2026 5 Star - The Lou Scout Day: Statistical Leaderboards

August 27, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Sunday, August 23rd, the Prep Baseball Missouri staff hosted the 5 Star - The Lou Scout Day at CarShield Field in O'Fallon, MO. This year’s event hosted 49 prospects who participated in the showcase, and we'll begin highlighting the top performers among them.

Today, we’ll be highlighting leaders from the traditional stat categories measured at the event. We’ll continue to dive deeper into the data throughout the rest of the week as well, so be on the lookout for more analysis stemming from this showcase.

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yard
1	Will Gnade	MO	Winfield	2028	SS	6.90
2	Owen Eisenberg	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	SS	6.99
3	Kale Lehmkuhl	MO	Warrenton	2028	OF	7.10
4	Keegan Lehmkuhl	MO	Warrenton	2028	RHP	7.21
5	Cole Kersting	MO	Troy Buchanan	2029	C	7.34

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Keegan Lehmkuhl	MO	Warrenton	2028	RHP	85.8 mph
2	Clete Trout	MO	Troy Buchanan	2028	RHP	83.9 mph
3	Thomas Brown	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	3B	83.5 mph
4	Mason Murry	MO	Bowling Green	2028	C	81.4 mph
5	Easton Holt	MO	Warrenton	2029	SS	80.9 mph
6	Gavin Copeland	MO	Francis Howell	2028	1B	80.8 mph
7	Carter Westadt	MO	Troy Buchanan	2028	3B	80.3 mph
8	Chance Blanke	MO	Timberland	2029	OF	80.2 mph
9	Kemper Holland	MO	Elsberry	2030	RHP	79.5 mph
10	Trevor Hake	MO	Francis Howell	2029	OF	76.9 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Thomas Brown	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	3B	95.1 mph
2	Kayden McCurdy	MO	Wright City	2028	C	94.9 mph
3	Mason Murry	MO	Bowling Green	2028	C	94.6 mph
4	Gabe Garcia	MO	Timberland	2027	3B	93.3 mph
5	Will Gnade	MO	Winfield	2028	SS	92.9 mph
6	Fin Almanza Parra	MO	Wright City	2029	C	92.8 mph
7	Sawyer Beatty	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	OF	91.7 mph
8	Aiden Sauer	MO	Troy Buchanan	2030	OF	91.6 mph
9	Remington Miller	MO	Mark Twain	2029	OF	91.2 mph
10	Trevor Hake	MO	Francis Howell	2029	OF	91.1 mph

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Gabe Garcia	MO	Timberland	2027	3B	84
2	Clete Trout	MO	Troy Buchanan	2028	RHP	81
3	Cooper Brown	MO	Winfield	2028	SS	80
4	Thomas Brown	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	3B	79
5	Owen Eusterbrock	MO	St. Dominic	2029	3B	77
^	Gavin Copeland	MO	Francis Howell	2028	1B	77
^	Will Gnade	MO	Winfield	2028	SS	77
^	Landon Fiola	MO	Holt	2029	SS	77

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Keegan Lehmkuhl	MO	Warrenton	2028	RHP	85
2	Chance Blanke	MO	Timberland	2029	OF	82
3	Leighton McDonald	MO	Wright City	2028	OF	81
4	Remington Miller	MO	Mark Twain	2029	OF	80
^	Jordan Devlin	MO	Fort Zumwalt West	2029	RHP	80
5	Aiden House	MO	Holt	2030	OF	79
^	Carter Westadt	MO	Troy Buchanan	2028	3B	79

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Gabe Garcia	MO	Timberland	2027	3B	76
2	Fin Almanza Parra	MO	Wright City	2029	C	74
3	Mason Murry	MO	Bowling Green	2028	C	73
4	Kayden McCurdy	MO	Wright City	2028	C	71
^	Cole Kersting	MO	Troy Buchanan	2029	C	71
5	William Wilson	MO	Christian Brothers College	2029	C	70

TOP POP TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Gabe Garcia	MO	Timberland	2027	3B	1.91-2.00
2	Kayden McCurdy	MO	Wright City	2028	C	1.94-2.04
3	Fin Almanza Parra	MO	Wright City	2029	C	1.95-2.01
4	Mason Murry	MO	Bowling Green	2028	C	2.00-2.11
5	Cole Kersting	MO	Troy Buchanan	2029	C	2.13-2.22

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