Kansas City Rising Stars Games: Stat Story

June 30, 2025
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Tuesday, June 17th, the Prep Baseball Kansas team hosted the first annual Kansas City Rising Stars Games at Homefield Baseball Complex in Kansas City, KS. This event was open for all 2029-2030 class members selected by invite and featured 60+ of the top young players players from the Kansas and Missouri.

For a full look at the players that attended, click HERE.

Now, at the event's conclusion, our staff will begin rolling out several content pieces from the event, starting with today's 'Stat Story'. Continue reading below to see which players paced their peers in our traditional stat categories from this year's Kansas City Rising Stars Games.

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Thomas Eggers	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2029	OF	6.92 s
2	Jace Kennedy	KS	Maize	2029	OF	6.97 s
3	Gavin Starks	MO	Liberty North	2029	OF	6.99 s
4	Easton Vesey	KS	Gardner-Edgerton	2029	SS	7.08 s
5	Riley McEvoy	KS	Spring Hill	2029	SS	7.16 s

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Easton Vesey	KS	Gardner-Edgerton	2029	SS	83.4 mph
2	Thomas Eggers	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2029	OF	81.2 mph
3	Max Juhl	MO	Liberty North	2029	SS	79.0 mph
4	Brady Nieman	KS	Lansing	2029	3B	78.9 mph
5	Chase Blair	MO	Summit Christian Academy	2029	RHP	78.8 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Phillip Barton	MO	Rockhurst	2029	1B	95.7 mph
2	Quincy Crittendon	KS	Atchison	2030	3B	92.3 mph
3	Easton Vesey	KS	Gardner-Edgerton	2029	SS	91.7 mph
4	Kellen Sears	KS	Blue Valley Northwest	2029	SS	89.4 mph
5	Cooper Chanos	KS	Barstow	2029	OF	88.9 mph
6	Austin Edwards	KS	Blue Valley	2029	C	88.7 mph
7	Niko Geiger	KS	Shawnee Mission South	2029	3B	88.4 mph
8	Logan Hurn	MO	Neosho	2029	OF	87.9 mph

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Drew Dickstein	MO	Lee's Summit West	2029	SS	79
2	Chase Wisdom	MO	Liberty North	2029	SS	77
3	Miles Mace	MO	Bishop Leblond	2029	3B	76
4	Myles Via	MO	Winnetonka	2029	SS	75
^	Kasen Webb	KS	Derby	2029	SS	75
^	Max Juhl	MO	Liberty North	2029	SS	75
^	Gabriel Easter	MO	Staley	2029	SS	75
^	Brady Nieman	KS	Lansing	2029	3B	75
5	Nate Kindler	KS	Blue Valley West	2029	RHP	73
^	Kellen Sears	KS	Blue Valley Northwest	2029	SS	73

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Chase Blair	MO	Summit Christian Academy	2029	RHP	80
^	Logan Hurn	MO	Neosho	2029	OF	80
2	Thomas Eggers	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2029	OF	76
^	Riley McEvoy	KS	Spring Hill	2029	SS	76
3	Brady Nieman	KS	Lansing	2029	3B	75
4	Max Gordon	KS	Blue Valley North	2029	2B	74
^	Niko Geiger	KS	Shawnee Mission South	2029	3B	74
^	Jace Kennedy	KS	Maize	2029	OF	74
^	Gavin Starks	MO	Liberty North	2029	OF	74
5	Matthew Breer	MO	Lee's Summit	2029	OF	73
^	Austin Edwards	KS	Blue Valley	2029	C	73

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Dylan Spitz	MO	Rockhurst	2029	C	67
^	Austin Edwards	KS	Blue Valley	2029	C	67
2	Mason Huggard	KS	Manhattan	2029	C	64
3	Cole Allen	MO	Pleasant Hill	2030	C	63

TOP POP TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Austin Edwards	KS	Blue Valley	2029	C	2.15-2.23
2	Dylan Spitz	MO	Rockhurst	2029	C	2.23-2.60
3	Mason Huggard	KS	Manhattan	2029	C	2.31-2.37

FOR ALL OF THE STATISTICS FROM THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE.