Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Stat Story
January 31, 2023
Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID on January 18th featuring 46 players from the 2023 class to a few up-and-coming 2027 grads. The event featured the traditional showcase metrics as well as data collected by Trackman, Blast Motion, and the Swift lasers for the 60 times. Today we take a look at the top leaders in the traditional stat leaders from the event with looks at the top 60 times, top fastball velocities, top positional velocities, and top pop times. Be on the lookout in the coming days as we take more looks at the event with deeper dives into the data collected at the event.
Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here
TOP 60 TIMES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
| 1 | Logan English | AR | Alma | 2026 | 2B | 6.87 s |
| 2 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 7.07 s |
| 3 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 7.25 s |
| 4 | Alexander Salter | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | 7.29 s |
| 5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 7.48 s |
| 6 | Noah Abdullah | AR | Rogers | 2025 | OF | 7.53 s |
| ^ | Carson Smith | AR | Fayetteville | 2025 | 2B | 7.53 s |
TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 84.4 mph |
| 2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 83.7 mph |
| 3 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 83.1 mph |
| 4 | Dillon Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | LHP | 83.0 mph |
| 5 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 81.2 mph |
| 6 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 80.6 mph |
TOP EXIT VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 92.1 mph |
| 2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 90.8 mph |
| 3 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 90.4 mph |
| 4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 89.9 mph |
| 5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 89.9 mph |
| 6 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 89.8 mph |
TOP INFIELD VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
| 1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 82 |
| 2 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 80 |
| ^ | David Rodriguez III | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 80 |
| 3 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 79 |
| ^ | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 79 |
| 4 | Alexander Salter | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | 78 |
| ^ | Andrew Lind | AR | Springdale | 2024 | 3B | 78 |
| 5 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 77 |
| ^ | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 77 |
| 6 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 76 |
TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
| 1 | Alexander Salter | AR | SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | 82 |
| 2 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 81 |
| 3 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 80 |
| 4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 79 |
| 5 | Noah Abdullah | AR | Rogers | 2025 | OF | 75 |
| ^ | Ace DeWese | AR | Pulaski Academy | 2026 | LHP | 75 |
| 6 | Benjamin Quinlan | AR | Har-Ber | 2025 | OF | 71 |
TOP CATCHER VELOCITIES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
| 1 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 75 |
| ^ | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 75 |
| 2 | Jon Ribar | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 73 |
| 3 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | C | 72 |
| 4 | Carson Smith | AR | Fayetteville | 2025 | 2B | 71 |
| 5 | Connor Davis | AR | Bentonville | 2026 | 3B | 70 |
| 6 | Logan Renfro | AR | Heritage | 2026 | C | 69 |
| ^ | Levi Driggs | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | C | 69 |
TOP POP TIMES
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
| 1 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | C | 2.05-2.12 |
| 2 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 2.12-2.18 |
| 3 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 2.15-2.20 |
| 4 | Connor Davis | AR | Bentonville | 2026 | 3B | 2.17-2.19 |
| 5 | Carson Smith | AR | Fayetteville | 2025 | 2B | 2.18-2.22 |
| 6 | Reeves Aunspaugh | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | C | 2.20-2.36 |
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