Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Trackman Hitting Leaders
June 11, 2024
On Wednesday, June 5th Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like PB Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, PB JR Future Games, PB SR Future Games and the PB Future Games. The event featured players from the 2025-2028 grad classes.
The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 60 recorded using Swift Technology, BP with TrackMan ball flight analysis, a defensive evaluation, and finished with pitcher bullpens with each pitch tracked by Trackman.
Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.
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Trackman Leaders - Hitting
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 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 95.7 mph |
2 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 94.8 mph |
3 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 93.8 mph |
4 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 93.2 mph |
5 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 93.0 mph |
6 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 91.9 mph |
7 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 91.7 mph |
8 | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 91.2 mph |
9 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 90.7 mph |
10 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 90.2 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 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 89.2 mph |
2 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 87.8 mph |
3 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 87.0 mph |
4 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 86.2 mph |
5 | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 84.7 mph |
6 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 84.5 mph |
7 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 84.4 mph |
8 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 84.4 mph |
9 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 82.7 mph |
10 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 81.7 mph |
DISTANCE OFF THE BAT
TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air. For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.
Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 363 ft |
2 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 359 ft |
3 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 359 ft |
4 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 355 ft |
5 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 347 ft |
6 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 341 ft |
7 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 340 ft |
8 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 338 ft |
9 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 334 ft |
10 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 308 ft |
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 287 ft |
2 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 285 ft |
3 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 282 ft |
4 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 277 ft |
5 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 263 ft |
6 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 259 ft |
7 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 257 ft |
8 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 248 ft |
9 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 241 ft |
10 | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 223 ft |
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 | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 61 % |
2 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 53 % |
3 | Cade Tippett | SC | Wando | 2026 | 3B | 50 % |
4 | Cameron Craft | SC | Waccamaw | 2026 | LHP | 45 % |
5 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 44 % |
6 | Cole Ivey | SC | Academic Magnet High | 2027 | 2B | 38 % |
^ | Hudson Clark | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 2B | 38 % |
7 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 37 % |
^ | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 37 % |
8 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 36 % |
9 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 35 % |
10 | Jaxson Johnson | SC | Summerville High | 2026 | 3B | 33 % |
^ | Max Kniesche | SC | Lucy Beckham | 2027 | 3B | 33 % |
^ | Hank Greene | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | 2B | 33 % |
Fly Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
1 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 72.7 % |
2 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 63.6 % |
3 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 62.5 % |
^ | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 62.5 % |
4 | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 61.5 % |
^ | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 61.5 % |
5 | Dylan Jimenez | SC | Hanahan High | 2025 | C | 58.3 % |
6 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 50.0 % |
^ | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 50.0 % |
7 | Samuel Ashley | SC | Clover | 2027 | 2B | 46.2 % |
8 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 44.4 % |
9 | Max Kniesche | SC | Lucy Beckham | 2027 | 3B | 40.0 % |
10 | Cole Ivey | SC | Academic Magnet High | 2027 | 2B | 38.5 % |
^ | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 38.5 % |
Ground Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
1 | Hank Greene | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | 2B | 60 % |
2 | Jackson Christopher | SC | Ashley Ridge | 2025 | SS | 57 % |
3 | Aiden Culler | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 41 % |
4 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 36 % |
^ | Cameron Craft | SC | Waccamaw | 2026 | LHP | 36 % |
5 | Jaxson Johnson | SC | Summerville High | 2026 | 3B | 33 % |
6 | Hudson Clark | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 2B | 30 % |
7 | Dylan Jimenez | SC | Hanahan High | 2025 | C | 25 % |
8 | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 23 % |
9 | Cade Tippett | SC | Wando | 2026 | 3B | 21 % |
10 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 18 % |
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