Prep Baseball Report

Central Arkansas Preseason ID: Hitter's Data Dive


Arkansas Staff

Prep Baseball Arkansas made it's first stop on the Preseason Tour, starting with the Central Arkansas Preseason ID on Saturday January 20th.  The event featured prospects from the senior class all the way to some up-and-coming 2028 grads.  The event featured laser-timed 30's, BP with Trackman and Blast Motion metrics, defensive evaluations with radar gun readings, bullpen sessions with Trackman, and vizual edge testing.  Today we dive into the top hitting metric leaders captured by Trackman and Blast Motion.  We gather all the ball flight data with exit velos and more from the Trackman and take a look at some of the top swing metrics gathered by Blast Motion sensors.

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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 97.9 mph
2 Damarrion Kye AR Watson Chapel 2024 RHP 93.3 mph
3 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 92.6 mph
4 Jacob Murray AR Cabot 2026 SS 92.2 mph
5 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 92.1 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 88.9 mph
2 Beau Williams AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 87.1 mph
3 Jacob Murray AR Cabot 2026 SS 85.7 mph
4 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 85.5 mph
5 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 82.4 mph

MAX DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 329 ft
2 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 328 ft
3 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 310 ft
4 Nathan Johnston AR JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL 2026 SS 307 ft
5 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 307 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 250 ft
2 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 227 ft
3 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 224 ft
4 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 208 ft
5 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 208 ft

SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 92 %
2 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 87 %
3 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 81 %
4 Noah Matheson AR Sheridan 2027 SS 75 %
5 Xander Stone AR CONWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 SS 73 %

LINE DRIVE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Tate Hall AR WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 81 %
2 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 64 %
3 Damarrion Kye AR Watson Chapel 2024 RHP 58 %
4 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 56 %
5 Noah Matheson AR Sheridan 2027 SS 50 %

TOP HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 24.1 mph
2 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 24.0 mph
3 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 23.1 mph
4 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 21.8 mph
5 Mcervin Bagby AR Watson Chapel 2025 2B 21.6 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 23.1 mph
2 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 22.3 mph
3 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 21.3 mph
4 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 20.9 mph
5 Beau Williams AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 20.8 mph

TOP BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 79.7 mph
2 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 76.5 mph
3 Damarrion Kye AR Watson Chapel 2024 RHP 73.5 mph
4 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 72.3 mph
5 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 71.2 mph
^ CJ Bryant AR JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL 2026 C 71.2 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Cole Berry AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 74.9 mph
2 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 71.2 mph
3 Max Conine AR Pulaski Academy 2026 3B 69.5 mph
4 Beau Williams AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 69.0 mph
5 Jacob Murray AR Cabot 2026 SS 68.6 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 28.6 g
2 Reed Baker AR Lakeside 2027 RHP 25.5 g
3 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 23.9 g
4 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 23.5 g
5 Xander Stone AR CONWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 SS 21.5 g
^ Mcervin Bagby AR Watson Chapel 2025 2B 21.5 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 25.6 g
2 Justin Young AR Little Rock Central 2025 RHP 20.5 g
3 Reed Baker AR Lakeside 2027 RHP 20.1 g
4 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 19.9 g
5 Mcervin Bagby AR Watson Chapel 2025 2B 17.1 g

ON PLANE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Brooks Hipp AR Westside Greers Ferry 2026 SS 86 %
2 Noah Matheson AR Sheridan 2027 SS 81 %
3 Beau Williams AR ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 81 %
4 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 80 %
5 Cason Green AR RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2028 RHP 80 %

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