Prep Baseball Report

Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Hitter's Data Dive


Arkansas Staff

Prep Baseball Arkansas continues the Preseason circuit across the Natural State with a stop at the Strike Zone Training Academy in Rogers for the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID.  The event featured talent from the 2025, 2026, and 2027 classes and took part in a pro-style workout that featured BP sessions with Trackman and Blast Motion data, defensive evaluations with radar gun readings and pop times, laser-timed 30's with Swift, and finished off with bullpens and the Trackman data on ball flight.  With the help from our partners at Trackman and Blast Motion, we take a look at the top performers in all the ball flight and swing data from the hitters.

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PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 95.5 mph
2 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 94.9 mph
3 Andres Javier (AJ) Ylanan AR Shiloh Christian School 2026 SS 91.3 mph
4 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 91.1 mph
5 Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 91.0 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 87.9 mph
2 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 87.1 mph
3 Bowen Gillison AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 1B 85.8 mph
4 Andres Javier (AJ) Ylanan AR Shiloh Christian School 2026 SS 84.9 mph
5 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 82.0 mph

MAX DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 352 ft
2 Bowen Gillison AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 1B 339 ft
3 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 315 ft
4 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 301 ft
5 Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 297 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Noah Smith AR Fayetteville East 2025 SS 223 ft
2 Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 193 ft
3 Ty Holt AR GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 189 ft
4 Bowen Gillison AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 1B 187 ft
5 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 184 ft

SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 83 %
2 Cade Campbell AR Bentonville 2026 SS 81 %
3 Cooper Webb AR Greenwood 2027 OF 75 %
4 Ty Holt AR GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 70 %
5 Noah Smith AR Fayetteville East 2025 SS 68 %

LINE DRIVE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 64 %
2 Cade Campbell AR Bentonville 2026 SS 62 %
^ Cooper Webb AR Greenwood 2027 OF 62 %
3 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 60 %
4 Ty Holt AR GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 2027 C 58 %
5 Noah Smith AR Fayetteville East 2025 SS 50 %
^ Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 50 %

TOP HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 25.0 mph
2 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 24.0 mph
3 Cade Campbell AR Bentonville 2026 SS 23.1 mph
4 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 22.8 mph
5 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 21.4 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 22.2 mph
2 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 21.9 mph
3 Cade Campbell AR Bentonville 2026 SS 21.6 mph
4 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 21.5 mph
5 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 20.7 mph

TOP BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 73.1 mph
2 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 72.6 mph
3 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 71.1 mph
^ Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 71.1 mph
4 Cannon McCoy AR Fayetteville 2027 OF 70.0 mph
5 Bowen Gillison AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 1B 68.2 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 69.1 mph
2 Cannon McCoy AR Fayetteville 2027 OF 67.7 mph
3 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 67.3 mph
4 Merick Cooper Cothran AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 67.0 mph
5 Cohen Beach AR Shiloh Christian 2027 C 66.8 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Cannon McCoy AR Fayetteville 2027 OF 30.1 g
2 Ty Freeman AR Greenwood 2027 OF 24.3 g
3 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 23.6 g
4 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 23.2 g
5 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 21.4 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Cannon McCoy AR Fayetteville 2027 OF 25.4 g
2 Ty Freeman AR Greenwood 2027 OF 21.5 g
3 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 21.2 g
4 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 19.0 g
5 Jacob Maynard AR SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2027 3B 17.7 g

ON PLANE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Caleb Winberry AR Shiloh Christian 2026 1B 88 %
2 Christian Brock MO Webb City 2024 1B 84 %
3 Dalton Murphree AR Bentonville West 2024 OF 82 %
4 Cade Campbell AR Bentonville 2026 SS 82 %
5 Jacob Foster AR West Fork 2025 C 80 %

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