Prep Baseball Report

Elite South ID: Trackman Leaders


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

PBR of North Carolina hosted the Elite South ID on Friday September 16th at the Tuckaseegee Field of Dreams in Charlotte, NC. The event gave players an opportunity to update their stats and video prior to the Elite South Showcase Tournament over the weekend. The ID featured players from the 2023-2026 Classes.

The evening began with position players running a laser timed 60 followed by batting practice on the field with Trackman collecting data. After batting practice players went through a defensive evaluation. The night concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting advanced analytics. 

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Trackman Leaders

 

 

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 94.9 mph
2 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 91.4 mph
3 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 88.8 mph
4 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 87.7 mph
5 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 81.3 mph
6 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 79.7 mph
7 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 78.1 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact.  The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 86.8 mph
2 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 84.6 mph
3 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 81.6 mph
4 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 76.0 mph
5 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 75.3 mph
6 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 73.1 mph
7 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 72.8 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 341 ft
2 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 331 ft
3 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 297 ft
4 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 287 ft
5 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 272 ft
6 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 271 ft
7 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 241 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 277 ft
2 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 223 ft
3 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 220 ft
4 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 190 ft
5 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 187 ft
6 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 167 ft
7 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 111 ft

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter.  Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls.  This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 37 %
^ Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 37 %

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 53 %
2 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 50 %
^ Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 50 %
3 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 45 %
4 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 43 %
5 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 28 %
6 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 25 %

Ground ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 50 %
2 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 31 %
3 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 28 %
4 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 20 %
5 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 9 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Josiah Ninteau NC East Rowan 2025 1B 57.1 %
2 Daniel Shuta NC Myers Park 2023 OF 50.0 %
3 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 45.5 %
4 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 26.7 %
5 Alvin Murray III SC Cardinal Newman 2025 OF 21.4 %
6 Landon Sutton NC Wayne Country Day 2025 C 18.8 %
^ Walter Allen SC Marlboro County 2024 2B 18.8 %

FASTBALL STATS

Peak Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 78.7 mph

Average Effective Velocity

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement. With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Eff Velocity (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 76.1 mph

 

Peak Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 1498 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 1998 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 14.6 in

Average Horizontal Movement

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP -15.9

Peak Spin Score

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Score (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 28

CURVEBALL STATS

Peak Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 59.7 mph

Peak Spin Rate
Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 1498 rpm

 

Average Spin Rate
Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 1336 rpm

Average Horizontal Break

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 6.5

Peak Spin Score

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Score (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 28

CHANGE UP STATS

Peak Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 65.9 mph

Peak Spin Rate
Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 1773 rpm

 

Average Induced Vertical Break
Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (avg)
1 Evan Myers NC Lincoln Charter 2025 LHP 0.5 in