Prep Baseball Report

Hilo Preseason ID: Statistical Analysis


Cam Black-Araujo
Hawaii Operations

On Saturday, January 6th, the PBR Hawaii staff hosted it's first event of the calendar year with the Hilo Preseason ID at Wong Stadium in Hilo, Hawaii. This event featured 43 prospects from the 2024 - 2028 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look and analysis of the players in attendance.

Earlier this week we began our post-event coverage with our 'Quick Hits' article and today we'll start our deep dive into the data collected at this event within this Statistical Analysis story. Over the next couple of days we’ll be diving deeper into all of the data we collected rolling out even more coverage from the event.

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Ty Fujii HI Waiakea 2025 OF 7.10 s
2 Jesse Inouye HI Waiakea High School 2026 2B 7.14 s
3 Legend Lancaster HI Hilo High School 2024 3B 7.24 s
4 Isaac Derego HI Honokaa High & Intermediate School 2026 RHP 7.26 s
5 Kamaka Ili HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 OF 7.30 s
^ Hurley Soong HI Waiakea High School 2026 SS 7.30 s
6 Joel Neves HI Keaau High School 2024 RHP 7.37 s
7 Iokepa Martines HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2026 C 7.39 s
8 Kamren Agpalza HI Hilo High School 2025 SS 7.40 s
9 Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea High School 2026 OF 7.41 s
^ Cameron Mateo HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 7.41 s

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Kameron Lee HI Waimea 2024 RHP 87.8 mph
2 Loren Iwata HI Waiakea 2024 LHP 85.6 mph
3 Isaac Derego HI Honokaa High & Intermediate School 2026 RHP 82.7 mph
4 Dayton-Micheal Hanson HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2028 1B 80.0 mph
5 Hurley Soong HI Waiakea High School 2026 SS 79.9 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Legend Lancaster HI Hilo High School 2024 3B 95.7 mph
2 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea High School 2025 1B 93.9 mph
3 Kamren Agpalza HI Hilo High School 2025 SS 93.8 mph
4 Maika Akamu HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 92.2 mph
5 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2025 C 91.8 mph
6 Braden Gomes HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 2B 90.9 mph
7 Isaac Derego HI Honokaa High & Intermediate School 2026 RHP 90.6 mph
8 Cameron Mateo HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 89.7 mph
9 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 89.4 mph
10 Noah Palea HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 OF 89.0 mph

DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea High School 2025 1B 358 ft
2 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2025 C 353 ft
3 Maika Akamu HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 340 ft
4 Isaac Derego HI Honokaa High & Intermediate School 2026 RHP 337 ft
5 Noah Palea HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 OF 336 ft
6 Legend Lancaster HI Hilo High School 2024 3B 334 ft
7 Kamren Agpalza HI Hilo High School 2025 SS 328 ft
8 Isaiah Justo HI Waiakea High School 2024 3B 324 ft
9 Kaikoa Nobriga HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2026 OF 323 ft
10 Hunter Yamamoto HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2026 1B 319 ft

INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Legend Lancaster HI Hilo High School 2024 3B 88
2 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 84
3 Kamren Agpalza HI Hilo High School 2025 SS 82
4 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea High School 2025 1B 81
5 Hurley Soong HI Waiakea High School 2026 SS 80
6 Braden Gomes HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 2B 78
^ Axel Akau HI Waiakea High School 2026 1B 78
7 Logan Schlueter HI Hilo High School 2026 2B 77
^ Isaac Derego HI Honokaa High & Intermediate School 2026 RHP 77
^ Jesse Inouye HI Waiakea High School 2026 2B 77

OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Hurley Soong HI Waiakea High School 2026 SS 82
2 Tycen Baruela HI Waiakea High School 2027 C 81
^ Cameron Mateo HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 81
^ Clemson Julian HI Waiakea High School 2025 1B 81
3 Jesse Inouye HI Waiakea High School 2026 2B 80
^ Kysen Honda HI Waiakea High School 2027 SS 80
^ Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea High School 2026 OF 80
4 Kaynen Kalama Ulibas HI Waiakea High School 2025 OF 76

CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2025 C 79
2 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 74
^ Braden Gomes HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 2B 74
3 Maika Akamu HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 72
4 Tycen Baruela HI Waiakea High School 2027 C 70

POP-TIME

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 1.92-2.04
2 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2025 C 1.95-2.02
3 Braden Gomes HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 2B 2.02-2.15
4 Tycen Baruela HI Waiakea High School 2027 C 2.12-2.19
5 Iokepa Martines HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2026 C 2.14-2.25

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