Trackman Hitting Leaders: DPC Baseball Academy Scout Day
August 24, 2023
On Wednesday August 16th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at the DPC Baseball Academy in Clayton, NC for a Scout Day with DPC Baseball. The Scout Day ran in conjunction with the Last Chance Summer ID. The Scout Day featured players from the 2025-2027 grad classes.
The day began with position players running a laser timed 60. After running the position players took live BP on the field with Trackman gathering advanced hitting data. Following BP players went through a defensive evaluation at their positions. The event concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.
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Trackman Hitting 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 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 96.6 mph |
| 2 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 96.4 mph |
| 3 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 93.8 mph |
| 4 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 92.2 mph |
| 5 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 90.5 mph |
| 6 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 88.8 mph |
| 7 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 88.3 mph |
| 8 | Kasey Perry | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | 3B | 83.9 mph |
| 9 | Noah Hince | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | 2B | 81.5 mph |
| 10 | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 80.6 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 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 90.5 mph |
| 2 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 88.5 mph |
| 3 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 86.2 mph |
| 4 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 81.0 mph |
| 5 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 80.3 mph |
| 6 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 78.8 mph |
| 7 | Kasey Perry | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | 3B | 76.9 mph |
| 8 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 76.8 mph |
| 9 | Austin Bevilacqua | NC | Corinth Holders | 2026 | RHP | 76.3 mph |
| 10 | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 75.6 mph |
PEAK DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 356 ft |
| 2 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 343 ft |
| 3 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 342 ft |
| 4 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 326 ft |
| 5 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 314 ft |
| 6 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 308 ft |
| 7 | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 300 ft |
| 8 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 296 ft |
| 9 | Preston Pool | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | C | 295 ft |
| 10 | Ethan Engelson | NC | Leesville | 2026 | 2B | 272 ft |
AVERAGE DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 249 ft |
| 2 | Preston Pool | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | C | 231 ft |
| 3 | Ethan Engelson | NC | Leesville | 2026 | 2B | 230 ft |
| 4 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 211 ft |
| 5 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 206 ft |
| 6 | Corey Kinard | NC | Willow Springs | 2027 | OF | 200 ft |
| 7 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 198 ft |
| 8 | Noah Hince | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | 2B | 180 ft |
| 9 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 176 ft |
| 10 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 173 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 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 61 % |
| 2 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 60 % |
| 3 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 45 % |
| 4 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 15 % |
| 5 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 3 % |
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 | Ethan Engelson | NC | Leesville | 2026 | 2B | 58 % |
| 2 | Preston Pool | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | C | 50 % |
| 3 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 46 % |
| 4 | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 45 % |
| 5 | Kasey Perry | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | 3B | 44 % |
| 6 | Noah Hince | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | 2B | 41 % |
| 7 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 40 % |
| ^ | Austin Bevilacqua | NC | Corinth Holders | 2026 | RHP | 40 % |
| 8 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 38 % |
| 9 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 37 % |
| ^ | Jason Burke | NC | Southside Christian | 2027 | C | 37 % |
| 10 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 30 % |
Ground Ball %
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
| 1 | Davis Jones | NC | Millbrook | 2027 | 2B | 54 % |
| 2 | Joshua Glenn | NC | Enloe | 2027 | 1B | 50 % |
| ^ | Austin Bevilacqua | NC | Corinth Holders | 2026 | RHP | 50 % |
| 3 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 46 % |
| 4 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 45 % |
| 5 | Kasey Perry | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | 3B | 44 % |
| 6 | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 40 % |
| 7 | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 36 % |
| 8 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 30 % |
| 9 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 25 % |
| 10 | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 25 % |
| ^ | Noah Hince | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | 2B | 25 % |
Fly Ball %
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
| 1 | Owen Fitzsimmons | NC | Clayton | 2025 | C | 46.2 % |
| 2 | Corey Kinard | NC | Willow Springs | 2027 | OF | 45.5 % |
| 3 | Ethan Engelson | NC | Leesville | 2026 | 2B | 41.7 % |
| 4 | Jason Burke | NC | Southside Christian | 2027 | C | 37.5 % |
| ^ | Mason Hawkins | NC | Broughton | 2027 | 3B | 37.5 % |
| ^ | Preston Pool | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | C | 37.5 % |
| 5 | Shota Sharman | NC | Athens Drive | 2025 | SS | 33.3 % |
| ^ | Noah Hince | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | 2B | 33.3 % |
| 6 | Jackson Hood | NC | West Johnston | 2025 | SS | 30.8 % |
| 7 | Turner Stuckey | NC | Corinth Holders | 2025 | C | 23.1 % |
| 8 | Joshua Glenn | NC | Enloe | 2027 | 1B | 20.0 % |
| ^ | Will Hicks | NC | Cleveland | 2025 | RHP | 20.0 % |
| 9 | Tariq Stone | NC | East Wake | 2026 | OF | 18.2 % |
| ^ | Sheldon Brown | NC | East Wake | 2027 | OF | 18.2 % |
| ^ | Davis Jones | NC | Millbrook | 2027 | 2B | 18.2 % |
| 10 | Kasey Perry | NC | Garner Magnet | 2026 | 3B | 11.1 % |