Prep Baseball Report

2026 Prep Baseball Scout Day Diamond Devils: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PB SC Director of Scouting

The Diamond Devils Scout Day took place on June 18th at Founders Parkat the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.  

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 Brycen Davis SC Dorman 2027 C 96.1 mph
2 Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 95.2 mph
3 Asher Turner SC Travelers Rest High 2028 1B 94.7 mph
4 Ethan Quillen SC Woodmont 2027 C 94.5 mph
5 Coleson Marino SC Emerald High 2028 OF 94.5 mph
6 Hane Pretulak SC Greenville Academy 2027 1B 93.5 mph
7 Tyler Morey SC West Ashley High School 2028 OF 93.5 mph
8 Brooks Weaver SC River Bluff 2027 C 92.0 mph
9 Quinn Walsh SC St. Josephs 2027 SS 91.2 mph
10 Reeves Israel SC Southside Christian 2027 SS 91.2 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 Coleson Marino SC Emerald High 2028 OF 90.5 mph
2 Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 90.4 mph
3 Tyler Morey SC West Ashley High School 2028 OF 88.5 mph
4 Reeves Israel SC Southside Christian 2027 SS 87.3 mph
5 Brayden Easterling SC James Island Charter 2028 SS 87.2 mph
6 Brycen Moore SC Greenwood Christian School 2027 C 86.1 mph
7 Ethan Quillen SC Woodmont 2027 C 85.5 mph
8 Brycen Davis SC Dorman 2027 C 85.4 mph
9 Quinn Walsh SC St. Josephs 2027 SS 85.4 mph
10 Asher Turner SC Travelers Rest High 2028 1B 85.3 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 Ethan Quillen SC Woodmont 2027 C 365 ft
2 Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 357 ft
3 Coleson Marino SC Emerald High 2028 OF 353 ft
4 Reeves Israel SC Southside Christian 2027 SS 341 ft
5 Brycen Moore SC Greenwood Christian School 2027 C 339 ft
6 Kruse Kuhn SC Ashley Ridge 2027 SS 338 ft
7 Tyler Morey SC West Ashley High School 2028 OF 337 ft
8 Ethan Stein SC James Island Charter 2027 OF 336 ft
9 Asher Turner SC Travelers Rest High 2028 1B 335 ft
10 Parker Herron SC Beaufort 2028 C 328 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 273 ft
2 Ethan Quillen SC Woodmont 2027 C 263 ft
3 Ethan Stein SC James Island Charter 2027 OF 249 ft
4 Luke Freeman SC Southside Christian 2028 2B 247 ft
5 Christian Conley SC Fountain Inn High 2027 C 236 ft
6 Reeves Israel SC Southside Christian 2027 SS 235 ft
7 Parker Herron SC Beaufort 2028 C 233 ft
8 Ab Wilkerson SC River Bluff 2027 2B 233 ft
9 Brycen Moore SC Greenwood Christian School 2027 C 223 ft
10 Kruse Kuhn SC Ashley Ridge 2027 SS 219 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 Cooper Wilmes SC Summerville 2027 SS 75 %
2 Cooper Meador SC Gilbert 2028 2B 71 %
3 Riley Younce SC James Island Charter 2028 OF 60 %
4 Carlysle Jones SC Riverside 2027 OF 57 %
5 Foster Moore SC Boiling Springs 2028 RHP 54 %
^ Brayden Easterling SC James Island Charter 2028 SS 54 %
6 Michael Hutto SC Summerville 2028 C 50 %
^ Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 50 %
^ Eli Morgan SC Hilton Head Christian 2027 OF 50 %
^ Brandon Bolton SC Blythewood 2027 C 50 %
^ Hane Pretulak SC Greenville Academy 2027 1B 50 %
^ Thomas Hodges SC Emerald High 2027 3B 50 %
7 Jack Lerstang SC Greenville Academy 2027 OF 46 %
8 Andrew Chester GA Greenbrier 2027 SS 46 %
9 Ben Rafalski SC Southside Christian 2027 OF 45 %
^ Ethan Stein SC James Island Charter 2027 OF 45 %
10 Paxton Batchelor SC Wren 2028 2B 44 %
^ Parker Herron SC Beaufort 2028 C 44 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Christian Conley SC Fountain Inn High 2027 C 83.3 %
2 Luke Freeman SC Southside Christian 2028 2B 63.6 %
3 Dock Mishoe SC Conway 2027 1B 50.0 %
4 Reeves Israel SC Southside Christian 2027 SS 45.5 %
5 Easton Greene SC Gilbert 2026 C 44.4 %
^ Gavin Miller SC Chesnee 2028 OF 44.4 %
^ Ethan Quillen SC Woodmont 2027 C 44.4 %
^ Noah Hughes SC Laurens 2028 RHP 44.4 %
6 Ab Wilkerson SC River Bluff 2027 2B 40.0 %
7 Cruz Hunnicutt SC Boiling Springs 2027 1B 37.5 %
8 Kruse Kuhn SC Ashley Ridge 2027 SS 36.8 %
9 Ben Rafalski SC Southside Christian 2027 OF 36.4 %
^ Foster Moore SC Boiling Springs 2028 RHP 36.4 %
^ Ethan Stein SC James Island Charter 2027 OF 36.4 %
10 Brooks Weaver SC River Bluff 2027 C 33.3 %
^ Parker Herron SC Beaufort 2028 C 33.3 %
^ Brett Boberg SC Ashley Ridge 2027 OF 33.3 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Caleb Kessler SC St. James High 2028 RHP 87 %
2 Tavin Almendarez SC Bridges Preparatory School 2028 RHP 70 %
^ Brycen Davis SC Dorman 2027 C 70 %
3 Tyler Morey SC West Ashley High School 2028 OF 57 %
^ Sam Painter SC Hammond 2027 1B 57 %
4 Blake Collins SC James F. Byrnes 2027 OF 50 %
^ Archer Conway SC Gilbert 2028 OF 50 %
^ Austin Spears SC Spears Academy 2027 3B 50 %
5 Carlysle Jones SC Riverside 2027 OF 42 %
^ Quinn Walsh SC St. Josephs 2027 SS 42 %
^ Asher Turner SC Travelers Rest High 2028 1B 42 %
6 Aiden Spivey SC James Island Charter 2028 OF 40 %
^ Dustin (Harper) Wooten SC Gilbert 2028 SS 40 %
^ Coleson Marino SC Emerald High 2028 OF 40 %
7 Michael Hutto SC Summerville 2028 C 37 %
^ Thomas Hodges SC Emerald High 2027 3B 37 %
8 Brayden Easterling SC James Island Charter 2028 SS 36 %
9 Easton Greene SC Gilbert 2026 C 33 %
^ Paxton Batchelor SC Wren 2028 2B 33 %
^ Brooks Weaver SC River Bluff 2027 C 33 %
^ Hane Pretulak SC Greenville Academy 2027 1B 33 %
10 Ab Wilkerson SC River Bluff 2027 2B 30 %
^ Brandon Bolton SC Blythewood 2027 C 30 %
^ Rylan Milbaugh SC St James High School 2028 1B 30 %


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