St. Louis Open: Hitting Leaderboard
June 19, 2023
On Tuesday, June 13th, the PBR Missouri and Illinois staff converged on the campus of Saint Louis University to host the annual St. Louis Open. This event was open to all 2024-to-2027 graduates and, like all PBR events, served as an identifier for future invite-only events, such as our Top Prospect Games and the PBR Future Games.
To see a full list of the players that attended this event, click HERE.
Shortly after the event’s conclusion, our staff published the day’s stat leaders, highlighting a handful of names who put up numbers across the board. You can find that by clicking HERE.
We then highlighted a handful of the day’s standouts inside our ‘Quick Hits’ story, which you can read HERE.
Today, with the help of our partners at TrackMan and Blast Motion, we’ve compiled leaderboards to highlight which names had the most impressive batted ball data, as well as swing metrics, too. You’ll find those leaders, below.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 104.6 mph |
2 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 101.2 mph |
3 | Brennan Nickerson | MO | Parkway south | 2024 | 3B | 99.5 mph |
4 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 97.2 mph |
5 | Cruz Harlan | IL | Centralia | 2024 | SS | 97.0 mph |
6 | Gavin Bradley | MO | Eureka | 2024 | C | 95.6 mph |
7 | Matthew Maue | IL | Columbia | 2024 | 2B | 95.4 mph |
8 | Brendan Pyle | MO | Fort Zumwalt West High School | 2026 | 3B | 93.3 mph |
9 | Chase Alwardt | IL | Edwardsville | 2024 | 1B | 93.3 mph |
10 | Mason Marshall | IL | Glenwood | 2025 | OF | 93.1 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 91.2 mph |
2 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 88.1 mph |
3 | Brennan Nickerson | MO | Parkway south | 2024 | 3B | 87.9 mph |
4 | Ethan Heller | IL | Beardstown | 2025 | C | 87.4 mph |
5 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 87.0 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 370 ft |
2 | Brennan Nickerson | MO | Parkway south | 2024 | 3B | 370 ft |
3 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 353 ft |
4 | Ethan Heller | IL | Beardstown | 2025 | C | 348 ft |
5 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 338 ft |
6 | Brendan Pyle | MO | Fort Zumwalt West High School | 2026 | 3B | 330 ft |
7 | Chase Alwardt | IL | Edwardsville | 2024 | 1B | 328 ft |
8 | Cruz Harlan | IL | Centralia | 2024 | SS | 326 ft |
9 | Nick Miller | MO | ST JOHN VIANNEY HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 321 ft |
10 | Gavin Bradley | MO | Eureka | 2024 | C | 319 ft |
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Nick Miller | MO | ST JOHN VIANNEY HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 257 ft |
2 | Brendan Pyle | MO | Fort Zumwalt West High School | 2026 | 3B | 252 ft |
3 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 246 ft |
4 | Chase Alwardt | IL | Edwardsville | 2024 | 1B | 244 ft |
5 | Cruz Harlan | IL | Centralia | 2024 | SS | 243 ft |
PEAK HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 26.1 mph |
2 | Jackson Connoyer | IL | Quincy Notre Dame | 2026 | RHP | 25.9 mph |
^ | Gage Hollands | MO | Nevada | 2025 | OF | 25.9 mph |
3 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 25.2 mph |
4 | Matthew Maue | IL | Columbia | 2024 | 2B | 24.8 mph |
5 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 24.2 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Jackson Connoyer | IL | Quincy Notre Dame | 2026 | RHP | 24.5 mph |
2 | Gage Hollands | MO | Nevada | 2025 | OF | 24.5 mph |
3 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 24.0 mph |
4 | Matthew Maue | IL | Columbia | 2024 | 2B | 23.6 mph |
5 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 23.2 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Brennan Nickerson | MO | Parkway south | 2024 | 3B | 83.0 mph |
2 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 80.6 mph |
3 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 77.8 mph |
4 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 76.9 mph |
5 | Matthew Maue | IL | Columbia | 2024 | 2B | 76.5 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Brennan Nickerson | MO | Parkway south | 2024 | 3B | 77.6 mph |
2 | Jack Roessler | IL | Waterloo | 2024 | RHP | 76.4 mph |
3 | Hayden Bernreuter | IL | Triad | 2025 | OF | 74.1 mph |
4 | Matthew Maue | IL | Columbia | 2024 | 2B | 73.4 mph |
5 | Jake Stedman | IL | Belleville West | 2024 | SS | 72.7 mph |
For a look at all the statistics collected from this event, click HERE.
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