PBR Wisconsin Best of 2022: Top Catcher Velocities
January 30, 2023
The PBR Wisconsin staff hosted more than 20 showcases in 2022 – from invite-only events for select prospects, events for incoming freshmen, unsigned seniors, and the list goes on. Before we close the book on 2022 for good, we're going to check out some of the top showcase performances of last year.
To make your mark at a PBR showcase in 2023, check out the recently released Wisconsin winter 2023 calendar.
Below you'll find the top outfield velocities produced by Badger State products over the last calendar year, separated by grad class.
2022
| RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | C VELO |
| 1 | Will Vierling | WI | Homestead | 2022 | C | 82 mph |
| 2 | Evan Olson | WI | Appleton East | 2022 | C | 76 mph |
| 3 | Carson Popp | WI | Shawano | 2022 | C | 75 mph |
| ^ | Hunter Buschke | WI | Notre Dame Academy | 2022 | C | 75 mph |
2023
| RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | C VELO |
| 1 | Thomas Curry | WI | Arrowhead | 2023 | C | 82 mph |
| 2 | Vidal Colon | WI | University School of Milwaukee | 2023 | C | 80 mph |
| ^ | Rheis Johnson | WI | Denmark | 2023 | C | 79 mph |
| ^ | Maxwell Kalk | WI | Kimberly | 2023 | C | 79 mph |
| ^ | Jake Olszewski | WI | Germantown | 2023 | C | 79 mph |
| 3 | Julian Torres | WI | Sun Prairie West | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Eli Goldstein | WI | Grafton | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Cooper Jolin | WI | Middleton | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Owen Eddy | WI | Galesville Ettrick Trempealeau | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Trenton Feucht | WI | Freedom | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Thomas Richter | WI | Rice Lake | 2023 | C | 77 mph |
| 4 | Hunter Szymborski | WI | Brookfield Central | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Tyler White | WI | Cedarburg | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Dominic Kibler | WI | New Berlin West | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Riley Emons | WI | Hale | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Bryan Gerbers | WI | De Pere | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Grant Gill | WI | Bay Port | 2023 | C | 76 mph |
| 5 | Sam Knickerbocker | WI | Regis | 2023 | C | 75 mph |
| ^ | Evan Olson | WI | Kimberly | 2023 | C | 75 mph |
| ^ | Hunter Loser | WI | Kewaskum | 2023 | C | 75 mph |
| 6 | Chris Schaefer | WI | Catholic Memorial | 2023 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Wyatt Baird | WI | Middleton | 2023 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Calvin Hancock | WI | Waterford Union | 2023 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Jimmy Athans | WI | IMG Academy | 2023 | C | 74 mph |
| 7 | Dylan Cunningham | WI | Franklin | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Mitch Broadhead | WI | Fort Atkinson | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Branden Parent | WI | Bradford | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Leo Koenig | WI | Edgewood | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Gideon Vana | WI | Watertown | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Camden Hoier | WI | West Bend East | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Carson Martin | WI | Arcadia | 2023 | C | 73 mph |
| 8 | Benjamin Doherty | WI | Pius XI | 2023 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Hunter Abitz | WI | Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2023 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Gavin Bucholtz | WI | Muskego | 2023 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Easton Snow | WI | DeForest | 2023 | C | 72 mph |
2024
| RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | C VELO |
| 1 | Griffin Bowers | WI | Homestead | 2024 | C | 79 mph |
| 2 | Peyton Ryback | WI | Nathan Hale | 2024 | C | 78 mph |
| ^ | Mike Munro | WI | Franklin | 2024 | C | 78 mph |
| ^ | Hunter Carlson | WI | Hudson | 2024 | C | 78 mph |
| ^ | Donatello Badalamenti | WI | Notre Dame Academy | 2024 | RHP | 78 mph |
| 3 | Gavin Schieffer | WI | Lake Country Lutheran | 2024 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Jonah Roloff | WI | Kettle Moraine | 2024 | C | 77 mph |
| ^ | Samuel Mommer | WI | St. Thomas More | 2024 | C | 77 mph |
| 4 | Ben Van Bell | WI | Whitefish Bay | 2024 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Joshua Gilroy | WI | Arrowhead Union | 2024 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Cal Casper | WI | Bay Port | 2024 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | Bryce Duszak | WI | Menasha | 2024 | C | 76 mph |
| ^ | William Hoerner | WI | Appleton North | 2024 | C | 76 mph |
| 5 | Brady LaViolette | WI | Notre Dame Academy | 2024 | C | 75 mph |
| ^ | Neil Janssen | WI | Delavan-Darien | 2024 | C | 75 mph |
| 6 | Nathan Hanel | WI | Oak Creek | 2024 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Colin Freitag | WI | Bradford | 2024 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Max Johnson | WI | South Milwaukee | 2024 | OF | 74 mph |
| ^ | Mason Mitacek | WI | Westosha Central | 2024 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Nate Novinska | WI | Verona | 2024 | C | 74 mph |
| 7 | Sam Reichert | WI | Arrowhead | 2024 | OF | 73 mph |
| ^ | Brady Johnson | WI | St. Thomas More | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Connor Schroeder | WI | Wausaukee | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Hayden Jamison | WI | Union Grove | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Cameron Ziebell | WI | Mosinee | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Gavin Obremski | WI | Mosinee | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Alex Griswold | WI | Wisconsin Virtual Academy | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Carter Lund | WI | Cambridge | 2024 | C | 73 mph |
| 8 | Shayden Lentini | WI | Germantown | 2024 | RHP | 72 mph |
| ^ | Carter Polfuss | WI | De Pere | 2024 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Abraham Maurer | WI | North Fond du Lac | 2024 | C | 72 mph |
| 9 | Christian Hedmark | WI | Niagara | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Diego Sifuentes | WI | Musekgo | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Dylan Patzfahl | WI | Greendale | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Beckett Shaw | WI | Muskego | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Lincoln Ascher | WI | Kettle Moraine | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Gage Finch | WI | Indian Trail | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Brady Coons | WI | Kimberly | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Maverik Moore | WI | Brookfield Central | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Matthew Ortin | WI | Arrowhead | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Cameron Miller | WI | Madison East | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Jack Nikolay | WI | De Pere | 2024 | C | 71 mph |
| 10 | Carter Vieth | WI | Elk Mound | 2024 | C | 70 mph |
| ^ | Parker Schwake | WI | Wauwatosa West | 2024 | C | 70 mph |
| ^ | Chase McQuade | WI | River Falls | 2024 | C | 70 mph |
| ^ | Ryan Dummer | WI | Burlington | 2024 | C | 70 mph |
| ^ | Christian Lim | WI | Brookfield Central | 2024 | C | 70 mph |
2025
| RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | C VELO |
| 1 | Carter Kutz | WI | Hartford Union | 2025 | 3B | 78 mph |
| ^ | Calvin Hurtgen | WI | Watertown | 2025 | C | 78 mph |
| 2 | Nick Kleczkowski | WI | Muskego | 2025 | C | 76 mph |
| 3 | Leo Weist | WI | Union Grove | 2025 | C | 75 mph |
| 4 | Colton Holmes | IL | Warren | 2025 | C | 74 mph |
| ^ | Connor Harvie | WI | Waterford Union | 2025 | C | 74 mph |
| 5 | Marek Bolson | WI | Oconomowoc | 2025 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Zachary Kiffmeyer | WI | Oshkosh North | 2025 | RHP | 73 mph |
| ^ | Turner Kuhnke | WI | Hortonville | 2025 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | Bradley Filippis | WI | Indian Trail | 2025 | C | 73 mph |
| ^ | PJ Hamel | WI | Arrowhead | 2025 | C | 73 mph |
| 6 | Andrew Reuter | WI | Stoughton | 2025 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Nathan Schopf | WI | Oak Creek | 2025 | C | 72 mph |
| ^ | Jonah Borchardt III | WI | Marquette University | 2025 | C | 72 mph |
| 7 | Matthew Koo | WI | Whitnall | 2025 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Tyler Senske | WI | Menomonee Falls | 2025 | C | 71 mph |
| ^ | Dimitry Edmunds | WI | Appleton West | 2025 | C | 71 mph |
| 8 | Maddux Anderson | WI | Xavier | 2025 | C | 70 mph |
| ^ | Evan Sommer | WI | Case | 2025 | 1B | 70 mph |
| ^ | Jack Gorman | WI | North | 2025 | C | 70 mph |
2026
| RANK | NAME | STATE | SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | C VELO |
| 1 | Laliwa Delgaldo | WI | Bay Port | 2026 | C | 72 mph |
| 2 | Jack Brenner | WI | Fond du Lac | 2026 | C | 71 mph |
| 3 | Dieter Pommer | WI | West Bend West | 2026 | C | 70 mph |
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