Natural State Games: Trackman Hitting Files
October 20, 2023
Prep Baseball Arkansas hosted the annual Natural State Games on October 15th in Conway Arkansas at the University of Central Arkansas. The Natural State Games featured 44 players from all across the state with players coming from the 2024 class to a couple up and coming prospects in the 2027 class. The event featured laser timed 60s, BP rounds with data collected by Trackman and Blast Motion, defensive evaluations with arm strength metrics, and finished up with live hitters vs pitchers with the pitching data collected by Trackman. Today we breakdown the top hitting metrics in data captured during BP with eyes on the top exit velos, distances traveled, sweet spot percentages, line drive percentages, and hard hit percentages.
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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Landon Schaefer | AR | Fayetteville High School | 2025 | SS | 100.6 mph |
| 2 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 99.0 mph |
| 3 | Nash Jeffus | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 97.8 mph |
| 4 | Peyton Coffman | AR | Russellville | 2024 | C | 96.5 mph |
| 5 | Easton Baldridge | AR | Westside | 2024 | 3B | 94.3 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
| 1 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 92.4 mph |
| 2 | Landon Schaefer | AR | Fayetteville High School | 2025 | SS | 91.8 mph |
| 3 | Nash Jeffus | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 88.0 mph |
| 4 | Caleb Johnson | AR | Vilonia | 2025 | C | 87.5 mph |
| 5 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 87.0 mph |
MAX DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Dylan Gibson | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 364 ft |
| 2 | Nash Jeffus | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 360 ft |
| 3 | Caleb Johnson | AR | Vilonia | 2025 | C | 357 ft |
| 4 | Landon Schaefer | AR | Fayetteville High School | 2025 | SS | 351 ft |
| 5 | Easton Baldridge | AR | Westside | 2024 | 3B | 347 ft |
AVERAGE DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Nash Jeffus | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 271 ft |
| 2 | Cannon McCoy | AR | Fayetteville | 2027 | OF | 234 ft |
| 3 | Max Holland | AR | CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | C | 234 ft |
| 4 | Nathan Otis | AR | Central Arkansas Christian | 2024 | C | 229 ft |
| 5 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 228 ft |
SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Sweet Spot % |
| 1 | Carter Morris | AR | Fayetteville | 2025 | OF | 75 % |
| ^ | Easton Baldridge | AR | Westside | 2024 | 3B | 75 % |
| 2 | Jaxon Helton | AR | Fayetteville | 2026 | LHP | 71 % |
| 3 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 66 % |
| 4 | Max Holland | AR | CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | C | 64 % |
| ^ | Madden Tatum | AR | Valley View | 2026 | 3B | 64 % |
| ^ | Cooper Bode | AR | BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | OF | 64 % |
| ^ | Landon Schaefer | AR | Fayetteville High School | 2025 | SS | 64 % |
| 5 | Caleb Johnson | AR | Vilonia | 2025 | C | 61 % |
| ^ | Drew Crowley | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | LHP | 61 % |
LINE DRIVE PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Line Drive % |
| 1 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 66 % |
| 2 | Jaxon Helton | AR | Fayetteville | 2026 | LHP | 57 % |
| ^ | Madden Tatum | AR | Valley View | 2026 | 3B | 57 % |
| 3 | Carter Morris | AR | Fayetteville | 2025 | OF | 50 % |
| 4 | Major Jackson | AR | Pulaski Academy | 2026 | OF | 46 % |
| 5 | Easton Baldridge | AR | Westside | 2024 | 3B | 45 % |
HARD HIT PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hard Hit % |
| 1 | Landon Schaefer | AR | Fayetteville High School | 2025 | SS | 71 % |
| 2 | Shaun Cover | AR | Conway | 2026 | C | 66 % |
| 3 | Nash Jeffus | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | OF | 61 % |
| 4 | Dylan Gibson | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 58 % |
| 5 | Caleb Johnson | AR | Vilonia | 2025 | C | 46 % |