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Junior Future Games: Team North Carolina Workout Quick Hits

July 29, 2024
Patrick Johnson
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director

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Wednesday, July 24th kicked off the 2024 Junior Future Games at Lakepoint Sports in Emerson, Georgia. 14 Players, from North Carolina make up this year's NC 14U Junior Future Games roster from the 2028 and 2029 grad classes. Below, we provide Quick Hit highlights from workout day. 

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Quick Hits

 

Logan Pearce LHP / OF / New Hanover High, NC / 2028

6'0" - 150lb frame, slightly upright stance with a wide base and short stride. Drops the barrel into the zone with an uphill swing with extension through impact producing power and natural loft to his pull side. 

 

 

 

Ellis White OF / 3B / Cox Mill, NC / 2028

 6'0" - 169lbs, athletic set up in the box, quiet hands with big linear stride creating barrel lag keeping hands inside the baseball allowing him to cover all parts of the field. 

 

 

Hunter Hedgecoe C / 3B / Terry Sanford High, NC / 2028

6'0"-175lbs, Tall upright stance, short stride with a compact swing - keeps hands inside the baseball and has some violence at impact driving balls to all corners of the diamond. 

 

 

 

Jackson Mocny C / 2B / PRO 5 Baseball Academy, NC / 2028

5'10" - 170lbs, slightly crouched stance with a flat bat over shoulder setup, heavy stride into lead leg producing power from his hips and creates natural lift with good extension out front. 

 

 

Davis Kemp 2B / SS / South Rowan High, NC / 2028

5'7" - 135lbs, shifts hands back during a toe tap load  and short stride, has some violence in his hips during swing really bracing on his front side at impact favoring pull side.

 

 

Cameron Scheele 1B / OF / Wake Forest High School, NC / 2028

5'9" - 135lbs, rhythmic timing in his hands and hips with a tall posture into a average leg lift and stride lagging the barrel into the zone keeping it on plane allowing for opposite field coverage.

 

 

Brandon Forrest 3B / SS / Davie County, NC / 2028

5'10" - 150lbs, starts upright dropping into an athletic stance during his leg lift and stride, creates power through his lower half getting to the ball out front with extension creating lift at impact. 

 

 

Levi Kerr SS / 3B / Marvin Ridge, NC / 2028

6'3" - 185lbs, tall relaxed stance from the imposing lefty, shifts weight back into a longer stride forward with toe pointing down, keeps hands inside getting full extension through empact. Has power with a top exit velocity of 89.0mph and a max bat speed of 73.4mph.

 

 

Jahmeer Damon SS / 3B / Eugene Ashley High, NC / 2028

5'8" - 144lbs, runs well clipping a 7.25sec sixty yard dash, relaxed stance from the right side starting with bat on shoulder, very short toe tap type load, gets extension through impact and creates loft. Max exit velocity of 77.4mph.

 

 

Garrett Dietmeyer RHP / C / Homeschool (NC), NC / 2029

 5'9" - 145lbs, upright stance from the right side, high hands with bat waggle ryhthm into long stride with out front contact and extension with pop, 82.5mph max exit velocity. 74mph arm from the infield, 67mph down to second sitting in the 2.19-2.28 pop time range. 

 

Connor Simpson SS / OF / Marvin Ridge, NC / 2028

5'11" - 165lbs athletic frame from the right handed hitting and throwing Simpson. Queit stance, has a vertical barrel and covers the plate finishing out front with extension and balance throughout his swing, has power to the gaps with a max exit velocity of 83.2mph. 

 

 

Jake Schoch 2B / RHP / Millbrook High, NC / 2028

5'9" - 153lbs, smooth lefty swing has slight bat wiggle before leg lift and stride, keeps hands inside and has feel for the barrel, powerful move through backside and hips allowing for extension through impact, max exit velocity of 81.5mph.

 

 

Matthew Wright SS / 3B / West Forsyth, NC / 2028

5'10" - 160lb athlete, sure hands on the diamond and a strong arm with an infield velo of 72mph. Moves well and covers ground, ran a laser timed 7.38sec sixty yard dash. Slightly open stance from the right side, toe tap load, has feel for the barrel and keeps hands inside. 

 

 

Aiden Harrist RHP / 1B / Metrolina Christian Academy, NC / 2028

6'0" - 170lb strong frame, creates power from the right side, toe tap load keeping hands inside the baseball with slight uphill swing, max exit velocity of 83.2mph. Strong arm across the diamond firign a 75mph bullet.