Natural Baseball Academy: Hitters Data Dive
October 2, 2023
On Sunday, September 23rd, the PBR Kansas staff traveled to Olathe, KS in to host the Natural Baseball Academy Scout Day. This event featured over 55 players from all four high school classes. Attendees participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, collecting unrivaled data through the help of our tech partners, while also collecting high quality video footage of their workout and more.
To see a full list of those in attendance, click HERE. For all of the stats collected at this event, click HERE.
We've broken down the statistical leaders from this event into individual categories, which you'll find in leaderboard format, HERE.
We've take a look at the leaders in our next-level pitching data collected by TrackMan, HERE.
Today, we take a look at the category leaders in our next-level hitting data collected by TrackMan and blast motion, below.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (max)
1
Cameron Blachowicz
KS
Olathe South Sr High
2026
3B
99.0 mph
2
Tyler Vanderleest
KS
Blue Valley North High
2025
1B
97.6 mph
3
Zach Doolin
KS
Olathe South HS
2025
OF
94.7 mph
4
Caden Wurdack
KS
Olathe Northwest High School
2025
3B
93.0 mph
5
Isaac Sauder
KS
Mill Valley High School
2025
C
92.5 mph
6
Brody Nelson
KS
Olathe
2026
1B
89.5 mph
7
Kian Hopkins
KS
DeSoto
2026
SS
89.3 mph
8
Jag Garrison
MO
Summit christian Academy
2026
C
88.9 mph
9
Luke Venneman
KS
Olathe East
2026
C
88.3 mph
10
Treyton DesLauriers
KS
Olathe West High School
2025
LHP
88.1 mph
11
Charlie Butler
KS
Olathe East Sr High
2025
SS
87.3 mph
12
Blaine Leyden
KS
Olathe South
2026
2B
87.2 mph
13
Tristan Prier
KS
Lawrence Free State High
2025
OF
87.1 mph
14
James Kegley
KS
olathe northwest
2026
RHP
86.5 mph
15
Luke Vaughan
KS
Blue Valley High
2025
2B
86.3 mph
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
| 1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 89.5 mph |
| 2 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 89.1 mph |
| 3 | Caden Wurdack | KS | Olathe Northwest High School | 2025 | 3B | 84.1 mph |
| 4 | Luke Venneman | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | C | 83.9 mph |
| 5 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South HS | 2025 | OF | 82.7 mph |
| 6 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Olathe West High School | 2025 | LHP | 82.2 mph |
| 7 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 82.0 mph |
| 8 | Jag Garrison | MO | Summit christian Academy | 2026 | C | 81.4 mph |
| 9 | Roman Barnes | KS | Paola | 2025 | C | 80.7 mph |
| 10 | Joseph Patnode | KS | Olathe East | 2026 | OF | 79.6 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 384 ft |
| 2 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 352 ft |
| 3 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 344 ft |
| 4 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South HS | 2025 | OF | 342 ft |
| 5 | Evan Meyer | KS | De Soto | 2026 | RHP | 330 ft |
| 6 | Blaine Leyden | KS | Olathe South | 2026 | 2B | 327 ft |
| 7 | Charlie Butler | KS | Olathe East Sr High | 2025 | SS | 317 ft |
| 8 | Will Naujokaitis | KS | Olathe East High School | 2026 | 3B | 316 ft |
| 9 | Cooper Burling | KS | Eudora High School | 2026 | C | 310 ft |
| 10 | James Kegley | KS | olathe northwest | 2026 | RHP | 310 ft |
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South HS | 2025 | OF | 293 ft |
| 2 | Evan Meyer | KS | De Soto | 2026 | RHP | 271 ft |
| 3 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 261 ft |
| 4 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 255 ft |
| 5 | Parker Novay | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | RHP | 239 ft |
| 6 | Will Naujokaitis | KS | Olathe East High School | 2026 | 3B | 230 ft |
| 7 | Jake Blomquist | KS | Olathe East Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 222 ft |
| 8 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 221 ft |
| 9 | Jackson Blume | KS | Blue Valley Southwest High School | 2026 | OF | 221 ft |
| 10 | Jag Garrison | MO | Summit christian Academy | 2026 | C | 220 ft |
PEAK HAND SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
| 1 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 25.6 mph |
| 2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 25.3 mph |
| 3 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South HS | 2025 | OF | 24.6 mph |
| 4 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 24.1 mph |
| 5 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 23.2 mph |
| 6 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 23.0 mph |
| 7 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 22.6 mph |
| 8 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley High | 2026 | LHP | 22.5 mph |
| ^ | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood High School | 2025 | 2B | 22.5 mph |
| 9 | James Kegley | KS | olathe northwest | 2026 | RHP | 22.2 mph |
| 10 | Parker Novay | KS | Mill Valley | 2025 | RHP | 21.9 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
| 1 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 24.5 mph |
| 2 | Brody Nelson | KS | Olathe | 2026 | 1B | 22.7 mph |
| 3 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 22.4 mph |
| 4 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 22.1 mph |
| 5 | James Kegley | KS | olathe northwest | 2026 | RHP | 21.5 mph |
| 6 | Roman Barnes | KS | Paola | 2025 | C | 21.2 mph |
| 7 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 21.2 mph |
| 8 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley High | 2026 | LHP | 21.1 mph |
| 9 | Cooper Burling | KS | Eudora High School | 2026 | C | 20.8 mph |
| 10 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 20.6 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
| 1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 83.0 mph |
| 2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 82.1 mph |
| 3 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 80.2 mph |
| 4 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 76.6 mph |
| 5 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 74.1 mph |
| 6 | Zach Doolin | KS | Olathe South HS | 2025 | OF | 72.7 mph |
| 7 | James Kegley | KS | olathe northwest | 2026 | RHP | 71.0 mph |
| 8 | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood High School | 2025 | 2B | 69.7 mph |
| 9 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Olathe West High School | 2025 | LHP | 69.6 mph |
| 10 | Kian Hopkins | KS | DeSoto | 2026 | SS | 69.5 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
| 1 | Tyler Vanderleest | KS | Blue Valley North High | 2025 | 1B | 75.8 mph |
| 2 | Isaac Sauder | KS | Mill Valley High School | 2025 | C | 75.6 mph |
| 3 | Cameron Blachowicz | KS | Olathe South Sr High | 2026 | 3B | 74.1 mph |
| 4 | Joel Williams | KS | Olathe South | 2025 | LHP | 72.5 mph |
| 5 | James Kegley | KS | olathe northwest | 2026 | RHP | 69.4 mph |
| 6 | Kian Hopkins | KS | DeSoto | 2026 | SS | 68.3 mph |
| 7 | Treyton DesLauriers | KS | Olathe West High School | 2025 | LHP | 68.1 mph |
| 8 | Cameron Hughes | KS | Olathe East | 2024 | 3B | 67.4 mph |
| 9 | Hunter Baker | KS | Blue Valley High | 2026 | LHP | 66.4 mph |
| 10 | Ethan Howard | KS | Basehor-Linwood High School | 2025 | 2B | 66.3 mph |
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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