The PBR Illinois staff hosted over 30 showcases in 2020 – from invite-only events for select prospects, events for incoming freshmen, unsigned seniors, the list goes on. As we flip the calendar to the new year, we’re going to count down the remainder of 2020 by highlighting the top showcase performances of this last year, continuing today with the farthest batted distance measured in batting practice.

To make your mark at a PBR showcase in 2021, check out the recently released PBR Illinois winter showcase schedule.

Continue on below for a look at the Illinois prospects who unleashed the farthest hit balls by Illinois prospects in 2020. A quick note: We first began implementing TrackMan into our showcases at the start of the summer circuit, so the list below spans from June through October events.

Check out the Illinois leaderboards after utilizing this new tool for the first time this summer.

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CLASS OF 2021

RANK	NAME	DISTANCE (MAX)	SCHOOL	POS
1	Gavin Baldwin	400 ft	Nashville	OF
2	Kyle Hayes	398 ft	St. Charles East	1B/C
3	Cameron Hill	392 ft	Brother Rice	OF
^	Jude Sullivan	392 ft	Paris	OF/1B
4	Andrew Jimenez	391 ft	St. Charles North	3B
5	Giacomo Fanizza	388 ft	Lake Park	3B
6	Alex Calarco	387 ft	New Trier	C
7	Benji Ries	377 ft	Stevenson	C
8	Cole Luckey	375 ft	Glenbrook South	OF
9	Ty Batusich	374 ft	Joliet West	C
10	Jason Kusibab	373 ft	Loyola Academy	OF

CLASS OF 2022

RANK	NAME	DISTANCE (MAX)	SCHOOL	POS
1	Estevan Moreno	386 ft	Montini Catholic	SS/3B
2	Christian Holmes	382 ft	De La Salle	SS
3	Ryan Bibb	379 ft	Mascoutah	RHP/INF
4	Jimmy Rolder	378 ft	Marist	3B
5	Victor Izquierdo	372 ft	Lockport Township	1B/C
6	Matthew Tarr	364 ft	West Aurora	C
^	Jermaine Young Jr	364 ft	St. Patrick	OF
7	Ryan Kramer	362 ft	Latin School of Chicago	3B
^	George Bilecki	362 ft	Marist	LHP/OF
8	Luke Adams	361 ft	Hinsdale Central	3B
9	Jacob White	360 ft	Mount Carmel	3B
10	Evan Eberle	359 ft	Oak Park-River Forest	RHP/OF
^	Harry Fandre	359 ft	Hinsdale Central	3B

CLASS OF 2023

RANK	NAME	DISTANCE (MAX)	SCHOOL	POS
1	Ryan Bakes	397 ft	Huntley	C
2	Adison Worthman	381 ft	Bloomington	OF
3	Trey Swiderski	376 ft	Joliet Catholic	OF
4	Jake Zitella	361 ft	St. Charles East	3B/1B
5	Nick Mardis	358 ft	Bloomington Central Catholic	C
6	Adam Schilz	354 ft	Warren Township	INF/RHP
7	Tommy Townsend	352 ft	Sycamore	OF
^	Cal Sefcik	352 ft	Marist	SS/3B
8	Daniel Connelly	349 ft	Mundelein	C
^	Sheppard Graf	349 ft	Lake Forest	3B
^	Graham Mastros	349 ft	New Trier	3B
9	Gavin Parkerson	346 ft	Armstrong	RHP/3B
^	Christopher Callas	346 ft	Mundelein	1B
10	Michael Clarkson	345 ft	Loyola Academy	3B/1B

CLASS OF 2024

RANK	NAME	DISTANCE (MAX)	SCHOOL	POS
1	Randall Nauden	359 ft	Marian Catholic	C
2	Collin Mowry	355 ft	Lincoln-Way Central	C
3	Cash Campbell	346 ft	Montini Catholic	3B
4	Cole Crafton	345 ft	Lincoln-Way West	SS/3B
5	Ryan Sloan	343 ft	York	RHP/INF
6	Will Kusak	342 ft	Hinsdale Central	OF
7	Zachary Pyles	333 ft	Warren Township	C
8	Mason Phillips	328 ft	Oak Park-River Forest	OF
^	Tommy Korn	328 ft	Crystal Lake Central	C
9	James Novakovic	326 ft	New Trier	SS
^	Charlie Vercruysse	326 ft	Normal University	SS
10	Justyn Hart	324 ft	Marian Catholic	1B
^	Jonah Weathers	324 ft	Marian Catholic	3B

 

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