Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Leaders: American Dream Baseball - Hitters


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Sunday November 20th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Fuquay Varina High School for a Scout Day with American Dream Baseball. The Scout Day featured players from the 2024-2028 grad classes.

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 Leaders - Hitters

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 Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 90.0 mph
2 Kason Brown NC Triton 2026 RHP 88.1 mph
3 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 84.1 mph
4 Ashton Davis NC West Bladen 2027 RHP 84.0 mph
5 Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship 2025 OF 83.1 mph
6 Peter Hoffman NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 RHP 82.8 mph
7 Gavin Jackson NC Cleveland 2026 1B 82.8 mph
8 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 82.2 mph
9 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 81.7 mph
10 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 80.7 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 Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 84.4 mph
2 Kason Brown NC Triton 2026 RHP 78.5 mph
3 Gavin Jackson NC Cleveland 2026 1B 77.7 mph
4 Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship 2025 OF 76.6 mph
5 Peter Hoffman NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 RHP 75.6 mph
6 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 75.2 mph
7 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 75.0 mph
8 Ashton Davis NC West Bladen 2027 RHP 74.2 mph
9 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 73.8 mph
10 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 73.1 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 325 ft
2 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 305 ft
3 Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship 2025 OF 298 ft
4 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 287 ft
5 Mason Weaver NC South Johnston 2026 OF 286 ft
6 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 283 ft
7 Peter Hoffman NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 RHP 283 ft
8 Gavin Jackson NC Cleveland 2026 1B 281 ft
9 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 280 ft
10 Michael McLean NC Fuquay Varina 2027 LHP 270 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 240 ft
2 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 208 ft
3 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 200 ft
4 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 186 ft
5 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 185 ft
6 Mason Weaver NC South Johnston 2026 OF 179 ft
7 Gabe Schellinger NC Clayton 2026 LHP 170 ft
8 CJ Summerlin NC Fike 2026 2B 165 ft
9 Dariel Pagan NC Ascend Leadership 2026 C 164 ft
10 Ashton Davis NC West Bladen 2027 RHP 157 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 Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 10 %

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 Kason Brown NC Triton 2026 RHP 66 %
2 Gavin Jackson NC Cleveland 2026 1B 55 %
3 Dariel Pagan NC Ascend Leadership 2026 C 50 %
^ Hunter Lanning NC West Johnston 2027 2B 50 %
4 Ethan Jackson NC West Johnston 2028 LHP 44 %
5 Graysen Goodnight NC Harnett Central 2026 OF 41 %
6 William Fansler NC Willow Spring 2028 RHP 40 %
^ Thomas Pittman NC Southwest Edgecombe 2027 C 40 %
7 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 36 %
8 Peter Hoffman NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 RHP 33 %
9 Mason Weaver NC South Johnston 2026 OF 30 %
10 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 30 %
^ Michael McLean NC Fuquay Varina 2027 LHP 30 %
^ William Stanley NC Fuquay Varina 2027 RHP 30 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Jonah Swinson NC Harnett Central 2026 OF 70 %
2 Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship 2025 OF 55 %
3 Peter Hoffman NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 RHP 50 %
^ Cassius Grimsley NC Fuquay Varina 2026 OF 50 %
4 Ethan Jackson NC West Johnston 2028 LHP 44 %
5 Hunter Lanning NC West Johnston 2027 2B 37 %
6 Ashton Davis NC West Bladen 2027 RHP 36 %
7 Graysen Goodnight NC Harnett Central 2026 OF 33 %
^ Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 33 %
^ Michael O'Briant NC Falls Lake Academy 2026 SS 33 %
^ Kason Brown NC Triton 2026 RHP 33 %
^ Gavin Jackson NC Cleveland 2026 1B 33 %
^ Sam Boswell NC Holly Springs 2026 1B 33 %
8 Michael McLean NC Fuquay Varina 2027 LHP 30 %
^ William Stanley NC Fuquay Varina 2027 RHP 30 %
9 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 27 %
10 Kevin McLean NC Fuquay Varina 2027 OF 25 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Zachary Blackwell NC Northern Nash 2028 OF 66.7 %
2 Henry Russin NC Cardinal Gibbons 2024 RHP 60.0 %
^ CJ Summerlin NC Fike 2026 2B 60.0 %
^ Aubrey Stanley NC Cleveland 2025 1B 60.0 %
3 Sam Boswell NC Holly Springs 2026 1B 55.6 %
4 Jack Piccini NC Pro5 Academy 2026 C 54.5 %
^ Gabe Schellinger NC Clayton 2026 LHP 54.5 %
5 Kevin McLean NC Fuquay Varina 2027 OF 50.0 %
6 Andrew Mohler NC Cary 2026 3B 45.5 %
7 Michael O'Briant NC Falls Lake Academy 2026 SS 44.4 %
^ Noah Genna NC Apex Friendship 2025 OF 44.4 %
8 Dariel Pagan NC Ascend Leadership 2026 C 41.7 %
^ Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 41.7 %
9 Mason Weaver NC South Johnston 2026 OF 38.5 %
10 Ashton Davis NC West Bladen 2027 RHP 36.4 %