Arkansas Preseason All-State: Trackman and Blast Motion Hitters

February 17, 2022
Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Preseason All-State in Conway that featured 55 players from all over the State coming from the 2022 class to the 2026 class. Today we take a look at the hitting leaders in data collected by Trackman and Blast Motion. We take a look at the top and average exit velocities, bat speed metrics, hand speed metrics, and rotational acceleration metrics. Down below you'll find the top leaders in each category broken down by class with some really impressive numbers being put up by a few well-known names as well as a few potential risers. Full event details and stats can be found by clicking here.

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	95.5 mph
2	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	93.9 mph
3	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	93.3 mph
4	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	93.0 mph
5	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	92.9 mph
6	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	90.1 mph
7	Jack Woolbright	AR	Benton	2023	3B	88.9 mph
8	Cade Costello	AR	Fayetteville	2023	RHP	88.5 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	96.7 mph
2	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	93.0 mph
3	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	90.8 mph
4	Grayson Porter	AR	Ashdown	2024	RHP	90.1 mph
5	Tate Collins	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	89.7 mph
6	Gavin Kelley	AR	Benton	2024	RHP	89.4 mph
7	Dylan Gibson	AR	Har-Ber	2024	OF	89.1 mph
8	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	89.0 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	99.0 mph
2	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	92.7 mph
3	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	89.4 mph
4	Blaize Ward	AR	Maumelle	2025	SS	89.3 mph
5	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	88.3 mph
6	Dillon Askew	AR	Rogers Heritage	2025	LHP	88.1 mph
7	Boyce Read	AR	Bentonville	2025	LHP	88.0 mph
8	Cade Palmer	AR	Russellvile	2025	C	87.8 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	87.4 mph
2	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	84.5 mph
3	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	83.9 mph
4	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	83.3 mph
5	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	83.0 mph
6	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	80.6 mph
7	Cade Costello	AR	Fayetteville	2023	RHP	80.6 mph
8	Aaron Fitch	AR	Cabot	2023	LHP	80.5 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	89.4 mph
2	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	85.0 mph
3	Grayson Porter	AR	Ashdown	2024	RHP	84.1 mph
4	Dylan Gibson	AR	Har-Ber	2024	OF	82.7 mph
5	Joe Castillo	AR	Little Rock Catholic	2024	1B	81.4 mph
6	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	80.7 mph
7	Jackson Privett	AR	Pocahontas	2024	RHP	80.6 mph
8	Gavin Kelley	AR	Benton	2024	RHP	79.7 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	90.7 mph
2	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	89.3 mph
3	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	85.2 mph
4	Blaize Ward	AR	Maumelle	2025	SS	83.5 mph
5	Boyce Read	AR	Bentonville	2025	LHP	82.3 mph
6	Cade Palmer	AR	Russellvile	2025	C	82.2 mph
7	Grayson Johnston	AR	Maumelle	2025	C	79.9 mph
8	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	79.6 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	73.6 mph
2	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	72.7 mph
3	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	71.3 mph
4	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	69.7 mph
5	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	69.6 mph
6	Ethan Hirons	AR	Wynne	2023	2B	69.3 mph
7	Mason Pankey	AR	Brookland	2022	C	69.0 mph
8	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	68.9 mph
9	Cade Costello	AR	Fayetteville	2023	RHP	67.3 mph
10	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	66.5 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	75.7 mph
2	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	72.0 mph
3	Tate Collins	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	70.8 mph
4	Joe Castillo	AR	Little Rock Catholic	2024	1B	70.4 mph
5	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	69.8 mph
6	Gavin Kelley	AR	Benton	2024	RHP	68.4 mph
7	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	68.0 mph
8	Peyton Coffman	AR	Russellville	2024	C	66.3 mph
9	Grayson Porter	AR	Ashdown	2024	RHP	66.1 mph
^	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	66.1 mph
10	Jaxson Brents	AR	Danville	2024	RHP	65.6 mph
^	Jackson Privett	AR	Pocahontas	2024	RHP	65.6 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	75.8 mph
2	Grayson Johnston	AR	Maumelle	2025	C	70.9 mph
^	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	70.9 mph
3	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	70.0 mph
^	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	70.0 mph
4	Boyce Read	AR	Bentonville	2025	LHP	69.7 mph
5	Cade Palmer	AR	Russellvile	2025	C	68.4 mph
6	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	66.5 mph
7	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	66.3 mph
8	Blaize Ward	AR	Maumelle	2025	SS	65.8 mph
9	Ty Watkins	AR	Russellville	2025	OF	65.1 mph
10	Dillon Askew	AR	Rogers Heritage	2025	LHP	64.4 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (avg)
1	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	69.9 mph
2	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	69.5 mph
3	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	68.6 mph
4	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	68.3 mph
5	Ethan Hirons	AR	Wynne	2023	2B	67.4 mph
6	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	66.7 mph
7	Mason Pankey	AR	Brookland	2022	C	65.7 mph
8	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	65.6 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (avg)
1	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	70.4 mph
2	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	68.6 mph
3	Tate Collins	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	68.2 mph
4	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	66.7 mph
5	Joe Castillo	AR	Little Rock Catholic	2024	1B	66.4 mph
6	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	65.9 mph
7	Gavin Kelley	AR	Benton	2024	RHP	64.9 mph
8	Grayson Porter	AR	Ashdown	2024	RHP	64.7 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (avg)
1	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	68.8 mph
2	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	67.9 mph
3	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	67.9 mph
4	Cade Palmer	AR	Russellvile	2025	C	66.9 mph
5	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	66.0 mph
6	Grayson Johnston	AR	Maumelle	2025	C	65.0 mph
7	Boyce Read	AR	Bentonville	2025	LHP	64.9 mph
8	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	63.9 mph

PEAK HAND SPEED

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	23.6 mph
2	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	23.5 mph
3	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	23.1 mph
4	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	22.6 mph
^	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	22.6 mph
5	Ethan Hirons	AR	Wynne	2023	2B	22.4 mph
6	Cade Costello	AR	Fayetteville	2023	RHP	21.0 mph
7	Mason Pankey	AR	Brookland	2022	C	20.9 mph
8	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	20.8 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	24.3 mph
2	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	24.0 mph
3	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	23.8 mph
4	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	22.7 mph
5	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	22.6 mph
^	Gavin Kelley	AR	Benton	2024	RHP	22.6 mph
6	Peyton Coffman	AR	Russellville	2024	C	22.5 mph
^	Jake Webster-Moore	AR	EL Dorado	2024	3B	22.5 mph
7	Joe Castillo	AR	Little Rock Catholic	2024	1B	22.0 mph
8	Tate Collins	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	21.1 mph
^	Caleb Champion	AR	Rogers	2024	CF	21.1 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	24.2 mph
2	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	23.1 mph
3	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	23.0 mph
4	Ty Watkins	AR	Russellville	2025	OF	22.9 mph
5	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	22.8 mph
6	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	22.1 mph
7	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	21.5 mph
8	Blaize Ward	AR	Maumelle	2025	SS	21.0 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (avg)
1	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	22.1 mph
2	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	22.0 mph
3	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	21.9 mph
4	Ethan Hirons	AR	Wynne	2023	2B	21.3 mph
5	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	21.2 mph
6	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	20.3 mph
7	Lane England	AR	Greene County Tech	2023	1B	20.0 mph
8	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	19.9 mph

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (avg)
1	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	23.2 mph
2	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	22.7 mph
3	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	21.7 mph
4	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	21.0 mph
5	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	20.8 mph
6	Joe Castillo	AR	Little Rock Catholic	2024	1B	20.8 mph
7	Peyton Coffman	AR	Russellville	2024	C	20.7 mph
8	Jake Webster-Moore	AR	EL Dorado	2024	3B	20.6 mph

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (avg)
1	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	22.7 mph
2	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	22.1 mph
3	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	21.9 mph
4	Ty Watkins	AR	Russellville	2025	OF	21.6 mph
5	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	21.5 mph
6	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	20.7 mph
7	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	20.2 mph
8	Dillon Askew	AR	Rogers Heritage	2025	LHP	19.4 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (max)
1	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	26.3 g
2	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	17.8 g
3	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	17.5 g
4	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	17.2 g
5	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	16.9 g
6	Jack Woolbright	AR	Benton	2023	3B	16.7 g
7	Mason Pankey	AR	Brookland	2022	C	15.8 g
8	Cade Costello	AR	Fayetteville	2023	RHP	14.9 g

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (max)
1	Jackson Privett	AR	Pocahontas	2024	RHP	28.1 g
2	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	24.1 g
3	Peyton Coffman	AR	Russellville	2024	C	23.1 g
4	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	21.9 g
5	Jake Webster-Moore	AR	EL Dorado	2024	3B	19.7 g
6	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	19.2 g
7	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	19.1 g
8	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	19.0 g

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (max)
1	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	29.7 g
2	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	29.2 g
3	Ty Watkins	AR	Russellville	2025	OF	26.1 g
4	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	23.8 g
5	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	19.6 g
6	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	19.3 g
7	Trystan Newberry	AR	Russellville	2026	LHP	18.4 g
8	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	18.0 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

2022's and 2023's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (avg)
1	Tristan Morgan	AR	Fayetteville	2023	2B	23.3 g
2	Dalen Blanchard	AR	Magnolia	2023	C	14.7 g
3	Shane Songer	AR	White Hall	2023	1B	14.0 g
4	Ty Jones	AR	Southside	2023	RHP	13.7 g
5	Jack Woolbright	AR	Benton	2023	3B	13.4 g
6	Zach Adams	AR	Fayetteville	2023	3B	12.5 g
7	Mason Pankey	AR	Brookland	2022	C	11.1 g
8	Matthew Guffey	AR	Salem	2023	SS	10.1 g

2024's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (avg)
1	Jackson Privett	AR	Pocahontas	2024	RHP	23.0 g
2	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	19.3 g
3	Carter Alexander	AR	Bigelow	2024	C	17.0 g
4	Peyton Coffman	AR	Russellville	2024	C	16.3 g
5	Paxton Flagg	AR	Greenbrier	2024	C	15.8 g
6	Slade Caldwell	AR	Valley View	2024	OF	15.3 g
7	Jake Webster-Moore	AR	EL Dorado	2024	3B	14.6 g
8	Meyer Maddox	AR	Jonesboro	2024	OF	14.5 g

2025's and 2026's

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (avg)
1	Broc Mattox	AR	Benton	2025	1B	25.1 g
2	Christian Battles	AR	Fayetteville High School East	2025	OF	23.9 g
3	Ty Watkins	AR	Russellville	2025	OF	20.8 g
4	Charlie Graves	AR	Fayetteville	2025	OF	20.7 g
5	Luke Cornelison	AR	Har-Ber	2025	SS	16.2 g
6	McLane Moody	AR	Northside	2025	RHP	14.6 g
7	Landon Holzhauer	AR	Fayetteville	2025	C	14.3 g
8	Trystan Newberry	AR	Russellville	2026	LHP	14.1 g