PBR IL: Lake Land JC / Olney JC Statistical Analysis & Data Dive
September 19, 2023
On Sept. 7, PBR Illinois traveled to Lake Land College in Mattoon, Ill., for the Lake Land / Olney Scout Day. The event featured over 35 players in total from both teams and allowed our staff to get an inside look ahead of their 2024 season.
Below are the day’s top performers, broken down by position players and pitchers. To see a list of those that attended, click here. For all of the statistics from this event, click here.
POSITIONAL TOOLS
TOP 60-yard dash TIMES
| Rank | Name | School | HS Grad Year | Pos | 60-yd |
| 1 | Kyle Duff-Hudson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 6.74 s |
| 2 | Will Knapp | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 6.77 s |
| 3 | Cade Hamilton | Lake Land JC | 2022 | SS | 6.78 s |
| 4 | Tate Wischnack | Olney Central JC | 2022 | OF | 6.95 s |
| 5 | Dicky Gonzalez | Lake Land JC | 2023 | SS | 6.97 s |
| 6 | Kiefer Tarnoki | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 7.00 s |
| 7 | Ryder Johnson | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 7.02 s |
| 8 | Collyn Ballard | Lake Land JC | 2022 | OF | 7.04 s |
| 9 | Kannon Walker | Lake Land JC | 2022 | OF | 7.12 s |
| 10 | Luke Schieltz | Lake Land JC | 2023 | OF | 7.15 s |
MAX INFIELD VELOCITY
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
INF Velo
1
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
94
2
Carder Reich
Olney Central JC
2023
3B
89
3
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
88
4
Mekenna Wakakuwa
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
87
5
Jack Tobin
Lake Land JC
2022
1B
85
MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
OF Velo
1
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
94
2
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
93
3
Collyn Ballard
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
90
4
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
89
5
Joshua Ward
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
88
MAX CATCHER VELOCITY
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
C Velo
1
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
83
2
Keifer Wilson
Olney Central JC
2022
C
80
3
Brayden Smith
Lake Land JC
2022
C
76
TOP POP TIMES
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Pop Time
1
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
1.88-1.96
2
Keifer Wilson
Olney Central JC
2022
C
2.01-2.20
3
Brayden Smith
Lake Land JC
2022
C
2.02-2.14
TRACKMAN
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY & SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
91.1 mph
2
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
90.4 mph
3
Danny Cihocki
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
89.8 mph
4
Ajani Henke
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
89.6 mph
5
Drake McDonald
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
89.4 mph
6
Kayden Althoff
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
89.1 mph
7
Luis Pezzotti
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
88.5 mph
8
Benjamin Benoit
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
88.4 mph
9
Bret Baldus
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
87.7 mph
10
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
86.3 mph
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
2456 rpm
2
Ajani Henke
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2409 rpm
3
Bret Baldus
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
2385 rpm
4
Danny Cihocki
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2382 rpm
5
Drake McDonald
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2311 rpm
6
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
2310 rpm
7
Kayden Althoff
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
2210 rpm
8
Benjamin Benoit
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
2198 rpm
9
Luis Pezzotti
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2179 rpm
10
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
2162 rpm
Max Fastball Velocity: This metric calculates the speed of the pitch as it’s released from the pitcher’s hand.
Spin Rate: This metric calculates the rate of spin on the baseball as it leaves the pitcher’s hand, measured in revolutions per minute (rpm). Historical data shows that high-spin fastballs lessen the impact of gravity, allowing for more ‘rise’ (or less fall, in other words) as it carries through the zone. Low-spin fastballs typically indicate the pitch has greater horizontal action, often making it tougher to square up, but generally easier to make contact with, leading to more ground balls, while high-spin fastballs show a correlation with swings and misses.
AVERAGE FASTBALL HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Benjamin Benoit
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
14.7
2
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
14.6
3
Danny Cihocki
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
13.6
4
Ethan Clark
Lake Land JC
2022
LHP
-11.8
5
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
-10.8
Horizontal Break: Outlined on TrackMan’s own website: “... horizontal movement is measured in inches between where the pitch actually crosses the front of home plate side-wise, and where it would have crossed home plate side-wise if had it traveled in a perfectly straight line from release. A positive number means the break was to the right from the pitcher’s perspective, while a negative number means the break was to the left from the pitcher’s perspective.”
AVERAGE CURVEBALL & SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
2597 rpm
2
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
2591 rpm
3
Danny Cihocki
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2274 rpm
4
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
2198 rpm
5
Drake McDonald
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2140 rpm
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Benjamin Benoit
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
2582
2
Luis Pezzotti
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2499
3
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
2419
4
Danny Cihocki
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
2312
5
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
2243
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Ajani Henke
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
-19.6
2
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
-18.9
3
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
-18.0
4
Benjamin Benoit
Lake Land JC
2021
RHP
-10.9
5
Kayden Althoff
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
-10.6
MAX & AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY (BP)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Exit Velocity (max)
1
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
101.1 mph
2
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
100.0 mph
3
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
99.7 mph
4
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
99.0 mph
5
Justin Somoza
Lake Land JC
2020
3B
98.8 mph
6
Chris Hedinger
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
98.6 mph
7
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
97.9 mph
8
Joshua Ward
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
97.7 mph
9
Collyn Ballard
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
97.4 mph
10
Kiefer Tarnoki
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
96.9 mph
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Exit Velocity (avg)
1
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
96.9 mph
2
Jaydon Luna
Olney Central JC
2022
1B
93.5 mph
3
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
93.2 mph
4
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
93.1 mph
5
Collyn Ballard
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
92.5 mph
6
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
91.2 mph
7
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
91.0 mph
8
Justin Somoza
Lake Land JC
2020
3B
90.6 mph
9
Chris Hedinger
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
90.3 mph
10
Luke Schieltz
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
90.2 mph
MAX DISTANCE (BP)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Distance (max)
1
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
381 ft
2
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
379 ft
3
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
376 ft
4
Justin Somoza
Lake Land JC
2020
3B
369 ft
5
Jaydon Luna
Olney Central JC
2022
1B
368 ft
6
Luke Schieltz
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
365 ft
7
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
364 ft
8
Chris Hedinger
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
355 ft
9
Jack Tobin
Lake Land JC
2022
1B
349 ft
10
Collyn Ballard
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
349 ft
HARD HIT PERCENTAGE (BP)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Hard Hit %
1
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
100 %
2
Jaydon Luna
Olney Central JC
2022
1B
90 %
3
Cade Hamilton
Lake Land JC
2022
SS
84 %
4
Dicky Gonzalez
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
83 %
5
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
75 %
Hard Hit%: TrackMan defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 90 mph or higher, and a player's "hard-hit rate" is simply showing the percentage of batted balls that were hit at 90 mph or more.
BLAST MOTION
HAND SPEED (PEAK & AVERAGE)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Hand Speed (max)
1
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
24.7 mph
2
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
23.3 mph
^
Kyle Duff-Hudson
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
23.3 mph
3
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
23.1 mph
4
Keifer Wilson
Olney Central JC
2022
C
22.9 mph
5
Carder Reich
Olney Central JC
2023
3B
22.8 mph
6
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
22.6 mph
7
Jack Tobin
Lake Land JC
2022
1B
22.2 mph
8
Justin Somoza
Lake Land JC
2020
3B
22.0 mph
^
Joshua Ward
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
22.0 mph
^
Rylan Dorsey
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
22.0 mph
9
Brandon Johnson
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
21.8 mph
^
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
21.8 mph
10
Noah Dill
Lake Land JC
2023
3B
21.7 mph
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Hand Speed (avg)
1
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
22.8 mph
2
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
22.4 mph
3
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
22.1 mph
4
Kannon Walker
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
22.0 mph
5
Kyle Duff-Hudson
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
22.0 mph
6
Keifer Wilson
Olney Central JC
2022
C
22.0 mph
7
Rylan Dorsey
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
21.6 mph
8
Carder Reich
Olney Central JC
2023
3B
21.4 mph
9
Jack Tobin
Lake Land JC
2022
1B
21.1 mph
10
Joshua Ward
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
20.9 mph
Peak Hand Speed: The observed maximum speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.
BAT SPEED (AVERAGE)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Bat Speed (avg)
1
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
77.0 mph
2
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
76.5 mph
3
Brayden Smith
Lake Land JC
2022
C
75.5 mph
4
Moises Rosario
Lake Land JC
2023
C
74.7 mph
5
Tate Wischnack
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
73.4 mph
6
Justin Somoza
Lake Land JC
2020
3B
73.1 mph
7
Jaydon Luna
Olney Central JC
2022
1B
73.0 mph
8
Austin Gabrielson
Lake Land JC
2023
SS
72.7 mph
9
Brandon Johnson
Lake Land JC
2023
RHP
72.6 mph
10
Chris Hedinger
Olney Central JC
2022
OF
72.3 mph
Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (PEAK & AVERAGE)
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Rot. Acc (max)
1
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
24.4 g
2
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
23.4 g
3
Keifer Wilson
Olney Central JC
2022
C
22.0 g
4
Kyle Duff-Hudson
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
21.4 g
5
Brett Kocher
Olney Central JC
2023
OF
20.4 g
Rank
Name
School
HS Grad Year
Pos
Rot. Acc (avg)
1
Will Knapp
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
20.1 g
2
Drew DuPont
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
19.3 g
3
Brett Kocher
Olney Central JC
2023
OF
17.9 g
4
Collyn Ballard
Lake Land JC
2022
OF
17.6 g
5
Kyle Duff-Hudson
Lake Land JC
2023
OF
17.4 g
Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.
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