By Rob Allison
Prep Baseball Report Iowa

On Monday, February 16th Prep Baseball Report Iowa hosted the Missouri Valley Preview, an event that included players from all grad classes. The event was held at Ultimate Baseball Academy in Omaha, NE. 

In coming weeks we will be updating player profiles while also posting videos, feature stories and scouting reports from this event.  For now, we take a look at the measurable stats from Monday - times and velocities.

Here is a look at the top performers in each area:

40-Yard dash
4.78—Breyden Eckhout, 2016, SS, Amherst (NE)
4.81—Brandon Bena, 2016, OF/1B, Creighton Prep
4.82—Jackson Petersen, 2016, OF, Blair (NE)

H-1B Time
4.00—Spencer Johnson, 2016, OF, Norris (NE)
4.07—Brandon Bena, 2016, OF/1B, Creighton Prep
4.10— (3-way tie) 2016 Nolan Monthei, 2017 Chase Hedrick, 2017 Ryan Riddle

Hitting Exit Velocity
90—Brandon Bena, 2016, OF/1B, Creighton Prep
90—Spencer Johnson, 2016, OF, Norris (NE)
86—Nathan Byous, 2016, 3B, Lafayette (MO)
85—Chris Riddle, 2015, SS, Elkhorn Mt. Michael
85—Ty Roseberry, 2016, 1B, Kearney

Outfield Throwing Velocity
86—Spencer Johnson, 2016, OF, Norris (NE)
85—Brandon Bena, 2016, OF/1B, Creighton Prep
82—Chris Riddle, 2015, SS, Elkhorn Mt. Michael
82—Jackson Petersen, 2016, OF, Blair

Infield Throwing Velocity
84—Breyden Eckhout, 2016, SS, Amherst (NE)
83—Nolan Monthei, 2016, C/3B, Johnston
81—Chris Riddle, 2015, SS, Elkhorn Mt. Michael
81—Ryan Riddle, 2017, C/IF, Elkhorn Mt. Michael

Catcher Throwing Velocity
74—Nolan Monthei, 2016, C/3B, Johnston
74—Ryan Riddle, 2017, C/IF, Elkhorn Mt. Michael
70—Nate Mallott, 2015, C, Millard South

Catcher Pop Times
2.00—Nolan Monthei, 2016, C/3B, Johnston
2.08—Ryan Riddle, 2017, C/IF, Elkhorn Mt. Michael
2.09—Nate Mallott, 2015, C, Millard South

Max Fastball Velocity – all Pitchers
82—Joshua Culliver, 2017, RHP, Creighton Prep
82—Matthew Krontz, 2016, RHP, Hastings
80—Andrew Blum, 2016, RHP, Lincoln Lutheran

For a complete listing of stats from this event CLICK HERE.