Trackman Hitting Leaders: Team Carolina Trials - Fayetteville
June 6, 2022
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On Sunday May 29th PBR of North Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at JP Riddle Stadium in Fayetteville, NC. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like NC/SC Border Battle, PBR Southeast Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, and the PBR Future Games. The event featured players from the 2023-2026 grad classes.
The day began with catchers going through a full defensive workout. Pitchers then threw a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering ball flight analytics. Following the pitchers, position players ran a laser timed 60 and also had jumping metrics recorded using Swift Technology. Position players then took batting practice on the field with Trackman collection ball flight data. The day concluded with outfielders and infielders taking part in a defensive workout.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance looking at the top performers in different categories. Look for more statistics and information to follow in the coming days.
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Trackman Hitting Data
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions. Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 98.9 mph |
2 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 94.8 mph |
3 | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 93.9 mph |
4 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 91.7 mph |
5 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 90.6 mph |
6 | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 90.4 mph |
7 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 89.1 mph |
8 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 86.9 mph |
9 | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 86.5 mph |
10 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 81.0 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact. The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 88.1 mph |
2 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 86.7 mph |
3 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 83.2 mph |
4 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 82.1 mph |
5 | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 81.7 mph |
6 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 81.5 mph |
7 | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 79.7 mph |
8 | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 78.1 mph |
9 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 77.0 mph |
10 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 76.4 mph |
PEAK DISTANCE
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (max)
1
Jeremiah McLemore
NC
Freedom Christian
2023
3B
373 ft
2
Matthew Hord
NC
Cardinal Gibbons
2023
SS
324 ft
3
Jackson Crute
NC
Corinth Holders
2023
C
324 ft
4
Jason Howe
NC
East Forsyth
2023
2B
316 ft
5
Cullen McGee
NC
Corinth Holders
2023
3B
312 ft
6
Graham Wike
NC
Corinth Holders
2023
2B
307 ft
7
Griffin Matthews
NC
Grace Christian
2023
1B
292 ft
8
Bobby Lowery
NC
St. Pauls
2023
OF
278 ft
9
Edwin Speas
NC
Pro 5 Academy
2025
SS
277 ft
10
Luke Peterson
NC
Midway
2026
C
256 ft
AVERAGE DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 226 ft |
2 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 213 ft |
3 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 208 ft |
4 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 203 ft |
5 | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 198 ft |
6 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 180 ft |
7 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 165 ft |
8 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 158 ft |
9 | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 157 ft |
10 | Luke Peterson | NC | Midway | 2026 | C | 145 ft |
HARD HIT PERCENTAGE
TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter. Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls. This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hard Hit % |
1 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 44 % |
2 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 25 % |
3 | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 20 % |
4 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 10 % |
^ | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 10 % |
5 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 8 % |
LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE
Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball. While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.
Line Drive %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Line Drive % |
1 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 75 % |
2 | Luke Peterson | NC | Midway | 2026 | C | 50 % |
3 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 46 % |
4 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 45 % |
5 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 40 % |
6 | Nelson Amaro | NC | Overhill | 2025 | 2B | 37 % |
7 | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 30 % |
^ | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 30 % |
^ | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 30 % |
8 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 20 % |
9 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 11 % |
10 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 8 % |
Ground Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
1 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 50 % |
^ | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 50 % |
2 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 46 % |
3 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 44 % |
4 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 40 % |
^ | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 40 % |
5 | Luke Peterson | NC | Midway | 2026 | C | 30 % |
6 | Cullen McGee | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 3B | 25 % |
^ | Nelson Amaro | NC | Overhill | 2025 | 2B | 25 % |
7 | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 20 % |
^ | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 20 % |
8 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 9 % |
Fly Ball &
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
1 | Edwin Speas | NC | Pro 5 Academy | 2025 | SS | 45.5 % |
2 | Jeremiah McLemore | NC | Freedom Christian | 2023 | 3B | 44.4 % |
3 | Graham Wike | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | 2B | 41.7 % |
4 | Jackson Crute | NC | Corinth Holders | 2023 | C | 40.0 % |
^ | Griffin Matthews | NC | Grace Christian | 2023 | 1B | 40.0 % |
5 | Matthew Hord | NC | Cardinal Gibbons | 2023 | SS | 30.0 % |
6 | Nelson Amaro | NC | Overhill | 2025 | 2B | 25.0 % |
7 | Connor Shoulders | NC | Dixon | 2023 | OF | 20.0 % |
^ | Bobby Lowery | NC | St. Pauls | 2023 | OF | 20.0 % |
8 | Luke Peterson | NC | Midway | 2026 | C | 10.0 % |
9 | Jason Howe | NC | East Forsyth | 2023 | 2B | 7.7 % |