Prep Baseball Report

Pee Dee Regional Scout Day 2025: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PB SC Director of Scouting

On Sunday December 14th Prep Baseball of South Carolina was on hand at Florence Legion Stadium in Florence, SC for the Pee Dee Regional Scout Day. The event featured players from the 2026-2029 grad classes.

The day started with players going through defensive evaluations, followed by running a laser timed 60 measuring the players 10/30/60 yard splits, then pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting data analytics. And to finish the day with BP on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data.

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. 

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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 Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 100.2 mph
2 Derrick Austin Jr. SC West Florence 2027 OF 96.0 mph
3 Evan Deas SC West Florence 2027 OF 95.1 mph
4 Avery Weaver SC West Florence High 2027 SS 94.8 mph
5 Mark Law SC Wilson High 2029 SS 94.0 mph
6 Brandon Anderson SC Hartsville 2026 OF 93.6 mph
7 Anthony Strong SC Cheraw 2027 RHP 93.0 mph
8 Riley Jordan SC Andrews 2026 3B 92.5 mph
9 Wells Bannister SC Hartsville 2027 C 92.3 mph
10 Jaden Atkinson SC Hartsville 2026 2B 91.8 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 Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 88.3 mph
2 Brandon Anderson SC Hartsville 2026 OF 86.6 mph
3 Jaden Atkinson SC Hartsville 2026 2B 84.1 mph
4 Derrick Austin Jr. SC West Florence 2027 OF 82.9 mph
5 Wells Bannister SC Hartsville 2027 C 82.8 mph
6 Ryan Mcclellan SC West Florence 2028 OF 81.6 mph
7 Evan Deas SC West Florence 2027 OF 81.4 mph
8 Garrison Copeland SC Trinity Collegiate 2028 SS 80.9 mph
9 Avery Weaver SC West Florence High 2027 SS 80.8 mph
10 Bryce Segars SC Hartsville 2027 3B 80.2 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 Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 395 ft
2 Jaden Atkinson SC Hartsville 2026 2B 346 ft
3 Evan Deas SC West Florence 2027 OF 344 ft
4 Anthony Strong SC Cheraw 2027 RHP 340 ft
5 Wells Bannister SC Hartsville 2027 C 334 ft
6 Derrick Austin Jr. SC West Florence 2027 OF 333 ft
7 Brandon Anderson SC Hartsville 2026 OF 328 ft
8 Avery Weaver SC West Florence High 2027 SS 320 ft
9 Lawson Hicks SC Central 2026 RHP 319 ft
10 Tyler Tolson SC Marlboro County High 2026 OF 316 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Jaden Atkinson SC Hartsville 2026 2B 276 ft
2 Wells Bannister SC Hartsville 2027 C 246 ft
3 Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 242 ft
4 Landen Olson SC Robert E Lee Academy 2027 C 241 ft
5 Avery Keith SC Chesterfield 2026 2B 230 ft
6 Avery Weaver SC West Florence High 2027 SS 229 ft
7 Bryce Segars SC Hartsville 2027 3B 225 ft
8 Tyler Tolson SC Marlboro County High 2026 OF 225 ft
9 Brandon Anderson SC Hartsville 2026 OF 223 ft
10 Ryan Mcclellan SC West Florence 2028 OF 208 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 Jaxon Baker SC Andrews 2027 RHP 75 %
2 Ryan Mcclellan SC West Florence 2028 OF 70 %
^ Aydyn Taylor SC South Florence 2027 C 70 %
3 Bentley Chambers SC McBee 2030 C 58 %
4 Wells Bannister SC Hartsville 2027 C 50 %
^ Landen Olson SC Robert E Lee Academy 2027 C 50 %
^ Tyler Tolson SC Marlboro County High 2026 OF 50 %
^ Jonah Poston SC Hannah Pamplico High 2027 LHP 50 %
5 Mark Law SC Wilson High 2029 SS 45 %
6 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 42 %
^ Garrison Copeland SC Trinity Collegiate 2028 SS 42 %
7 Ross Meadows SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 OF 41 %
^ Camden Crocker SC Wilson 2028 SS 41 %
^ Bryce Segars SC Hartsville 2027 3B 41 %
8 Logan Olney SC Central 2026 2B 41 %
9 Derrick Austin Jr. SC West Florence 2027 OF 40 %
^ Lawson Hicks SC Central 2026 RHP 40 %
10 Rah'Kim Gallashaw SC Wilson 2027 OF 33 %
^ Wyatt Bass SC Andrews High 2030 SS 33 %
^ Gavin Rivers SC Sumter 2026 C 33 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Bryce King SC Lake View High School 2026 3B 72.7 %
2 Bentley Jackson SC South Florence 2028 SS 63.6 %
3 Malik McIver SC South Florence 2028 1B 60.0 %
4 Kaeden Miller SC West Florence 2028 OF 53.8 %
5 Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 53.3 %
6 Landen Olson SC Robert E Lee Academy 2027 C 50.0 %
^ Avery Keith SC Chesterfield 2026 2B 50.0 %
^ Jaden Atkinson SC Hartsville 2026 2B 50.0 %
7 Lawson Hicks SC Central 2026 RHP 46.7 %
8 Avery Weaver SC West Florence High 2027 SS 46.2 %
9 John Bohachic SC Dillon High 2027 C 41.7 %
^ Bryce Segars SC Hartsville 2027 3B 41.7 %
10 Alex Peraza SC A. C. Flora High 2029 3B 38.5 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Ryan Hill SC Lamar 2027 3B 58 %
2 Gavin Rivers SC Sumter 2026 C 50 %
^ Brandon Anderson SC Hartsville 2026 OF 50 %
3 Kingston Cooper SC Wilson 2027 2B 42 %
4 Simon Whaley SC Darlington 2027 C 41 %
5 Mark Law SC Wilson High 2029 SS 36 %
^ Evan Deas SC West Florence 2027 OF 36 %
6 Anthony Strong SC Cheraw 2027 RHP 35 %
7 Rah'Kim Gallashaw SC Wilson 2027 OF 33 %
8 Brayden Davis SC Robert E Lee Academy 2028 OF 30 %
9 Derrick Austin Jr. SC West Florence 2027 OF 30 %
^ Aydyn Taylor SC South Florence 2027 C 30 %
10 Knox Weatherly SC West Florence 2027 RHP 26 %
^ Bryce Oliver SC Hartsville 2027 RHP 26 %


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