Preseason All-State Trackman Pitching Leaderboards

February 24, 2021
Brian Feekin
Nebraska Scouting Director

The PBR Preseason All-State event, with the combined forces of PBR Nebraska and PBR Iowa, took place Sunday, February 21, 2021. The event was held at Iowa Western CC in Council Bluffs, IA. The event featured prospects from the 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 grad classes; and included many breakout performances from the players in attendance. Players showcased their talents in front of our scouting staff and coaches in attendance. Thank you to the players, parents, our staff; along with the coaching staff at Iowa Western CC for such a great event.

There were a number of great individual performances this year at the PBR Preseason All-State.

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Fastball Stats

Peak Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Ryan Harrahill	NE	Elkhorn North	2023	RHP	89.5 mph
2	Mason Koch	NE	Millard West	2022	RHP	89.1 mph
3	Traeton Brandt	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	RHP	88.7 mph
4	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	88.0 mph
5	Ryan Semin	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2022	RHP	88.0 mph
6	Cooper Erikson	NE	Lincoln East	2022	SS	87.9 mph
7	Ryan McElmeel	NE	Gross Catholic	2022	RHP	87.7 mph
8	Alex Thomas	NE	Elkhorn South	2023	LHP	87.3 mph
9	Luke Broderick	NE	Mount Michael	2022	RHP	87.0 mph
10	Jake Daneff	MO	Park Hill	2022	SS	86.7 mph

Average Effective Velocity

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, it 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	Ryan Harrahill	NE	Elkhorn North	2023	RHP	87.8 mph
2	Luke Broderick	NE	Mount Michael	2022	RHP	86.7 mph
3	Cooper Erikson	NE	Lincoln East	2022	SS	86.5 mph
4	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	86.0 mph
5	Alex Thomas	NE	Elkhorn South	2023	LHP	85.8 mph
6	Ryan Semin	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2022	RHP	85.6 mph
7	Mason Koch	NE	Millard West	2022	RHP	85.4 mph
8	Traeton Brandt	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	RHP	85.4 mph
9	Ryan McElmeel	NE	Gross Catholic	2022	RHP	85.0 mph
10	Samuel Ojeda	NE	Lincoln Pius X	2022	RHP	85.0 mph

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Ryan McElmeel	NE	Gross Catholic	2022	RHP	2597 rpm
2	Aron Harrington	IA	Council Bluffs Lewis Central	2022	OF	2392 rpm
3	Maxwell Sanders	NE	Creighton Prep	2021	OF	2379 rpm
4	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	2366 rpm
5	Johnny Vallinch	NE	Papillion LaVista South HS	2023	RHP	2363 rpm
6	Hudson Hart	NE	Gretna	2022	RHP	2362 rpm
7	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	2350 rpm
8	Mason Koch	NE	Millard West	2022	RHP	2320 rpm
9	Blake Dreyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	SS	2311 rpm
10	Luke Broderick	NE	Mount Michael	2022	RHP	2310 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Ryan McElmeel	NE	Gross Catholic	2022	RHP	2399 rpm
2	Maxwell Sanders	NE	Creighton Prep	2021	OF	2314 rpm
3	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	2296 rpm
4	Johnny Vallinch	NE	Papillion LaVista South HS	2023	RHP	2295 rpm
5	Aron Harrington	IA	Council Bluffs Lewis Central	2022	OF	2274 rpm
6	Ryan Semin	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2022	RHP	2273 rpm
7	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	2260 rpm
8	Hudson Hart	NE	Gretna	2022	RHP	2246 rpm
9	Blake Dreyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	SS	2236 rpm
10	Michael Valdivia	NE	Millard West	2024	SS	2227 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Movement

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Jake Daneff	MO	Park Hill	2022	SS	20.6 in
2	Alex Heffelfinger	NE	Norris	2023	OF	20.2 in
3	Jackson Dyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2023	OF	20.2 in
4	Ryan Semin	NE	Lincoln Southwest	2022	RHP	20.1 in
5	Logan Manz	IA	Council Bluffs Lewis Central	2023	3B	20.0 in
6	Dakota Thomas	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	3B	19.8 in
7	Braden Sweet	NE	Millard South	2022	LHP	19.6 in
8	Sam Patton	NE	Creighton Prep	2023	OF	19.5 in
9	Tyler Fay	NE	Grand Island	2022	RHP	19.5 in
10	Daniel Lester	NE	Bellevue West	2022	RHP	18.9 in

Average Horizontal Movement

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Cody Bruss	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2022	LHP	-19.5
2	Emerson Dolph	NE	Lincoln Pius X	2022	RHP	19.1
3	Kaizer Papenhagen	NE	Norris	2023	SS	17.6
4	Joe Sieben	IA	Sioux City North	2022	SS	17.4
5	Nolan Tate	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	RHP	16.4
6	James Sengstock	NE	Omaha Skutt	2023	SS	14.7
7	Riley Pearson	NE	Omaha Gross	2022	SS	14.7
8	Alex Thomas	NE	Elkhorn South	2023	LHP	-14.2
9	Dakota Thomas	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	3B	13.5
10	Eli Feekin	NE	Papillion Lavista	2021	RHP	12.3

Curveball Stats

Peak Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Ryan Harrahill	NE	Elkhorn North	2023	RHP	78.3 mph
2	Ethan Nguyen	NE	Bennington	2023	OF	75.4 mph
3	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	75.3 mph
4	Alex Thomas	NE	Elkhorn South	2023	LHP	73.9 mph
5	Cooper Erikson	NE	Lincoln East	2022	SS	73.8 mph
6	Blake Dreyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	SS	73.7 mph
7	Jake Daneff	MO	Park Hill	2022	SS	73.4 mph
8	Luke Broderick	NE	Mount Michael	2022	RHP	73.3 mph
9	Daniel Lester	NE	Bellevue West	2022	RHP	72.7 mph
10	Payton Engel	NE	Waverly	2022	LHP	72.5 mph

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Nolan Tate	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	RHP	2474 rpm
2	Tyler Fay	NE	Grand Island	2022	RHP	2447 rpm
3	Blake Dreyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	SS	2435 rpm
4	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	2425 rpm
5	Payton Engel	NE	Waverly	2022	LHP	2422 rpm
6	Daniel Lester	NE	Bellevue West	2022	RHP	2422 rpm
7	Eli Feekin	NE	Papillion Lavista	2021	RHP	2399 rpm
8	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	2362 rpm
9	Ryan Harrahill	NE	Elkhorn North	2023	RHP	2355 rpm
10	Johnny Vallinch	NE	Papillion LaVista South HS	2023	RHP	2345 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Nolan Tate	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	RHP	2418 rpm
2	Payton Engel	NE	Waverly	2022	LHP	2383 rpm
3	Tyler Fay	NE	Grand Island	2022	RHP	2352 rpm
4	Blake Dreyer	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	SS	2337 rpm
5	Daniel Lester	NE	Bellevue West	2022	RHP	2332 rpm
6	Traeton Brandt	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	RHP	2318 rpm
7	Ryan Harrahill	NE	Elkhorn North	2023	RHP	2307 rpm
8	Ryan Clementi	NE	Lincoln East	2022	C	2301 rpm
9	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	2299 rpm
10	Eli Feekin	NE	Papillion Lavista	2021	RHP	2292 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Traeton Brandt	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	RHP	-20.9 in
2	Daniel Lester	NE	Bellevue West	2022	RHP	-16.8 in
3	Jackson Coe	NE	Bennington	2023	OF	-16.6 in
4	Caleb Lanphear	NE	Millard West	2023	RHP	-13.2 in
5	Jackson Steele	NE	Bellevue West	2023	SS	-13.1 in
6	Shea Wendt	NE	Blair	2023	RHP	-12.6 in
7	Cade Parry	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	3B	-12.0 in
8	Maxwell Sanders	NE	Creighton Prep	2021	OF	-11.7 in
9	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	-11.5 in
10	Tyler Fay	NE	Grand Island	2022	RHP	-10.5 in

Average Horizontal Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Adam DeBoer	NE	Beatrice	2022	RHP	-18.0
2	Cody Bruss	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2022	LHP	17.8
3	Dakota Thomas	NE	Lincoln Northeast	2023	3B	-16.4
4	Nolan Tate	NE	Elkhorn South	2022	RHP	-15.8
5	Carter Bland	IA	Ankeny Centennial	2023	RHP	-14.9
6	Tyler Fay	NE	Grand Island	2022	RHP	-14.9
7	Eli Feekin	NE	Papillion Lavista	2021	RHP	-14.7
8	Jack Nilsson	NE	Parrish Community High School	2022	OF	-14.4
9	Braden Cannon	NE	Millard South	2022	3B	-13.5
10	James Sengstock	NE	Omaha Skutt	2023	SS	-13.5