jimmy Haas	IL	St. Patrick	2027	C	79
^	Jack Kaplan	IL	Loyola Academy	2027	C	79
6	Brady Dunnett	IL	Oswego	2027	SS	78
^	Patricio Velazquez	IL	Libertyville	2028	C	78
^	Alex Abraham	IL	Geneva	2027	C	78
^	Dylan Manna	IL	Glenbard West	2027	C	78
^	Hudson Lovell	IL	Morton	2027	C	78
^	Kade Rocca	IL	Triad	2027	C	78

TOP POP TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Nick Dreves-Hunt	IL	Lyons Township	2027	C	1.87-1.94
2	Oscar Alexander Jr.	IL	West Aurora	2027	C	1.90-1.97
3	Isaiah Wolter	IL	Oswego East	2028	C	1.90-2.00
4	Evan Gomez	IL	South Elgin	2028	C	1.91-1.97
5	Beau Breyman	IL	Freeburg	2027	C	1.91-2.03
6	Ben Bartlett	IL	Normal University	2029	C	1.92-2.03
7	Alex Abraham	IL	Geneva	2027	C	1.93-2.06
8	Chase Estrada	IL	New Trier	2029	C	1.93-2.07
^	Brady Dunnett	IL	Oswego	2027	SS	1.93-2.07
9	Adam Vogt	IL	Marmion Academy	2027	C	1.93-2.19
10	Michael Thompson	IL	Loyola Academy	2027	C	1.94-2.00
11	Jack Bullington	IL	Marist	2028	C	1.94-2.03
^	Beckett Breseman	IL	Prairie Ridge	2027	C	1.94-2.03
12	Lucas Sloan	IL	Olympia	2028	C	1.94-2.07
13	Diego Gutierrez	IL	Metea Valley	2027	C	1.95-2.00
14	Graham Stauber	IL	Fremd	2027	C	1.95-2.03
15	Jimmy Haas	IL	St. Patrick	2027	C	1.95-2.12
16	Colin Ogden	IL	Plainfield North	2027	C	1.96-2.03
17	Patricio Velazquez	IL	Libertyville	2028	C	1.96-2.05
18	Monty Chalabi	IL	Notre Dame College Prep	2028	C	1.96-2.22
19	Sebastian Urbanowski	IL	Loyola Academy	2027	C	1.97-2.03
20	John Timmons	IL	Champaign Central	2027	C	1.97-2.06
^	Brennan Bailey	IL	Mahomet-Seymour	2028	C	1.97-2.06

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