William
Hawks

8/6/17- 5-foot-10, 175-pound switch hitting 2-way player. #88 ranked player in IA 2018 class. 4.59 home-to-first time. LHH- leg kick trigger, lift in swing plane, works mid/away, solid contact. RHH- more compact swing, better strength, fly ball and line drive contact, 89 mph exit velocity. Active feet, sure hands, avg. footwork, decent athlete, solid accuracy and carry to bag, 84 mph arm across infield. On mound; has rhythm and tempo, lands inline to catcher, with clean compact arm action. Fastball had cut action at 77-81 mph for strikes. Slider is above avg. with tight 10/4 spin and late break. Well above avg. changeup, thrown with fastball arm speed, showing late fade.

3/5/17- 5-foot-10, 165-pound switch hitting 2-way player. 7.63 runner. From left-side; body load with short leg kick, inside out swing, works mid/away, solid line drive contact. Right-side; similar mechanics, more pull approach, works mid/pull, flashes of hard contact, 86 mph exit velocity. Active feet, plays with energy, sound glove, clean exchanges, clean arm action, accurate to bag with solid carry, 79 mph arm across infield. On mound; balanced on mound, pitchability guy, quick arm out front. Fastball was 78-80 mph; jumped out of hand well. Solid breaking ball, released out front, for strikes. Cut action on changeup.

10/16/16- 5-foot-10, 160-pound switch-hitting 2-way player. 7.44 runner. Quality setup from both sides of plate, body load, transfers weight well through swing, quiet head producing consistent solid contact, gap to gap approach, loose hands and repeats line drive swing, 86 mph exit velocity. Solid athleticism and actions in field, soft glove, is active and plays through ball, short clean arm action with quick release, 77 mph arm strength. Controlled delivery with good direction to plate, stays closed on front side, and clean repeatable arm action. Fastball was 76-78 mph, showing occasional run, for quality strikes. Repeats breaking ball well with solid 11/5 shape and depth. Changeup has fade with drop action for strikes. Follow in 2018 class.