2025 State Games: Top Statistical Performers

August 15, 2025
Carter Floyd
KY Social Media Director

We would like to thank all who participated in Prep Baseball KY’s 2025 State Games! The first event of its kind in Kentucky, it was only fitting to host it at the premier stage of Kentucky Proud Park. Over 130 of the Bluegrass State’s most talented prospects — representing every corner of Kentucky — took the field, putting on a display of head-turning swings, electric arms, blazing 60-yard dash times, and highlight-reel defense. From the 2026 through 2029 classes, the skill level was off the charts, with college-level tools on full display throughout the weekend. This event was a perfect way to cap off the summer circuit, offering players another great opportunity to showcase their abilities on an elite stage. Below, we have the complete statistical analysis, along with the top performers from the 2026–2029 classes who made their mark!

COMPLETE STATISTICS

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TOP EXIT VELOCITIES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	113.1 mph
2	Brilyn Hagan	KY	Saint Xaiver	2027	OF	102.3 mph
3	Alex Elmadolar	KY	Henry Clay	2026	OF	101.8 mph
4	Kainan Held	KY	Walton-Verona High School	2026	SS	100.9 mph
5	Preston Jolly	KY	duPont Manual High	2027	SS	100.2 mph

TOP DISTANCES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	426 ft
2	Preston Jolly	KY	duPont Manual High	2027	SS	385 ft
3	Tanner Ziegler	KY	Male	2027	OF	379 ft
4	Drew Squires	KY	Green County High School	2027	SS	377 ft
5	Gavyn Fenwick	KY	Bullitt East High School	2028	3B	373 ft

TOP HAND SPEEDS (BLAST)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Tanner Ziegler	KY	Male	2027	OF	32.1 mph
2	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	30.0 mph
3	Brody Butler	KY	Breckinridge County	2027	C	29.9 mph
^	Nash Raisor	KY	Woodford County High School	2026	OF	29.9 mph
4	Alex Hood	KY	Owensboro Catholic High School	2028	C	29.6 mph
^	Kannon Cook	KY	Madison Central High School	2027	1B	29.6 mph

TOP BAT SPEEDS (BLAST)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	89.9 mph
2	Brilyn Hagan	KY	Saint Xaiver	2027	OF	89.7 mph
3	Blake Buehner	KY	West Jessamine High School	2026	1B	87.0 mph
4	Kannon Cook	KY	Madison Central High School	2027	1B	82.7 mph
5	Alex Whitaker	KY	Frederick Douglass	2028	3B	79.4 mph

TOP ROTATIONAL ACCELERATIONS (BLAST)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (max)
1	Remy Brown	KY	Campbellsville	2028	OF	39.8 g
2	JT Ritchie	KY	Henry Clay	2026	SS	34.8 g
3	Brody Butler	KY	Breckinridge County	2027	C	30.0 g
4	Zeke Fain	KY	rockcastle county high school	2027	SS	29.6 g
5	Owen Aldridge	KY	McCracken County	2027	C	28.9 g

TOP 60 YARD DASH TIMES (VALD)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Remy Brown	KY	Campbellsville	2028	OF	6.40 s
2	Brooks Hendrix	KY	Highlands	2026	OF	6.58 s
3	Hayden Brock	KY	West Jessamine	2027	3B	6.68 s
4	Carter Hodges	KY	Glasgow High School, Glasgow, KY	2026	RHP	6.70 s
5	Preston Jolly	KY	duPont Manual High	2027	SS	6.75 s
^	Ari Wells	KY	Caldwell County High School	2027	1B	6.75 s

TOP VERTICAL JUMPS (VALD)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Jump Height (max)
1	Peyton Layne	KY	South Oldham High School	2027	OF	28.4
2	Kyle Novak	KY	Ballard High School	2028	OF	26.0
3	Andrew Puckett	KY	St Mary School System	2028	1B	24.9
^	Blake Buehner	KY	West Jessamine High School	2026	1B	24.9
^	Rylan Simpson	KY	Leslie County High School	2026	SS	24.9

TOP GRIP STRENGTHS (RIGHT)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Grip Strgth (RH)
1	Kannon Cook	KY	Madison Central High School	2027	1B	160.9
2	Carter Hodges	KY	Glasgow High School, Glasgow, KY	2026	RHP	152.7
3	Elijah Salisbury	KY	East Jessamine High School	2027	C	145.0
4	Hudson Doughty	KY	Marshall County	2027	2B	144.7
5	Brilyn Hagan	KY	Saint Xaiver	2027	OF	142.8

TOP GRIP STRENGTHS (LEFT)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Grip Strgth (LH)
1	Kannon Cook	KY	Madison Central High School	2027	1B	169.7
2	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	162.8
3	Blake Buehner	KY	West Jessamine High School	2026	1B	155.3
4	Elijah Salisbury	KY	East Jessamine High School	2027	C	149.6
5	Zach Swope	KY	Trinity	2026	SS	140.3

TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Noah Spalding	KY	Marion County	2026	RHP	92.4 mph
2	Cole Adams	KY	Boyd County High School	2026	LHP	91.7 mph
3	Max Whisman	KY	Wolfe County High School	2026	RHP	89.5 mph
4	Braiden Beach	KY	Grant County High School	2026	RHP	89.2 mph
5	Thomas Bagby	KY	Marshall County High School	2026	LHP	88.5 mph

TOP SPIN RATES

FASTBALL:

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Ryan Disponett	KY	Lexington Christian Academy	2026	2B	2423 rpm
2	Ross Milburn	KY	Apollo High School	2027	RHP	2419 rpm
3	Eddie Davis	KY	Christian County High School	2027	RHP	2378 rpm
4	Ashton Spurr	KY	St. Mary	2026	LHP	2355 rpm
5	Kaden Dickhaut	KY	North Oldham High School	2026	SS	2339 rpm

CURVEBALL:

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Gavin Mitchell	KY	Hopkinsville	2027	OF	2830 rpm
2	Cole Adams	KY	Boyd County High School	2026	LHP	2728 rpm
3	Brady Haddle	KY	Elizabethtown High School	2028	RHP	2586 rpm
4	Kyle Novak	KY	Ballard High School	2028	OF	2491 rpm
5	Gavin Kramer	KY	Campbell County High School	2027	RHP	2449 rpm

SLIDER:

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Gavin Mitchell	KY	Hopkinsville	2027	OF	2517 rpm
2	Braiden Beach	KY	Grant County High School	2026	RHP	2497 rpm
3	Cole Adams	KY	Boyd County High School	2026	LHP	2493 rpm
4	Cole Mclean	KY	Taylor County	2026	LHP	2465 rpm
5	Gabriel Kuerzi	KY	North Oldham High School	2027	RHP	2456 rpm

CHANGEUP:

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Cole Mclean	KY	Taylor County	2026	LHP	2347 rpm
2	Ross Milburn	KY	Apollo High School	2027	RHP	2187 rpm
3	Eddie Davis	KY	Christian County High School	2027	RHP	2133 rpm
4	Gavin Mitchell	KY	Hopkinsville	2027	OF	2107 rpm
5	Gavin Kramer	KY	Campbell County High School	2027	RHP	2106 rpm

TOP INFIELD VELOCITIES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Kaden Dickhaut	KY	North Oldham High School	2026	SS	87
^	Ari Wells	KY	Caldwell County High School	2027	1B	87
2	Hayden Henry	KY	Breckinridge County High School	2027	1B	86
3	Wyatt Graeter	KY	Trinity High School	2028	SS	84
4	Easton Cline	KY	Trinity	2028	RHP	83
^	Hayden Melton	KY	Knox Central	2028	3B	83
^	Reace Vaughn	KY	Taylor County	2028	SS	83
^	Austin Krohmer	KY	Dixie Heights High School	2027	1B	83
^	JT Ritchie	KY	Henry Clay	2026	SS	83
^	Luke Hillard	KY	Whitley County High School	2027	RHP	83

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITIES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Cole Mclean	KY	Taylor County	2026	LHP	92
2	Remy Brown	KY	Campbellsville	2028	OF	90
^	Nash Raisor	KY	Woodford County High School	2026	OF	90
3	Carter Hodges	KY	Glasgow High School, Glasgow, KY	2026	RHP	88
^	Jaxson White	KY	Owensboro Catholic High School	2028	OF	88
^	Landon Pund	KY	Louisville DeSales	2026	OF	88
^	Alex Elmadolar	KY	Henry Clay	2026	OF	88

TOP CATCHER VELOCITIES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Tyler Vander Plaats	KY	Frederick Douglass	2028	C	77
2	Gabe Wright	KY	Frederick Douglass	2026	C	76
^	Alex Hood	KY	Owensboro Catholic High School	2028	C	76
3	Cayton Lawhorn	KY	Campbellsville	2027	C	75
^	Brady Carius	KY	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	2027	C	75
^	Andrew Mayes	KY	Hopkinsville High School	2026	C	75

TOP POP TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Tyler Vander Plaats	KY	Frederick Douglass	2028	C	1.96-2.07
2	Alex Hood	KY	Owensboro Catholic High School	2028	C	1.96-2.10
3	Cayton Lawhorn	KY	Campbellsville	2027	C	1.98-2.02
4	Owen Aldridge	KY	McCracken County	2027	C	2.01-2.13
5	Colin Darragh	KY	Lafayette High School	2026	C	2.02-2.07