Prep Baseball Report

Blast Leaderboard: Preseason All State South


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Sunday January 22nd PBR of North Carolina hosted its first of four Preseason All State Events at The Athletic Barn in Waxhaw, NC. The Preseason All State Events have become the premier winter event in North Carolina featuring some of the best talent from across the state. The events feature players from the 2023-2026 grad classes. 

Catchers got the day started going through a defensive evaluation. Pitchers followed by throwing a controlled bullpen of 15-20 pitches. After the pitchers the infielders went through their defensive evaluation. The day concluded with hitters taking BP in the open box cage with Trackman collecting ball flight data. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance looking at the top performers in different categories.  Look for more statistics and information to follow in the coming days. 

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Blast LEADERS

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Garrett Haston NC Myers Park 2025 C 24.7 mph
2 Matthew Sermeno NC Chatlotte Catholic 2024 SS 24.6 mph
3 Ryan Hawkins NC East Mecklenburg 2023 2B 24.2 mph
4 Prince Mairena NC Porter Ridge 2024 OF 23.8 mph
5 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 23.3 mph
6 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 23.0 mph
7 Tyler Asbury NC Metrolina Christian 2024 C 22.9 mph
8 Beckett Gurian NC Union Academy 2025 1B 22.6 mph
^ Jake Parham NC TC Roberson 2025 SS 22.6 mph
9 Michael Craft NC Ardrey Kell 2024 SS 22.5 mph
^ Jahdier Rodriguez NC Charlotte Catholic 2025 C 22.5 mph
10 Meridian Leffew NC Gaston Christian 2026 SS 22.4 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Matthew Sermeno NC Chatlotte Catholic 2024 SS 22.9 mph
2 Ryan Hawkins NC East Mecklenburg 2023 2B 22.7 mph
3 Garrett Haston NC Myers Park 2025 C 22.5 mph
4 Prince Mairena NC Porter Ridge 2024 OF 22.1 mph
5 Beckett Gurian NC Union Academy 2025 1B 21.8 mph
6 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 21.6 mph
7 Jake Parham NC TC Roberson 2025 SS 21.4 mph
8 Tyler Asbury NC Metrolina Christian 2024 C 20.9 mph
9 Brian OConnell III NC Eastern Guilford 2023 C 20.9 mph
10 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 20.9 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 JT Cook NC Watauga 2025 RHP 80.2 mph
2 Prince Mairena NC Porter Ridge 2024 OF 79.1 mph
3 Nolan Winnek NC Camden Military School 2025 C 76.1 mph
^ Meridian Leffew NC Gaston Christian 2026 SS 76.1 mph
4 Tyler Asbury NC Metrolina Christian 2024 C 75.1 mph
5 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 75.0 mph
6 Beckett Gurian NC Union Academy 2025 1B 74.2 mph
7 Joe Walker NC Marvin Ridge 2025 OF 73.3 mph
8 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 73.0 mph
9 Caden Davidson NC TC Roberson 2025 1B 72.9 mph
10 Matthew Sermeno NC Chatlotte Catholic 2024 SS 72.6 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Prince Mairena NC Porter Ridge 2024 OF 74.5 mph
2 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 72.8 mph
3 Meridian Leffew NC Gaston Christian 2026 SS 72.1 mph
4 Beckett Gurian NC Union Academy 2025 1B 71.5 mph
5 Tyler Asbury NC Metrolina Christian 2024 C 71.1 mph
6 JT Cook NC Watauga 2025 RHP 71.0 mph
7 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 70.3 mph
8 Nolan Winnek NC Camden Military School 2025 C 69.9 mph
9 Matthew Sermeno NC Chatlotte Catholic 2024 SS 69.6 mph
10 Austin Winkler NC Marvin Ridge 2025 3B 69.0 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Austin Winkler NC Marvin Ridge 2025 3B 26.3 g
2 Ryan Hawkins NC East Mecklenburg 2023 2B 26.2 g
3 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 26.0 g
4 Garrett Haston NC Myers Park 2025 C 23.1 g
5 Nolan Winnek NC Camden Military School 2025 C 22.7 g
6 Jake Parham NC TC Roberson 2025 SS 22.2 g
7 JT Cook NC Watauga 2025 RHP 20.3 g
8 Xavier Mccoury NC Providence 2025 SS 18.5 g
9 Brian OConnell III NC Eastern Guilford 2023 C 18.2 g
10 Jahdier Rodriguez NC Charlotte Catholic 2025 C 17.7 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 22.6 g
2 Ryan Hawkins NC East Mecklenburg 2023 2B 21.9 g
3 Austin Winkler NC Marvin Ridge 2025 3B 20.7 g
4 Garrett Haston NC Myers Park 2025 C 20.3 g
5 Nolan Winnek NC Camden Military School 2025 C 17.2 g
6 Jake Parham NC TC Roberson 2025 SS 17.1 g
7 JT Cook NC Watauga 2025 RHP 16.5 g
8 Xavier Mccoury NC Providence 2025 SS 15.1 g
9 Jahdier Rodriguez NC Charlotte Catholic 2025 C 13.9 g
10 Beckett Gurian NC Union Academy 2025 1B 13.8 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Morgan Jones NC Weddington 2026 OF 90 %
2 Garrett Haston NC Myers Park 2025 C 85 %
3 Ryan Hawkins NC East Mecklenburg 2023 2B 84 %
4 Brian OConnell III NC Eastern Guilford 2023 C 78 %
5 Nathan Wilson NC Cuthbertson 2026 OF 76 %
6 Michael Craft NC Ardrey Kell 2024 SS 75 %
7 Kylan Odean NC Weddington 2024 OF 75 %
8 Prince Mairena NC Porter Ridge 2024 OF 74 %
9 Preston Smith NC John T Hoggard 2026 SS 73 %
10 Jake Klawonn NC Weddington 2023 OF 70 %