Prep Baseball Report

Big Island Wood Bat Academy Scout Day: Statistical Analysis


Cam Black-Araujo
Hawaii Operations

On Sunday, August 20th, Prep Baseball Report hosted it's first ever Scout Day in Hawaii with the Big Island Wood Bat Academy, a showcase exclusively for players within the program, at Walter Victor Field in Hilo, Hawaii.

The event gave our staff a look at 45+ players within the program with 2024-2028 classes with plenty of uncommitted talent. The event featured several standout performers from five different classes and we begin to break it all down below with our Statistical Analysis.

Scout Days allow our staff to get an exclusive look at players within the individual program, run them through our series of tech partners for evaluation and update their profiles with video, headshots and metrics. If you are interested in running a Scout Day for your program, please reach out to PBR's West Coast Supervisor, Brett Harrison.

All players ran through our series of our tech partners including TrackMan and Blast Motion for batting practice, as well as TrackMan for pitcher bullpens, Swift Performance athletic testing and complete metrics and velocities on the defensive side.

Below, we break down all of the data collected at the event with leaderboards that include metrics from batting practice, pitcher bullpens and defensive evaluations.

For complete event results and stats, click here.

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Kaohu Kawelu HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 3B 91.8 mph
2 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea 2025 1B 91.7 mph
3 Liwai Correa HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 SS 91.4 mph
4 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2024 C 90.6 mph
5 Dayten Ferreira HI Waiakea 2026 3B 90.2 mph
6 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 89.5 mph
7 Bunche Kaisa Lemau HI Saint Louis 2024 OF 89.3 mph
8 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 88.6 mph
9 Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea 2026 OF 87.9 mph
10 Kamren Agpalza HI Hilo High School 2025 SS 87.9 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Kaohu Kawelu HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 3B 354 ft
2 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2024 C 338 ft
3 Dayten Ferreira HI Waiakea 2026 3B 332 ft
4 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 332 ft
5 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 331 ft
6 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea 2025 1B 325 ft
7 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 316 ft
8 Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea 2026 OF 315 ft
9 Isaiah Justo HI Waiakea High School 2024 3B 314 ft
10 Bunche Kaisa Lemau HI Saint Louis 2024 OF 313 ft

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Liwai Correa HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 SS 7.01 s
2 Jesse Inouye HI Waiakea 2026 2B 7.33 s
3 Chrys Coelho HI Honoka'a 2027 3B 7.39 s
4 Logen Doran HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 7.40 s
5 Kaohu Kawelu HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 3B 7.45 s
6 Justin Kubojiri HI Kamehameha 2025 2B 7.46 s
7 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 7.48 s
8 Kamaka Ili HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2025 OF 7.49 s
9 Iokepa Martines HI Kamehameha 2026 C 7.50 s
10 Rome Joaquin HI Kealakehe High School 2025 2B 7.52 s

PEAK FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Logen Doran HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 83.9 mph
2 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 81.5 mph
3 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 80.5 mph
4 Dayton-Micheal Hanson HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2028 1B 79.6 mph
5 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 79.5 mph

AVG. CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Kendrick-Allen Stevens HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2027 C 1990 rpm
2 Jerrell Alston HI Waiakea 2026 OF 1963 rpm
3 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 1946 rpm
4 Logan Schlueter HI Hilo High School 2026 2B 1904 rpm
5 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 1872 rpm

AVG. SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Logen Doran HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 2146
2 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 2131
3 Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 2039
4 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 2039
5 Kaynen Kalama Ulibas HI Waiakea High School 2025 OF 1758

INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Liwai Correa HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 SS 83
2 Kaohu Kawelu HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 3B 82
^ Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 82
3 Clemson Julian HI Waiakea 2025 1B 80
4 Hurley Soong HI Waiakea 2026 SS 78
5 Dayton-Micheal Hanson HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2028 1B 77
^ Justin Kubojiri HI Kamehameha 2025 2B 77

OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Liwai Correa HI Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus 2024 SS 86
^ Logen Doran HI Waiakea High School 2027 OF 86
^ Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 86
2 Tripp Kahsen HI HAAS and Pahoa 2025 LHP 85
^ Kaleb Wada HI Waiakea High School 2025 SS 85
3 Bunche Kaisa Lemau HI Saint Louis 2024 OF 84
4 Kaynen Kalama Ulibas HI Waiakea High School 2025 OF 83
5 Jesse Inouye HI Waiakea 2026 2B 81

CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2024 C 76
2 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 75
3 Evry Pfaff HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 72
4 Maika Akamu HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 71
5 Cole Hatayama HI Hilo 2026 C 69

CATCHER POP-TIME

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Kalei Alana HI Mililani 2024 C 1.97-2.03
2 Zion Palea HI Hilo High School 2024 C 2.02-2.07
3 Evry Pfaff HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 2.04-2.11
^ Maika Akamu HI Waiakea High School 2025 C 2.04-2.11
4 Cole Hatayama HI Hilo 2026 C 2.09-2.15