Prep Baseball Report

2026 Rising Stars ID Columbia: Data Dive


Sammy Esposito
PB SC Director of Scouting

The Rising Stars ID Columbia is set for Saturday, January 17th, at D-BAT Columbia in Columbia, SC. The Rising Stars IDs help update evaluations and metrics. This setting provides a prime opportunity for prospects to strengthen their Prep Baseball profiles and position themselves for invitations to premier summer events such Carolina Border Battle, SC Top Prospect Games, and JR Future Games.

The Preseason ID plays a crucial role on the Prep Baseball calendar, serving as an early identification point before the SCHSL season. These events allow our scouting staff, and college recruiters, to establish a strong follow list entering the spring. Our staff strategically hosts preseason events across the state with the goal of identifying emerging prospects who have capitalized on the offseason, while also re-evaluating known players trending upward. Complete player profiles, including tech metrics, statistics, video, and detailed scouting reports, will be published on the Prep Baseball Report website, which is followed by more than 1,000 college programs nationwide.

The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 60 recorded using Vald Preformance Technology, 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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STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

VALD 

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 James Blum SC Greenville Senior High School 2030 OF 7.33 s
2 Sawyer Bolemon SC Southside Christian 2030 SS 7.61 s
3 Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 7.64 s
4 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 7.70 s
5 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 7.98 s
6 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 8.35 s
7 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 8.79 s
8 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 8.94 s
9 Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 9.02 s


TRACKMAN

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 86.8 mph
2 Sawyer Bolemon SC Southside Christian 2030 SS 85.6 mph
3 Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 85.4 mph
4 James Blum SC Greenville Senior High School 2030 OF 84.4 mph
5 Corbin Williams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2030 OF 83.2 mph
6 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 81.2 mph
7 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 80.8 mph
8 Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 77.7 mph
9 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 76.4 mph
10 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 73.6 mph

AVG. EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Corbin Williams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2030 OF 77.4 mph
2 Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 77.0 mph
3 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 76.6 mph
4 James Blum SC Greenville Senior High School 2030 OF 75.5 mph
5 Sawyer Bolemon SC Southside Christian 2030 SS 74.4 mph
6 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 73.9 mph
7 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 69.6 mph
8 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 68.4 mph
9 Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 65.4 mph
10 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 63.3 mph

MAX BATTED DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 James Blum SC Greenville Senior High School 2030 OF 293 ft
2 Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 288 ft
3 Sawyer Bolemon SC Southside Christian 2030 SS 287 ft
4 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 281 ft
5 Corbin Williams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2030 OF 251 ft
6 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 232 ft
7 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 222 ft
8 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 220 ft
9 Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 213 ft
10 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 211 ft



DEFENSIVE STATS

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY


Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 71
^ Sawyer Bolemon SC Southside Christian 2030 SS 71
2 Corbin Williams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2030 OF 69
^ Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 69
3 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 64
4 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 59


MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY


Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Corbin Williams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2030 OF 76
2 James Blum SC Greenville Senior High School 2030 OF 72
3 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 70
^ Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 70


MAX CATCHER VELOCITY


Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 66
2 Andrew Bogan SC Dutch Fork HS 2031 C 59





TRACKMAN INFO - PITCHERS BULLPENS

Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen showcasing their full arsenal of pitches. Velocity and spin rate information was gathered off of the TrackMan. TrackMan analytics are the official analytics and the velocities below were captured by TrackMan.

Max Fastball Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Greyson Manos SC Christ Church Episcopal 2030 SS 78.7 mph
2 Rhett Ballenger SC T. L. Hanna 2030 1B 73.3 mph
3 Aiden Johnson SC Patrick Henry Academy 2030 LHP 70.2 mph
4 Cooper WALDEN SC Fort Dorchester 2031 C 70.0 mph
5 Brady Westbrooks SC Gray 2031 SS 68.6 mph
6 Lawsen Owens SC Woodmont 2030 OF 66.4 mph