2024 Year in Review: Breaking Ball Spin
December 14, 2024
Another year has come and gone within the Prep Baseball Idaho department and the events/opportunities continue to grow for prospects across the State as we introduced the Senior Future Games for the first time ever with Cooper Thompson representing. Beyond that, the West Coast Games moved further West as Team Idaho descended on Southern California and put up a strong weekend with a pair of wins and hard-fought games.
The Idaho State Games was another success with over 100 prospects on-hand at the College of Southern Idaho which our biggest to-date and we hosted an additional four showcases beyond that, including the College of Southern Idaho Scout Day. Our staff was to collected updated metrics, data and video on roughly 200 prospects in Idaho utilizing our tech partners TrackMan, Blast Motion, VALD Performance and Vizual Edge. With all of the data collected over the past 12 months, our staff will begin to break down top performers from Idaho's showcases within our 'Year in Review' articles.
Below, we will continue our Year in Review Series with the top Max Breaking Ball Spin Rates (via TrackMan) collected this past year between the Idaho Falls Preseason ID, Boise Preseason ID, Idaho State Games, Fall Campus Tour (CSI), as well as national events including West Coast Games and Senior Future Games.
To view complete 2024 event results, click here.
To register for the Idaho Falls Preseason ID (Feb. 22), click here.
To register for the Boise Preseason ID (Feb. 23), click here.
CLASS OF 2025
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Jackson Gardner | ID | Sugar Salem | 2025 | RHP | 2934 rpm |
| 2 | Nick Walborn | ID | Timberline | 2025 | RHP | 2608 rpm |
| 3 | Ozzie Scherer | ID | Wood River | 2025 | RHP | 2557 rpm |
| 4 | Kaleb Doty | ID | Owyhee | 2025 | RHP | 2500 rpm |
| 5 | Brayden Schaefer | ID | NAMPA | 2025 | RHP | 2497 rpm |
| 6 | Ian Lenius | ID | Middleton | 2025 | LHP | 2443 rpm |
| 7 | David Goicoa | ID | Grangeville | 2025 | C | 2328 rpm |
| 8 | Zach Wright | ID | Bishop Kelly | 2025 | LHP | 2296 rpm |
| 9 | Jackson Hale | ID | Highland | 2025 | RHP | 2258 rpm |
| 10 | Cade Burnham | ID | Mountain View | 2025 | SS | 2239 rpm |
| 11 | Coltan Spagnuolo | ID | Bonneville | 2025 | RHP | 2161 rpm |
| 12 | Chance Schreiber | ID | Ridgevue | 2025 | 1B | 2160 rpm |
| 13 | Will Beckenhauer | ID | COEUR D'ALENE | 2025 | RHP | 2148 rpm |
| 14 | Ryder Scheibe | ID | Emmett | 2025 | RHP | 2131 rpm |
| 15 | Lincoln Stallings | ID | Hillcrest | 2025 | OF | 2097 rpm |
CLASS OF 2026
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Oliver Spencer | ID | Moscow | 2026 | SS | 2497 rpm |
| 2 | Nash Randall | ID | Blackfoot | 2026 | RHP | 2476 rpm |
| 3 | Eliah Gordo | ID | Madison | 2026 | 3B | 2475 rpm |
| 4 | Osei Burns | ID | Blackfoot | 2026 | RHP | 2439 rpm |
| 5 | Dallin Snooks | ID | Eagle | 2026 | LHP | 2435 rpm |
| 6 | Cash Dahle | ID | Blackfoot | 2026 | LHP | 2389 rpm |
| 7 | Jason Williams | ID | Blackfoot | 2026 | RHP | 2384 rpm |
| 8 | Ayden Boyd | ID | Bishop Kelly | 2026 | OF | 2358 rpm |
| 9 | Jackson Ropp | ID | Bonneville | 2026 | RHP | 2357 rpm |
| 10 | Liam Lynch | ID | Thunder Ridge | 2026 | RHP | 2354 rpm |
| 11 | Oaklen Lawrence | ID | Hillcrest | 2026 | 3B | 2283 rpm |
| 12 | Sawyer Tilley | ID | Jerome | 2026 | RHP | 2240 rpm |
| 13 | Ike Redder | ID | BURLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | RHP | 2186 rpm |
| 14 | Jake Redder | ID | BURLEY | 2026 | SS | 2174 rpm |
| 15 | Mack Haynes | ID | BURLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | 1B | 2145 rpm |
CLASS OF 2027
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Kellen Viehweg | ID | MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | RHP | 2385 rpm |
| 2 | Kai Benfield | ID | MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | OF | 2346 rpm |
| 3 | Patrick Wilson | ID | MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | RHP | 2330 rpm |
| 4 | Caiden McPherson | ID | MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | 3B | 2211 rpm |
| 5 | Christian Zannitto | ID | OWYHEE HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | SS | 2141 rpm |
| 6 | Owen Perry | ID | Mountain View | 2027 | OF | 2005 rpm |
| 7 | Conner Cannon | ID | Blackfoot | 2027 | 3B | 1950 rpm |
| 8 | Treagen Orr | ID | MADISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | RHP | 1902 rpm |
| 9 | Brayden Romo | ID | Skyline | 2027 | LHP | 1855 rpm |
| 10 | Cameron Lenius | ID | MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL | 2027 | SS | 1801 rpm |
Upcoming Events
| Showcase | State | Date | Location |
| Idaho Falls Preseason ID | ID | 02/22 | Bobcat Fieldhouse - Rexburg, ID |
| Boise Preseason ID | ID | 02/23 | Northwest Nazarene University - Nampa, ID |