Prep Baseball Report

Okotoks Dawgs Scout Day: TrackMan Hitting Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, PBR Canada

On Tuesday, March 28th, PBR Canada's staff headed to Okotoks to host our first ever Scout Day with the Okotoks Dawgs. We had roughly 70 players on hand from the 2023 - 2028 classes with 18 committed players on hand, including eight of them at the Division I level.

Not only was their plenty of committed talent on hand, but there was a slew of high-end uncommitted players in the upperclass group as well as some intriguing underclassmen who will be on the scene for several years to come. With the event now completed and stats populated, we will now break down everything we saw at the event with defensive leaderboards, TrackMan hitting and pitching leaders and Quick Hits which will provide scouting notes and video on the standouts.

Our TrackMan was utilized throughout the event for batting practice metrics, as well as bullpens to gather advanced data on players. Beyond that, players ran through defensive evaluations with positional velocities and pop-times recorded.

Below, we continue to break down everything from the event with a look at the top TrackMan hitting data and metrics from batting practice at the event.

To view Event Results, click here.
To view Defensive Leaderboards, click here.
To view Upperclass Quick Hits, click here.
To view TrackMan Pitching Leaders, click here.

To view upcoming events, click here.

OKOTOKS DAWGS SCOUT DAY | TRACKMAN HITTING LEADERS

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Top Hitting Statistical Performers in each category tracked by TrackMan 

Peak Exit Velocity - 101.8MPH | 3B/RHP Benito Bonilla - 2024 | Uncommitted
Avg. Exit Velocity - 97.1MPH | C Jacob Wrubleski - 2023 | Chandler-Gilbert
Peak Distance -  385 ft. | 3B/RHP Benito Bonilla - 2024 | Uncommitted
Avg. Distance - 265 ft. | 3B/RHP Benito Bonilla - 2024 | Uncommitted
Sweet Spot % - 100 % | Justin Boisjoly, Chase Logan, Landon Knight, Jimmy Dionne, Kingston Besuijen, Edmond Griffin
Line Drive % - 60 % | SS Justin Boisjoly - 2026 | Uncommitted

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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Benito Bonilla AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 1B 101.8 mph
2 Jacob Wrubleski AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 C 101.2 mph
3 Leo Cote AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 3B 99.5 mph
4 Landon Kauffman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 97.8 mph
5 Brandon Paez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 96.7 mph
6 LANDON KNIGHT AB OKOTOKS DAWGS ACADEMY 2024 2B 95.5 mph
7 Eric Machej AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 95.3 mph
8 Declan Spooner AB Foothills Composite 2025 C 95.0 mph
9 Ned Ceklic AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 3B 94.7 mph
10 Eric Hartman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 94.1 mph

AVG EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Jacob Wrubleski AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 C 97.1 mph
2 LANDON KNIGHT AB OKOTOKS DAWGS ACADEMY 2024 2B 93.0 mph
3 Eric Hartman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 90.5 mph
4 Benito Bonilla AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 1B 90.4 mph
5 Brandon Paez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 89.7 mph
6 Declan Spooner AB Foothills Composite 2025 C 89.7 mph
7 Tyler Hummel AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 89.4 mph
8 Ned Ceklic AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 3B 88.7 mph
9 Cam Gerla AB Dawgs Academy 2025 1B 88.6 mph
10 Landon Kauffman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 88.3 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Benito Bonilla AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 1B 385 ft
2 Jacob Wrubleski AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 C 367 ft
3 Hunter Jobs AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 OF 352 ft
4 Leo Cote AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 3B 344 ft
5 Ned Ceklic AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 3B 343 ft
6 Eric Hartman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 337 ft
7 Eric Machej AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 325 ft
8 Brandon Paez AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 323 ft
9 Jimmy Dionne QC Seminaire Saint-Francois 2023 LHP 319 ft
10 Tyler Hummel AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 315 ft

AVG DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Benito Bonilla AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 1B 326 ft
2 Eric Hartman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 313 ft
3 Jacob Wrubleski AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 C 277 ft
4 Cal Schmid AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 2B 263 ft
5 Leo Cote AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 3B 258 ft
6 Louis-Felix Anderson AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 C 256 ft
7 LANDON KNIGHT AB OKOTOKS DAWGS ACADEMY 2024 2B 255 ft
8 Spencer Gordon AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2026 1B 247 ft
9 Ned Ceklic AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2023 3B 247 ft
10 Eric Machej AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 SS 244 ft

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Justin Boisjoly FL TNXL Academy 2026 SS 100 %
^ Chase Logan AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 C 100 %
^ LANDON KNIGHT AB OKOTOKS DAWGS ACADEMY 2024 2B 100 %
^ Jimmy Dionne QC Seminaire Saint-Francois 2023 LHP 100 %
^ Kingston Besuijen AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 3B 100 %
^ Edmond Griffin AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2027 C 100 %
2 Turner Zdunich AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 87 %
3 Sebastian Cazorla AB Okotoks Dawgs 2024 OF 85 %
^ Landon Kauffman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 85 %
4 Ty Gertner AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 83 %
^ Alex Machej AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2026 SS 83 %
^ Nick Mackwood AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 1B 83 %
^ Van Norsworthy AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 SS 83 %
^ Cam Gerla AB Dawgs Academy 2025 1B 83 %

LINE DRIVE %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Justin Boisjoly FL TNXL Academy 2026 SS 100 %
2 Ty Gertner AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 83 %
^ Nick Mackwood AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 1B 83 %
^ Cam Gerla AB Dawgs Academy 2025 1B 83 %
3 Kingston Besuijen AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 3B 80 %
^ LANDON KNIGHT AB OKOTOKS DAWGS ACADEMY 2024 2B 80 %
4 Hayden Galvin AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 2B 75 %
^ Cas Herold AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2025 C 75 %
^ Turner Zdunich AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 75 %
5 Landon Kauffman AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 OF 71 %
^ Chase Logan AB Okotoks Dawgs Academy 2024 C 71 %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 Lethbridge Spring Open ID AB 04/27 Prairie Baseball Academy
2023 Best of the West (PBR Canada Selects) AB 05/03 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2023 Calgary Blues Scout Day AB 05/12 Optimist Athletic Park (Calgary)
2023 Calgary Future Games Trials AB 06/15 Seaman Stadium (Okotoks)
2023 Calgary Summer Open AB 07/12 Webber Academy Athletic Park
PBR Junior Future Games NATIONAL 07/25 LakePoint


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