Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - Columbia: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

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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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 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 102.1 mph
2 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 95.9 mph
3 Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 95.3 mph
4 Gavin Reynolds SC Lewisville High 2025 1B 94.0 mph
5 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 93.8 mph
6 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 93.6 mph
7 Cole Harmon SC Aiken 2026 RHP 93.2 mph
8 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 93.0 mph
9 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 92.9 mph
10 Jacob Pettit SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 92.3 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 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 89.0 mph
2 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 87.8 mph
3 Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 86.6 mph
4 Graham Coleman SC Lexington 2027 SS 86.6 mph
5 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 86.1 mph
6 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 85.2 mph
7 Lucas Price SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 85.2 mph
8 Gavin Reynolds SC Lewisville High 2025 1B 84.3 mph
9 Jake Downing SC Wando 2026 SS 84.3 mph
10 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 84.3 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 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 393 ft
2 Graham Coleman SC Lexington 2027 SS 359 ft
3 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 352 ft
4 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 352 ft
5 Cole Harmon SC Aiken 2026 RHP 351 ft
6 Gavin Reynolds SC Lewisville High 2025 1B 350 ft
7 Lucas Price SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 346 ft
8 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 342 ft
9 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 335 ft
10 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 327 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Lucas Price SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 300 ft
2 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 290 ft
3 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 281 ft
4 Gavin Reynolds SC Lewisville High 2025 1B 272 ft
5 Chance Weathersbee SC Fox Creek High 2025 C 270 ft
6 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 257 ft
7 Daniel Ebeling SC Philip Simmons High 2028 C 255 ft
8 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 251 ft
9 Brannon Cunningham SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2027 1B 248 ft
10 Chaplin Cox SC Cardinal Newman 2026 OF 247 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 Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 75 %
2 Cash Conner SC SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2028 OF 72 %
3 Braden Yarbrough SC Laurens 2026 SS 66 %
^ Gavin Reynolds SC Lewisville High 2025 1B 66 %
4 Logan Durrell SC Lugoff-Elgin High 2027 OF 63 %
5 Brayden Borders SC Lake View High 2025 C 61 %
6 Jake Downing SC Wando 2026 SS 54 %
7 Alex Myers SC Blythewood High 2025 SS 50 %
^ Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 50 %
8 Jacob Pettit SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 45 %
9 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 44 %
^ Austin Catledge SC Buford 2026 C 44 %
10 Sam Adkins SC Dorman High 2027 2B 41 %

Fly Ball %

 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Chance Weathersbee SC Fox Creek High 2025 C 90.0 %
2 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 71.4 %
3 Brannon Cunningham SC Legion Collegiate Academy 2027 1B 66.7 %
^ Tadg Callahan SC Bishop England 2027 OF 66.7 %
^ Chaplin Cox SC Cardinal Newman 2026 OF 66.7 %
4 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 60.0 %
5 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 58.3 %
6 Lucas Price SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 57.1 %
7 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 55.6 %
8 Daniel Ebeling SC Philip Simmons High 2028 C 50.0 %
^ David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 50.0 %
9 Lincoln Hill SC Lexington 2025 C 46.2 %
10 Durham McEntire SC Landrum 2027 3B 45.5 %
^ Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 45.5 %

Ground Ball %

 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Mark Allen Jr SC Carolina Forest 2025 OF 50 %
^ Cooper Penfield SC Blythewood 2027 2B 50 %
^ Dylan Brinker SC Porter-Gaud 2027 OF 50 %
2 Austin Catledge SC Buford 2026 C 44 %
^ Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 44 %
^ Graham Coleman SC Lexington 2027 SS 44 %
3 Caleb Cox SC Mauldin 2027 C 41 %
4 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 40 %
5 Scott Graham SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 37 %
6 Sam Adkins SC Dorman High 2027 2B 33 %
^ Kasen Williams SC North Myrtle Beach 2025 C 33 %
7 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 27 %
^ Jake Downing SC Wando 2026 SS 27 %
^ Jacob Pettit SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 27 %
8 Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 25 %
^ Mac Raines SC River Bluff 2026 OF 25 %
9 Myles Mayers SC Dutch Fork 2026 2B 23 %
10 Cole Harmon SC Aiken 2026 RHP 22 %