Prep Baseball Report

2024 Year in Review: Breaking Ball Spin


Cam Black-Araujo
Western Operations

2024 was the first full-year that Prep Baseball Hawaii operated and it was a monumental year as we hosted over 300 players at showcases within Hawaii. Beyond the in-state events, our staff was able to select top uncommitted players in the State to attend national events such as the Future Games, Senior Future Games, Junior Future Games and West Coast Games.

All of these showcases and national events allowed our Prep Baseball Hawaii staff to collect metrics and data on each of these players, giving ourselves and evaluators a little more insight on what each prospect brings to the table. With all of those metrics, our staff will begin to break down some of the top metrics collected through our tech partners TrackMan, Blast Motion, VALD Performance and Vizual Edge.

Today, we will continue our 2024 Year in Review as we take a look at the top 15 Breaking Ball Spin Rates (via TrackMan) collected in each of the 2025 - 2027 classes, followed by plenty more of these leaderboards over the next several weeks.

To view 2024 event results, click here.
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CLASS OF 2025

Rank  Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Elai Iwanaga HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 RHP 3041 rpm
2 Jordan Lowery HI Maryknoll 2025 RHP 2814 rpm
3 Logan Sanchez HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 LHP 2713 rpm
4 Kai Hirayama HI Mililani 2025 LHP 2632 rpm
5 Cade Watson HI Punahou 2025 RHP 2532 rpm
^ Alaka'i Kiakona HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 LHP 2532 rpm
7 Kainoa Kaneshiro HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 RHP 2496 rpm
8 Tyler Okihiro HI Mid Pacific Institute 2025 LHP 2445 rpm
9 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 2428 rpm
10 Greyson Osbun HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 RHP 2412 rpm
11 Kole Maeda HI Mililani 2025 RHP 2386 rpm
12 Dayton Shimatsu HI Kamehameha Kapalama 2025 RHP 2363 rpm
13 Bryson Toner HI Kaiser 2025 RHP 2344 rpm
14 Kaysen Abara HI 'Iolani 2025 RHP 2321 rpm
15 Halona Felix HI Pearl City 2025 RHP 2299 rpm

CLASS OF 2026

Rank  Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Murray Brown HI Seabury Hall 2026 LHP 2773 rpm
2 Charlie Ushijima HI 'Iolani 2026 RHP 2612 rpm
3 Ha’aheo Kailikini HI Waimea 2026 3B 2540 rpm
4 Hurley Soong HI Waiakea 2026 SS 2511 rpm
5 Carter Agan HI Mid-Pacific Institute 2026 1B 2478 rpm
6 Kanoa Arakawa HI Kamehameha 2026 LHP 2428 rpm
7 Colten Amai Nakagawa HI University Lab 2026 LHP 2390 rpm
8 Rykur Lee HI Waimea 2026 2B 2298 rpm
9 Aycen Fernandez HI Saint Louis 2026 RHP 2271 rpm
10 Michael Kaiea Mullalley HI Kihei Charter School 2026 RHP 2251 rpm
11 Luke Takakuwa-Holtey HI Mid-Pacific Institute 2026 LHP 2222 rpm
12 Kaden Anderson HI Henry Perrine Baldwin 2026 OF 2210 rpm
13 Kaikoa Nobriga HI Kamehameha Hawaii 2026 OF 2125 rpm
14 Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea 2026 OF 2123 rpm
15 Dustin Dawson HI 'Iolani 2026 3B 2083 rpm

CLASS OF 2027

Rank  Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Jack Geier HI Punahou 2027 1B 3048 rpm
2 Logen Doran HI Waiakea High School 2027 RHP 2767 rpm
3 Kallen Kameoka HI Moanalua 2027 RHP 2700 rpm
4 Kekahupono Kong HI Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus 2027 RHP 2648 rpm
5 Peyton Lum HI Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus 2027 3B 2616 rpm
6 Jonah Yacap HI James Campbell 2027 SS 2205 rpm
7 Kendrick-Allen Stevens HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2027 RHP 2135 rpm
8 Cameron Mateo HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 2035 rpm
9 Lucas O'Brien HI Kalaheo 2027 RHP 1995 rpm
10 David Englar HI Waipahu 2027 C 1919 rpm

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