Fall Rising Stars Showcase: Infielder Analysis

The Fall Rising Stars Showcase took place on November 14th at LakePoint Sports in Emerson, GA. The event featured over 50 prospects from the class of 2025 and 2026, the next generation of prospects to come up in the Peach State. Prospects participated in a pro-style workout.

Today, we continue our roll out of the prospect reports with the infielders. The reports are organized alphabetically by last name.

Infielder Reports (Listed Alphabetically)

Gunnar Akins, Union County (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: LHP/OF
Body: 5-foot-5, 110-pounds. small, lanky, athletic
Hit: LHH. balanced, tall, loads back to power position, short stride, gets to balance point after stride w a narrow width, short path to ball with line drive approach, short extension through ball
Power: 70 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: LH. INF - 57 mph. OF - 63 mph. Long, loose arm action to an over-the-top slot. Shorter arm action on the infield.
Defense: soft hands and quiet feet easy exchange while playing through the ball. 
Run: 8.60 runner in the 60. 

Kian Allen, North Hall  (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 1B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-9, 130-pounds. lanky, wide sloped shoulders
Hit: RHH. Balanced setup, hands start at ears, drop and load back smoothly, short stride, good balance smooth rhythm. Hit path is short to the zone, level through, some quickness in hands, line drive approach, middle/pull.
Power: 74 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 68 mph. Short arm action, slot varied between low 3/4 and side arm  
Defense: Plays through the ball with fluid footwork, fields out front, good range laterally, soft glove, clean on exchanges,
Run: 8.10 runner in the 60. 

Ellis Appling, Parkview (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 1B/OF
Body: 5-foot-6, 170-pounds. strong, athletic, wide shoulders, strong lower
Hit: RHH. balanced wide stance, gets loaded to strong hitting position, very little stride,  looks to lift ball w explosive bottom half, to gap with good bat speed with short to ball with some extension through the ball
Power: 89 mph exit velocity from the tee. power to pull side gap 89 exit.
Arm: RH. INF - 68 mph. OF - 70 mph. 3/4 slot, accurate
Defense: fields with good athletic feet with a clean exchange
Run: 7.26 runner in the 60. 

Eli Beam, Mountain View  (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-3, 100-pounds. Average sized.
Hit: RHH. tall setup, back drop on load, short quick stride, good lower half avg bat speed, good approach looks to hit hard gbs line drives, path is short to ball with quick finish
Power: 65 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 51 mph.  long 3/4 arm slot, some accuracy, strength will come with age.
Defense:soft hands, good clean exchange, with more footspeed will improve
Run: 10.21 runner in the 60. 

Owen Beam, Mountain View  (GA), 2024
Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Body: 5-foot-10, 150-pounds. athletic, wide shoulder
Hit: RHH. balanced athletic stance, hands get to good power position with a little drop, good controlled stride when foot lands ready to hit, bottom half explodes  Fast bat speed with an advanced approach, short path to long extension through ball, looks to pull with some intent and good fluid rhythm.
Power: 83 mph exit velocity from the tee. power will continue to increase
Arm: RH. INF - 69 mph. OF - 72 mph. good quick arm, over the top arm slot, has accuracy on throws with some carry
Defense: soft hands good exchange plays through the ball with some athleticism
Run: 8.11 runner in the 60. 

Andrew Benson, Twin Rivers Middle School (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: C/INF
Body: 6-foot-1, 175-pounds. lanky, sloped shoulders, athletic
Hit: LHH. nice tall balanced set up smooth and quiet load, short controlled stride, hips get fully rotated and stays athletic through swing. good bat speed with the ability to lift to gap and pull side, advanced swagger approach, uphill path with a gap to gap pull side, very fluid rhythm and finish.
Power: 84 mph exit velocity from the tee. pull power due to extension
Arm: RH. C - 65 mph. INF - 70 mph.  good quick arm with accuracy
Defense: good hands, quick clean exchange, good footwork, plays through ball.
Run: 7.82 runner in the 60. 

Porter  Berryman, Parkview (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: LHP/OF
Body: 5-foot-9, 145-pounds. average athletic strong
Hit: LHH. tall setup, smooth rhythmic load, strides to athletic position, hips explode out and up really good bat speed to contact with ldrive pull approach, will get more distance with longer extension through ball.
Power: 81 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: LH. INF - 75 mph. OF - 77 mph. long over the top with some accuracy
Defense: soft hands with good exchange, athletic movements
Run: 7.70 runner in the 60. 

Knox Bingham, Wesleyan (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-10, 135-pounds. lanky, athletic
Hit: RHH. tall, balanced, nice quiet higher load with great rhythm with wide stride, step back toe tap great bottom half with advanced approach looks to hit line drives gap to gap, quick to ball and good extension through
Power: 86 mph exit velocity from the tee. looks to pull side
Arm: RH. INF - 61 mph.  short low 3/4 to side arm release, accurate
Defense: good fluid actions, gets in good fielding position, clean exchange while playing through ball..
Run: 7.38 runner in the 60. 

Garrett Blacklock, Grissom (AL), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 6-foot-1, 155-pounds. strong, athletic, lanky
Hit: RHH. upright stance, small stride, bar out front arm,  gets to balance point with some quick hips, good bat speed and stays through ball well looks to lift to pull side gap
Power: 81 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 75 mph.  really quick arm 3/4 to low 3/4 slot, consistent with carry
Defense: good actions footwork and hands work together well with a quick clean exchange, feet allow him to get into good throwing position
Run: 7.67 runner in the 60. 

Bennett Cherry, McIntosh (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-7, 125-pounds. average athletic
Hit: RHH. tall stance, drops bat into slot, strides open, bottom half in line good bat speed short to ball with good extension through path is level looks to hit line drives gap to gap
Power: 70 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 61 mph.  long side arm release with some accuracy
Defense: balanced and controlled footwork easy exchange
Run: 9.39 runner in the 60. 

Mason Davis, Parkview (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 5-foot-8, 145-pounds. strong, athletic
Hit: RHH. tall upright stance, hands high above head, gets loaded with a nice quiet load, drops hands into slot  good path to ball with a quick short stroke and good extension, good approach trying to stay in the middle of the field with an uphill finish, looks to drive balls in gap.
Power: 80 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 75 mph.  short arm to ear over the top slot, nice accurate throws with some carry,
Defense: good footwork with balance, soft hands and plays through the ball with a quick clean exchange
Run: 6.94 runner in the 60. 

Charlie Davis, Greenbrier  (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 2B/SS
Body: 5-foot-4, 105-pounds. small athletic
Hit: RHH. upright stance with a small athletic short stride w good balance good bat speed with bottom half direction, good approach with uphill extension and good rhythm
Power: 70 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 56 mph. OF - 80 mph. short over the top deliver w some accuracy,
Defense: good quick balance feet with ability to play through ball with some athleticism
Run: 7.80 runner in the 60. 

Ben Edge, Newnan  (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 1B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-8, 150-pounds. strong athletic sloped shoulders strong lower
Hit: LHH. nice smooth rock back load with a leg lift, lands balanced in good position hands come through zone with a short quick stroke with a live drive approach, good uphill extension with nice fluid rhythm
Power: 75 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 65 mph.  long over the top with some accuracy and carry
Defense: good athletic feet with soft hands plays through ball with good exchange
Run: 8.63 runner in the 60. 

Troy Ford, Home School (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/OF really like this young athlete
Body: 5-foot-6, 120-pounds. athletic lanky high waisted projectable
Hit: SH. very balanced smooth rhythm with the load and timing quick bat speed with line drive approach, looks to loft the ball with uphill extension very good hitter from both sides.
Power: 79 mph exit velocity from the tee. will continue to show power as he matures, high follow
Arm: RH. INF - 73 mph. OF - 75 mph. short 3/4 arm slot good arm actions with carry and accuracy
Defense: great footwork, soft hands with a nice fluid exchange very athletic plays through the ball
Run: 7.35 runner in the 60. 

Jeremiah Francis, Rockdale (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-1, 115-pounds. average
Hit: RHH. upright balanced set up with a small stride to load, hands go back, short stride, balanced through finish. Average bat speed with a ground ball approach with a level path
Power: 67 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 55 mph.  short arm 3/4 arm slot w some accuracy
Defense: easy footwork and hands nice exchange comes through ball
Run: 9.27 runner in the 60. 

Cooper Garrett, White County (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: UTL
Body: 5-foot-1, 120-pounds. strong lower athletic
Hit: RHH. balanced with an up and down trigger to the power position line drive path looking to drive ball w line drive up middle, extension uphill when looking to drive ball pull side
Power: 76 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. C - 56 mph. INF - 53 mph. OF - 56 mph. short easy accurate 3/4 arm slot
Defense: nice hands with good exchange out front with some fluid actions
Run: 8.03 runner in the 60. 

Christopher Guillory, Undecided (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: RHP/SS
Body: 5-foot-7, 120-pounds. Lean, athletic build.
Hit: RHH. Balanced setup, leg lift stride, hands start high and remain, good balance. Swing works with some length to the zone, mostly level through creating line drive contact, at-times will get uphill and elevate, some bat speed.
Power: 75 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 65 mph. Short arm action to a ¾ slot, accurate.  
Defense: Plays through the ball with fluid footwork, soft glove hand, clean on exchanges, good body control throughout.
Run: 8.33 runner in the 60. 

Derek Guzman, Davidson Day (NC), 2026
Positional Profile: MIF player to watch
Body: 5-foot-8, 130-pounds. athletic strong high waisted
Hit: RHH. balanced athletic set up, smooth back with a medium knee leg lift. great bottom half with good energy, fast bat speed with an advanced approach, path stays level through the zone with a uphill finish, good fluid rhythm
Power: 79 mph exit velocity from the tee. looks to lift the ball to pull the side.
Arm: RH. INF - 71 mph.  low 3/4 accurate arm, able to throw from different slots
Defense: really nice soft hands and fluid smooth feet, exchange is quick and easy., fields through ball with some swag
Run: 7.62 runner in the 60. 

Blake Harrington, Callaway  (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 5-foot-8, 134-pounds. lanky athletic
Hit: RHH. upright balanced smooth load back, gets into position to hit with a small leg kick, hips explode through, short path with a line drive, pull side gap approach.
Power: 79 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm:RH. INF - 76 mph.  wind up to low 3/4 quick
Defense: good feet, athletic, plays through ball with some energy
Run: 7.71 runner in the 60. 

Adrien Islas, McEachern (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 1B/LHP
Body: 5-foot-3, 140-pounds. strong lower half soft
Hit: LHH. upright with a bar load, stride is short and controlled, bottom half gets through, good approach with an uphill path.
Power: 72 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: LH. INF - 59 mph.  side arm slot slinger with some accuracy
Defense: soft hands with a clean exchange
Run: 9.65 runner in the 60. 

Robert Jackson, Lovejoy (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 1B/OF
Body: 5-foot-6, 125-pounds. lanky athletic
Hit: SH. upright rocks back to loading pos, short easy stride with good balance fast bat speed with a line drive approach and level path
Power: 83 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: LH. INF - 74 mph. OF - 71 mph. 3/4 short with some accuracy
Defense: quick smooth feet and hands gets into position to throw with a clean exchange
Run: 7.34 runner in the 60. 

Jordan Johnson, Loganville (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP - high follow prospect, especially on the mound.
Body: 6-foot-0, 160-pounds. lanky athletic strong high waisted wide shoulder
Hit: RHH. tall upright athletic stance, gets into hitting pos w a smooth wide stride. great balanced swing with exploding bottom half, great advanced approach with a short to long through path, looks to pull the ball with power.
Power: 83 mph exit velocity from the tee. great power when catching out front and staying through ball
Arm: RH. INF - 75 mph.  nice loose 3/4 action accurate with advanced carry.
Defense: smooth soft hands with fluid footwork and a quick clean exchange plays through ball
Run: 7.55 runner in the 60. 

Brady Kerlin, Cartersville (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Body: 5-foot-7, 110-pounds. Lean, athletic build
Hit: RHH. balanced setup, hands load back smoothly, short stride, good balance. Fast bat speed with a short, line drive approach with some rhythm
Power: 74 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 63 mph. OF - 66 mph. 3/4 to low 3/4 accurate arm
Defense: good feet with rhythm, good clean exchange, and soft hands, plays through ball well.
Run: 8.00 runner in the 60. 

Jacques King, Savannah Christian (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: OF/RHP
Body: 5-foot-10, 130-pounds. strong lower half, athletic high waisted
Hit: RHH. good athletic rhythm in load and stride, hands get into power position with a slight load back, great bat speed with quick lower half, gap to gap with a line drive approach, looks to lift ball to pull side gap.
Power: 79 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 69 mph. OF - 73 mph. high 3/4 quick arm accurate with some carry
Defense: good smooth athletic actions plays through ball with a nice easy exchange
Run: 7.90 runner in the 60. 

Jakob Lutz, Mcintosh (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: C/1B
Body: 5-foot-7, 178-pounds. bbg soft, strong lower half
Hit: RHH. Athletic set up with a balanced stride explosive bottom half, with fast bat and a good approach looking to drive balls deep to pull side gap, path is short to long through with intent
Power: 73 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. C - 56 mph. INF - 57 mph.  short 3/4 with some accuracy
Defense: upright good feet with a smooth exchange
Run: 9.85 runner in the 60. 

Grayson McCollum, Norcross (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 5-foot-6, 125-pounds. avg athletic
Hit: RHH. upright setup, short balanced load  hips get through with a line drive approach from a level path, gets through ball well
Power: 75 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 68 mph.  3/4 quick and easy arm
Defense: plays through ball with fluid actions with soft hands and feet
Run: 8.10 runner in the 60. 

Daniel Mendez, Ola (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 3B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-3, 130-pounds. strong bottom half, average build.
Hit: LHH. upright, athletic stance with a smooth load and short stride nice quick bat level bat path with a line drive gap approach.
Power: 72 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 63 mph.  over the top slot, accurate arm, good exchange
Defense: quick feet and hands plays through ball with some urgency, clean exchange
Run: 9.69 runner in the 60. 

Landon Nichols, Porter Ridge (NC), 2025
Positional Profile: 1B/RHP
Body: 6-foot-0, 165-pounds. strong bottom half, athletic, donkey
Hit: RHH. upright athletic high load with a short stride explosive hips with good bat speed short downhill path looking to hit hard ground balls/line drives
Power: 77 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 69 mph.  quick. over the top with accuracy
Defense: gets into good fielding position with athletic actions plays through ball and throws with intent
Run: 8.38 runner in the 60. 

Cruz Paul, Allatoona  (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 2B/3B
Body: 5-foot-10, 150-pounds. high waisted athletic lanky strong, put together very well with lots of projection
Hit: RHH. very smooth rhythmic balanced load with a short easy stride, great rhythm and great path to ball with explosive hips and electric hands, great extension with advanced swagger approach, looks to drive ball all over the field
Power: 89 mph exit velocity from the tee. Big power potential.
Arm: RH. INF - 71 mph.  Short arm action, easy effort, accurate, 3/4 slot
Defense: smooth and easy actions, soft hands while playing through ball with fluid rhythm
Run: 7.61 runner in the 60. 

Brady Rainwater, Trinity Christian (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 2B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-4, 105-pounds. Small, average build, athletic
Hit: RHH. tall,narrow set up, gets loaded back into good hitting position, long toe-tap stride to a balanced position. Short swing path to ball, leve through, line drive, pull approach.
Power: 51 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 61 mph.  over the top, with some accuracy
Defense: easy soft hands and feet with a clean exchange
Run: 9.09 runner in the 60. 

Aden Rucker, Douglasville  (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: 2B/RHP
Body: 5-foot-3, 120-pounds. athletic avg
Hit: RHH. athletic set up with a balanced stride with a short load gets into good hitting position line drive approach looks to hit the ball pull side gap with short level path
Power: 68 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 61 mph.  short 3/4 quick accurate arm
Defense: very fluid and quick, comes get balls and plays through with some urgency, athletic feet and soft hands
Run: 8.39 runner in the 60. 

Payton Shaw, Eastside (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 2B/SS
Body: 5-foot-11, 160-pounds. strong bottom half, athletic, strength throughout, wide shoulders
Hit: RHH. upright athletic stance with a fluid load to hitting position, easy leg lift to stride pos. explosive hips with good bat speed, looks to pull with line drive approach
Power: 81 mph exit velocity from the tee. more power to come
Arm: RH. INF - 64 mph.  low to 3/4 arm slot easy accurate arm
Defense: gets to a good fielding position with fluid footwork, soft hands allow for clean exchange plays through ball.
Run: 7.82 runner in the 60. 

Parker Skedsvold, Aquinas  (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: 2B/OF
Body: 4-foot-11, 90-pounds. small athletic
Hit: RHH. athletic set up with a quick high knee leg lift  good bat speed with quick hips level path with a line drive approach
Power: 66 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 56 mph. OF - 61 mph. over the top arm slot with quick accurate arm
Defense: quick actions plays through ball very well, good actions with soft hands and a lot of go get it
Run: 8.64 runner in the 60. 

Dominic Smeal, Trinity Christian (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: RHP/3B
Body: 6-foot-2, 140-pounds. lanky, wide sloped shoulders, athletic
Hit: RHH. tall, upright setup, knee to knee lift with a short stride, good bat speed with great hip direction, and a good approach. Looks to hit balls gap to gap with some lift, extension to pull gap
Power: 82 mph exit velocity from the tee. more power and distance to come with wider stance
Arm: RH. INF - 72 mph. OF - 72 mph. short quick arm over the top
Defense: Plays through the ball with easy actions, lots of moving parts with arm and legs going everywhere, coordination to come as he matures..
Run: 7.91 runner in the 60. 

Chase Taylor, Peachtree Academy (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: C/INF
Body: 5-foot-6, 135-pounds. strong athletic
Hit: RHH. athletic stance with a load back to hitting position  good bottom half with good direction to ball with a short path and a line drive to gap with some uphill extension
Power: 82 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. C - 65 mph. INF - 67 mph.  short quick arm with some carry and accuracy
Defense: nice hands with quick feet and a clean exchange getting feet ready to throw in good position
Run: 7.81 runner in the 60. 

Luke Treece, Coalfield (TN), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/C
Body: 5-foot-8, 145-pounds. athletic, strong bottom half.
Hit: RHH. good rhythm with an athletic smooth load gets to great hitting position hips get through zone well short gb to line drive approach with a level path to the ball
Power: 76 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 69 mph.  over the top slot with short and accurate arm
Defense: really good feet and exchange with soft hands and smooth approach to ball while playing through
Run: 8.65 runner in the 60. 

Dylan Walker, Houston County (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: OF/2B
Body: 5-foot-9, 145-pounds. athletic, strong, high waisted.
Hit: RHH. balanced setup with weight displaced in back-side, low hands load back quickly, short stride. Good bat speed looking to hit line drives with a short path to the ball
Power: 72 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 60 mph. OF - 64 mph. low 3/4 arm slot
Defense: plays through ball with good footwork and a clean exchange
Run: 7.40 runner in the 60. 

Kcaj Walker-Smith, McEachern (GA), 2026
Positional Profile: OF/SS
Body: 4-foot-9, 83-pounds. small, athletic, high waisted
Hit: RHH. gets into really good position to hit, athletic  quick hips and hands with a short level swing with a swagger approach, gap to gap line drive path with fluid rhythm
Power: 67 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. C - 55 mph. INF - 57 mph. OF - 61 mph. over the top short loose accurate arm
Defense: nice soft hands and good actions with quick footwork and a smooth clean exchange while playing through ball
Run: 8.01 runner in the 60. 

Joshua Wimbley, N/A (GA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/C
Body: 5-foot-5, 120-pounds. lanky athletic
Hit: RHH. tall upright step back load smooth bat control with a short to long through plane, good rhythm with some uphill extension looking to drive ball to gap
Power: 80 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Arm: RH. INF - 67 mph. OF - 68 mph. 3/4 arm slot quick short arm
Defense: smooth athletic actions with ability to play through the ball and a clean exchange.
Run: 7.63 runner in the 60.

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