Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Stat Story
January 31, 2023
Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID on January 18th featuring 46 players from the 2023 class to a few up-and-coming 2027 grads. The event featured the traditional showcase metrics as well as data collected by Trackman, Blast Motion, and the Swift lasers for the 60 times. Today we take a look at the top leaders in the traditional stat leaders from the event with looks at the top 60 times, top fastball velocities, top positional velocities, and top pop times. Be on the lookout in the coming days as we take more looks at the event with deeper dives into the data collected at the event.
Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here
TOP 60 TIMES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
1 | Logan English | AR | Alma | 2026 | 2B | 6.87 s |
2 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 7.07 s |
3 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 7.25 s |
4 | Alexander Salter | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 7.29 s |
5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West High School | 2025 | OF | 7.48 s |
6 | Noah Abdullah | AR | Rogers | 2025 | OF | 7.53 s |
^ | Carson Smith | AR | FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 2B | 7.53 s |
TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 84.4 mph |
2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 83.7 mph |
3 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 83.1 mph |
4 | Dillon Askew | AR | ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | LHP | 83.0 mph |
5 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 81.2 mph |
6 | Aidan Linson | AR | ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 80.6 mph |
TOP EXIT VELOCITIES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 92.1 mph |
2 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 90.8 mph |
3 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 90.4 mph |
4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 89.9 mph |
5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West High School | 2025 | OF | 89.9 mph |
6 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 89.8 mph |
TOP INFIELD VELOCITIES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
1 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 82 |
2 | Aidan Linson | AR | ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 80 |
^ | David Rodriguez III | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 80 |
3 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 79 |
^ | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 79 |
4 | Alexander Salter | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 78 |
^ | Andrew Lind | AR | harber | 2024 | 3B | 78 |
5 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 77 |
^ | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 77 |
6 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 76 |
TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITIES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
1 | Alexander Salter | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 82 |
2 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 81 |
3 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West High School | 2025 | OF | 80 |
4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 79 |
5 | Noah Abdullah | AR | Rogers | 2025 | OF | 75 |
^ | Ace DeWese | AR | Pulaski Academy | 2026 | LHP | 75 |
6 | Benjamin Quinlan | AR | Har-Ber | 2025 | OF | 71 |
TOP CATCHER VELOCITIES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
1 | Aidan Linson | AR | ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 75 |
^ | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 75 |
2 | Jon Ribar | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 73 |
3 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-ber | 2024 | C | 72 |
4 | Carson Smith | AR | FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 2B | 71 |
5 | Connor Davis | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | 3B | 70 |
6 | Logan Renfro | AR | GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | C | 69 |
^ | Levi Driggs | AR | Bentonville West High School | 2025 | C | 69 |
TOP POP TIMES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
1 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-ber | 2024 | C | 2.05-2.12 |
2 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | C | 2.12-2.18 |
3 | Aidan Linson | AR | ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | RHP | 2.15-2.20 |
4 | Connor Davis | AR | Bentonville High School | 2026 | 3B | 2.17-2.19 |
5 | Carson Smith | AR | FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 2B | 2.18-2.22 |
6 | Reeves Aunspaugh | AR | HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL | 2026 | C | 2.20-2.36 |
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