Team Carolina Trials - Columbia: Blast Leaders
July 17, 2024
On Tuesday, July 2nd Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The University of South Carolina in Columbia, 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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BLAST LEADERS
MAX HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 25.4 mph |
2 | Tyler Wolfe | SC | Bluffton | 2026 | OF | 24.8 mph |
3 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 24.7 mph |
4 | Mac Raines | SC | River Bluff | 2026 | OF | 24.2 mph |
5 | Austin Catledge | SC | Buford | 2026 | C | 23.6 mph |
^ | David McElveen | SC | Ben Lippen | 2025 | 3B | 23.6 mph |
6 | Gurshen Mogen | SC | P27 Academy | 2026 | SS | 23.5 mph |
7 | Gage Petrovich | SC | River Bluff | 2027 | 1B | 23.2 mph |
8 | Myles Mayers | SC | Dutch Fork | 2026 | 2B | 23.1 mph |
9 | Preston Smith | SC | Batesburg-Leesville | 2026 | C | 23.0 mph |
10 | Caleb Waters | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | OF | 22.8 mph |
^ | Matthew Ogrzewalla | SC | Wando | 2026 | 1B | 22.8 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 24.3 mph |
2 | Tyler Wolfe | SC | Bluffton | 2026 | OF | 23.7 mph |
3 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 23.3 mph |
4 | Mac Raines | SC | River Bluff | 2026 | OF | 22.5 mph |
5 | Preston Smith | SC | Batesburg-Leesville | 2026 | C | 22.4 mph |
6 | David McElveen | SC | Ben Lippen | 2025 | 3B | 22.4 mph |
7 | Caleb Waters | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | OF | 22.0 mph |
8 | Myles Mayers | SC | Dutch Fork | 2026 | 2B | 22.0 mph |
9 | Gurshen Mogen | SC | P27 Academy | 2026 | SS | 21.9 mph |
10 | Gage Petrovich | SC | River Bluff | 2027 | 1B | 21.8 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Daniel Ebeling | SC | Philip Simmons | 2028 | C | 88.1 mph |
2 | Matthew Ogrzewalla | SC | Wando | 2026 | 1B | 78.9 mph |
3 | Ethan Solnick | SC | Catawba Ridge | 2026 | OF | 77.4 mph |
4 | Mark Allen Jr | SC | Carolina Forest | 2025 | OF | 77.1 mph |
5 | David McElveen | SC | Ben Lippen | 2025 | 3B | 76.3 mph |
6 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 76.2 mph |
7 | Jacob Pettit | SC | Nation Ford | 2025 | OF | 74.9 mph |
8 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 74.0 mph |
^ | Jackson Driver | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2026 | OF | 74.0 mph |
9 | Mac Raines | SC | River Bluff | 2026 | OF | 73.6 mph |
10 | Lincoln Hill | SC | Lexington | 2025 | C | 73.4 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Ethan Solnick | SC | Catawba Ridge | 2026 | OF | 73.5 mph |
2 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 72.0 mph |
3 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 71.6 mph |
4 | David McElveen | SC | Ben Lippen | 2025 | 3B | 71.5 mph |
5 | Matthew Ogrzewalla | SC | Wando | 2026 | 1B | 71.2 mph |
6 | Graham Coleman | SC | Lexington | 2027 | SS | 70.8 mph |
7 | Scott Graham | SC | A.C. Flora | 2026 | OF | 70.6 mph |
8 | Preston Smith | SC | Batesburg-Leesville | 2026 | C | 70.5 mph |
9 | Jackson Driver | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2026 | OF | 70.3 mph |
10 | Lincoln Hill | SC | Lexington | 2025 | C | 70.2 mph |
MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (max) |
1 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 40.0 g |
2 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 37.9 g |
3 | Tyler Wolfe | SC | Bluffton | 2026 | OF | 27.8 g |
4 | Jackson Driver | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2026 | OF | 23.0 g |
5 | Durham McEntire | SC | Landrum | 2027 | 3B | 22.8 g |
6 | Brayden Borders | SC | Lake View High | 2025 | C | 22.4 g |
7 | Jake Downing | SC | Wando | 2026 | SS | 21.2 g |
^ | Caleb Waters | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | OF | 21.2 g |
8 | Myles Mayers | SC | Dutch Fork | 2026 | 2B | 21.0 g |
9 | Austin Catledge | SC | Buford | 2026 | C | 20.9 g |
10 | Jacob Pettit | SC | Nation Ford | 2025 | OF | 20.0 g |
AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
1 | Jackson Winer | SC | Bishop England | 2025 | 1B | 34.7 g |
2 | Larson Montgomery | SC | York Comprehensive High | 2025 | RHP | 31.6 g |
3 | Tyler Wolfe | SC | Bluffton | 2026 | OF | 23.9 g |
4 | Jackson Driver | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2026 | OF | 19.4 g |
5 | Brayden Borders | SC | Lake View High | 2025 | C | 17.5 g |
6 | Austin Catledge | SC | Buford | 2026 | C | 17.1 g |
7 | Durham McEntire | SC | Landrum | 2027 | 3B | 17.0 g |
8 | Myles Mayers | SC | Dutch Fork | 2026 | 2B | 16.5 g |
9 | Caleb Waters | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | OF | 15.9 g |
10 | Gurshen Mogen | SC | P27 Academy | 2026 | SS | 15.5 g |
AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
1 | Chaplin Cox | SC | Cardinal Newman | 2026 | OF | 91 % |
2 | Cash Conner | SC | SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2028 | OF | 81 % |
3 | Caleb Waters | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | OF | 79 % |
4 | Preston Smith | SC | Batesburg-Leesville | 2026 | C | 78 % |
5 | Lucas Price | SC | A.C. Flora | 2026 | OF | 76 % |
6 | Gurshen Mogen | SC | P27 Academy | 2026 | SS | 76 % |
7 | Sam Adkins | SC | Dorman High | 2027 | 2B | 74 % |
8 | Tyler Wolfe | SC | Bluffton | 2026 | OF | 72 % |
9 | Tadg Callahan | SC | Bishop England | 2027 | OF | 70 % |
10 | Cole Harmon | SC | Aiken | 2026 | RHP | 69 % |
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