2025 Year in Review: Most Viewed Player Profiles — North Carolina

Prep Baseball Player Profiles serve as the permanent digital home for high school baseball prospects, housing verified data, performance metrics, scouting evaluations, and video collected throughout an athlete’s high school career. From athletic testing and batted-ball data to updated rankings and in-game video, profiles provide a complete, evolving snapshot of player development for college coaches and professional scouts.

With over 1,000 college programs and every Major League Baseball organization subscribed, Prep Baseball remains the primary evaluation and discovery platform for amateur baseball. Coaches and scouts rely on player profiles daily to identify talent, track progress, and validate tools using trusted, standardized data.

In 2025:

• The Prep Baseball platform generated 15.9 million total player profile views
  
• The site averaged nearly 1.3 million profile views per month
  
• North Carolina prospects accounted for more than 413,000 profile views
  

As part of our 2025 Year in Review, we’re highlighting the most viewed Prep Baseball player profiles from North Carolina. These prospects drew sustained attention throughout the year, reflecting a combination of performance, projection, exposure at key events, and continued interest from college coaches and MLB scouts.

Below we dive into the Top 20 most viewed North Carolina player profiles from 2025.

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Most Viewed in NC: No. 5 - 7

7. Chase Kiker | RHP/INF | Metrolina Christian Academy | 2026 | Clemson Commit

Kiker continued to elevate his profile in 2025 with appearances at the Prep Baseball All-American Game and the NC ProCase in February. His two-way impact helped him earn a Super60 invite for February 2026, placing him among the top follow prospects in the region before finalizing his commitment to Clemson.

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6. Briggs McKenzie | LHP | Corinth Holders HS | 2025 | 4th Round Pick, Atlanta Braves

McKenzie remained one of the most viewed profiles on the platform following a rapid rise that included a standout performance at the Prep Baseball All-American Game. An LSU commit and former Prep Baseball Future Games attendee after his freshman year, McKenzie ultimately became a 4th-round selection of the Atlanta Braves, signing shortly after the draft.

5. Austin Baxter | INF | Hopewell HS | 2028

One of the youngest players on the list, Baxter generated significant attention throughout 2025. He attended the Charlotte Preseason ID and Preseason All-State in February, earning an invite to the NC/SC Border Battle, then parlayed that performance into a spot at the Super Sophomore Games. A high-level hitter with advanced barrel feel, Baxter consistently showed impact contact throughout the year.