Thu February 2, 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 hitting data collected by the Trackman. 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
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
| 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 |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
| 1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 86.4 mph |
| 2 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 82.0 mph |
| 3 | Jacob Maynard | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2027 | 3B | 81.7 mph |
| 4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 81.3 mph |
| 5 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 80.9 mph |
MAX DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 316 ft |
| 2 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 315 ft |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 306 ft |
| 4 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 302 ft |
| 5 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 298 ft |
AVERAGE DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 238 ft |
| 2 | Waylon Fletcher | AR | Pea Ridge | 2025 | SS | 216 ft |
| 3 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 214 ft |
| 4 | Elijah Nester | AR | Bentonville West | 2026 | 2B | 213 ft |
| 5 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 212 ft |
SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Sweet Spot % |
| 1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 85 % |
| 2 | Waylon Fletcher | AR | Pea Ridge | 2025 | SS | 76 % |
| 3 | Elijah Nester | AR | Bentonville West | 2026 | 2B | 75 % |
| ^ | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 75 % |
| ^ | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 75 % |
| 4 | Dylan Higgins | AR | Berryville | 2023 | 2B | 62 % |
| 5 | Jack Burns | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 61 % |
LINE DRIVE PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Line Drive % |
| 1 | Jacob Price | AR | Van Buren | 2024 | 1B | 58 % |
| 2 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 57 % |
| 3 | Benjamin Quinlan | AR | Har-Ber | 2025 | OF | 50 % |
| ^ | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 50 % |
| ^ | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 50 % |
| 4 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | 45 % | |
| ^ | Caleb Carte | AR | Prairie Grove | 2025 | SS | 45 % |
| 5 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 41 % |
| ^ | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 41 % |
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