Trackman Hitting Metrics: High Point Rising Stars ID

June 30, 2025
Sean Smith
NC/SC Operations Manager

The High Point Rising Stars ID took place on June 18th at High Point University in High Point, NC.

The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included the 60 yard dash, pitcher bullpens with each pitch tracked by Trackman, a defensive evaluation, and finished with BP with TrackMan ball flight analysis,

Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.

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Trackman Leaders - Hitting

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions. Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	99.9 mph
2	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	92.5 mph
3	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	88.6 mph
4	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	84.9 mph
5	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	83.9 mph
6	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	68.0 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact. The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	90.3 mph
2	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	79.6 mph
3	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	75.5 mph
4	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	74.5 mph
5	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	69.0 mph
6	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	61.8 mph

DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air. For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.

Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	381 ft
2	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	314 ft
3	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	281 ft
4	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	266 ft
5	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	256 ft
6	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	193 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	190 ft
2	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	182 ft
3	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	179 ft
4	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	175 ft
5	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	161 ft
6	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	90 ft

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball. While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Line Drive %
1	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	50 %
2	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	41 %
3	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	38 %
4	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	30 %
5	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	20 %
6	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	18 %

Fly Ball %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Fly Ball %
1	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	60.0 %
2	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	31.3 %
3	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	30.8 %
4	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	23.1 %
5	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	8.3 %
^	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	8.3 %

Ground Ball %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Ground Ball %
1	Carson Booth	NC	Hopewell	2030	SS	50 %
2	Whitton Butler	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2029	1B	41 %
3	Bo Nunn	NC	Wesleyan Christian Academy	2029	1B	38 %
4	Jackson Moss	NC	Northwest Guilford	2029	C	31 %
5	Aiden Kirkland	NC	High Point Christian Academy	2028	SS	30 %
6	donavon payne	NC	East Forsyth	2028	C	20 %