Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Hitter's Data Dive
January 31, 2024
Prep Baseball Arkansas continues the Preseason circuit across the Natural State with a stop at the Strike Zone Training Academy in Rogers for the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID. The event featured talent from the 2025, 2026, and 2027 classes and took part in a pro-style workout that featured BP sessions with Trackman and Blast Motion data, defensive evaluations with radar gun readings and pop times, laser-timed 30's with Swift, and finished off with bullpens and the Trackman data on ball flight. With the help from our partners at Trackman and Blast Motion, we take a look at the top performers in all the ball flight and swing data from the hitters.
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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 95.5 mph |
2 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 94.9 mph |
3 | Andres Javier (AJ) Ylanan | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 91.3 mph |
4 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 91.1 mph |
5 | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 91.0 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 87.9 mph |
2 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 87.1 mph |
3 | Bowen Gillison | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | 1B | 85.8 mph |
4 | Andres Javier (AJ) Ylanan | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 84.9 mph |
5 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 82.0 mph |
MAX DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 352 ft |
2 | Bowen Gillison | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | 1B | 339 ft |
3 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 315 ft |
4 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 301 ft |
5 | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 297 ft |
AVERAGE DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Noah Smith | AR | Fayetteville East | 2025 | SS | 223 ft |
2 | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 193 ft |
3 | Ty Holt | AR | Greenwood | 2027 | C | 189 ft |
4 | Bowen Gillison | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | 1B | 187 ft |
5 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 184 ft |
SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Sweet Spot % |
1 | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 83 % |
2 | Cade Campbell | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | SS | 81 % |
3 | Cooper Webb | AR | GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | 2B | 75 % |
4 | Ty Holt | AR | Greenwood | 2027 | C | 70 % |
5 | Noah Smith | AR | Fayetteville East | 2025 | SS | 68 % |
LINE DRIVE PERCENTAGE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Line Drive % |
1 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 64 % |
2 | Cade Campbell | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | SS | 62 % |
^ | Cooper Webb | AR | GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | 2B | 62 % |
3 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 60 % |
4 | Ty Holt | AR | Greenwood | 2027 | C | 58 % |
5 | Noah Smith | AR | Fayetteville East | 2025 | SS | 50 % |
^ | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 50 % |
TOP HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 25.0 mph |
2 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 24.0 mph |
3 | Cade Campbell | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | SS | 23.1 mph |
4 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 22.8 mph |
5 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 21.4 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 22.2 mph |
2 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 21.9 mph |
3 | Cade Campbell | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | SS | 21.6 mph |
4 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 21.5 mph |
5 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 20.7 mph |
TOP BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 73.1 mph |
2 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 72.6 mph |
3 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 71.1 mph |
^ | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 71.1 mph |
4 | Cannon McCoy | AR | Fayetteville | 2027 | OF | 70.0 mph |
5 | Bowen Gillison | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | 1B | 68.2 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 69.1 mph |
2 | Cannon McCoy | AR | Fayetteville | 2027 | OF | 67.7 mph |
3 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 67.3 mph |
4 | Merick Cooper Cothran | AR | BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | C | 67.0 mph |
5 | Cohen Beach | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | C | 66.8 mph |
PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (max) |
1 | Cannon McCoy | AR | Fayetteville | 2027 | OF | 30.1 g |
2 | Ty Freeman | AR | GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | OF | 24.3 g |
3 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 23.6 g |
4 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 23.2 g |
5 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 21.4 g |
AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
1 | Cannon McCoy | AR | Fayetteville | 2027 | OF | 25.4 g |
2 | Ty Freeman | AR | GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | OF | 21.5 g |
3 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 21.2 g |
4 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 19.0 g |
5 | Jacob Maynard | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 17.7 g |
ON PLANE PERCENTAGE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
1 | Caleb Winberry | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | 1B | 88 % |
2 | Christian Brock | MO | Webb City | 2024 | 1B | 84 % |
3 | Dalton Murphree | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | OF | 82 % |
4 | Cade Campbell | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | SS | 82 % |
5 | Jacob Foster | AR | West Fork | 2025 | C | 80 % |
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