Prep Baseball Report

2023 Louisiana Rewind: Average Exit Velocity


Alex Armand
Louisiana Scouting Director

As we begin to wrap up 2023 and gear up for the new year, our Louisiana staff has decided to compile all of the numbers and data from our event schedule this year, to compile a series of leaderboards.  All of the data for the following leaderboards below were captured by one of our partners, Trackman Baseball, at one of our PBR Louisiana events.  Our event schedule included our Preseason ID's, Rising Stars ID's, Summer Open events, Fall ID's, and our invite-only events, such as the Top Prospect Games, Louisiana State Games, and the Future Games.  Today, we take a look at the top average exit velocities from 2023.

 

TOP AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (2023)
 


Baton Rouge Preseason ID (01/14/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Brock Laird LA Natchitoches Central 2025 SS 91.0 mph
2 Jacob Belcher LA Jena 2025 3B 83.3 mph
3 Maddox Suire LA Breaux Bridge 2024 SS 82.1 mph

Lake Charles Preseason ID (01/15/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Kennedy Leggett LA St.Louis Catholic 2024 1B 91.6 mph
2 Connor Walker LA Sam Houston 2025 C 89.6 mph
3 Dylan Thompson LA Sam Houston 2023 SS 88.4 mph

Hammond Preseason ID (01/22/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Evan Wright LA Fontainebleau High School 2024 C 89.5 mph
2 Clayton Kimball LA Central Private 2025 OF 85.9 mph
3 Caleb Hastings LA Lutcher 2024 C 85.6 mph

New Orleans Rising Stars ID (04/08/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Peyton Starr LA West Monroe High School 2027 SS 83.9 mph
2 Zachary Ray Jr. LA Doyle 2028 C 83.1 mph
3 Jackson Peyton LA THE DUNHAM SCHOOL 2027 OF 82.1 mph

Lake Charles Rising Stars ID (05/20/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Devyn Downs LA Sterlington 2027 SS 85.8 mph
2 Kingston Adams LA Loyola College Prep 2028 C 78.9 mph
3 Owen Galley LA Welsh 2027 3B 75.8 mph

Lake Charles Summer Open (05/21/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Wes Marien LA Parkview Baptist 2024 RHP 88.9 mph
2 Trevor Dooley LA Loreauville 2024 SS 88.4 mph
3 Michael Peavy TX ST PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL 2025 C 87.6 mph

Monroe Summer Open (05/30/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Christian Turner LA Haughton High School 2025 OF 89.3 mph
2 Jake Simmons LA Ruston High School 2025 OF 86.3 mph
3 Garrett Taylor LA St. Frederick 2024 RHP 85.5 mph

Louisiana Top Prospect Games (06/13/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Casey McCoy LA Dutchtown 2025 SS 91.1 mph
2 Garrett Taylor LA St. Frederick 2024 RHP 91.0 mph
3 Connor Walker LA Sam Houston 2025 C 90.2 mph
4 Bradley Hanlon LA Neville 2024 SS 89.6 mph
5 Caleb Hastings LA Lutcher 2024 C 88.7 mph

Baton Rouge Summer Open (06/20/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Andrew Clapinski LA Catholic - Baton Rouge 2025 C 89.6 mph
2 Kayden Boyer LA Denham Springs 2025 C 89.6 mph
3 Landyn Craft LA St. Thomas More 2027 SS 86.9 mph

New Orleans Summer Open (06/27/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Trey Turnage LA Pearl River 2024 2B 85.8 mph
2 Cary Aymond LA Lafayette Christian 2024 RHP 81.1 mph
3 Gabe Greene LA THE DUNHAM SCHOOL 2025 OF 80.6 mph

Louisiana Senior Games (09/16/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Sione Albert LA Dunham 2024 1B 90.8 mph
2 Ben Wade LA Holy Savior Menard 2024 C 88.7 mph
3 Evan Jacob LA Chalmette 2024 C 88.3 mph
4 Caleb Hastings LA Lutcher 2024 C 87.6 mph
5 Conner Lacour LA Catholic Pointe Coupee 2024 OF 87.6 mph

Lake Charles Fall ID (09/24/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Layne Baguex LA Lacassine High School 2026 C 91.1 mph
2 Kash Martin LA Westlake 2025 SS 90.1 mph
3 Gabe Greene LA THE DUNHAM SCHOOL 2025 OF 86.9 mph

Louisiana State Games (09/30/23-10/01/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Evan Wright LA Fontainebleau High School 2024 C 96.4 mph
2 Kennedy Leggett LA St.Louis Catholic 2024 1B 95.3 mph
3 Trip Dobson III LA Catholic 2024 3B 93.9 mph
4 Rowen Bergeron LA OPELOUSAS CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2025 SS 91.6 mph
5 Frank Randol LA Brother Martin 2024 OF 90.0 mph

Baton Rouge Fall ID (10/15/23)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Henry Beckers LA PARKVIEW BAPTIST SCHOOL 2026 RHP 91.4 mph
2 Jaxon Bentzler LA Northwood High School 2025 C 88.9 mph
3 Joshua Browning LA Weston 2026 3B 88.9 mph

 

 

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