On Tuesday, October 7th, ScoutConnect hosted its Fall Showcase – IL event at the SportsBarn East in Wood River, IL. This event featured 20 players from Illinois & Missouri, representing the 2026-to-2029 high school grad classes, that participated in a pro-style workout orchestrated by our staff. 

Along the process, participants received traditional data outputs, such as 60 times and positional throwing velocities. Additionally, those in attendance also received verified metrics through our TrackMan units and Blast Motion sensors, which help our staff quantify batted ball data, swing metrics, pitch data, and more. All of that information lives on each individual’s ScoutConnect player profile, which is powered through the Boost app, and is accessible to all college coaches that subscribe to our platform. 

For all of the statistics collected from this event, click HERE. 

Today, with the event behind us, we’re taking a look at some of the top prospects from the day, all of whom are uncommitted. Continue reading below to learn more about a handful of names that caught our staff’s attention at this year’s Fall Showcase – IL event. 

SCOUT NOTES

+ The lone uncommitted 2026 grad in attendance was 1B Carson Stipes (Francis Howell, 2026), who took some of the day’s better hacks in BP. A strong, athletic right-handed hitter, Stipes had seven batted balls leave his bat at 90+ mph, including four at 95+ mph, with his hardest ball coming off his bat at 96.7 mph. Stipes primarily worked through the middle of the field, and drove his furthest ball 337 feet into the left-center gap. He had the third-highest average bat speed (70.7 mph) on the day, and was also amongst the event’s leaders in average hand speed (21.2 mph). Stipes also showed clean actions on the infield at first base, especially on the 3-6-3 double play feeds, where he comfortably worked around the bag. 

+ INF/RHP Liam Decker (O’Fallon, 2027) came away from this event as an arrow-up uncommitted junior whose progress will be fun to monitor after the off-season. Decker, whose lean, athletic levers offer plenty of room to continue adding strength, kicked his day off with a strong pair of BP rounds. He swings an athletic right-handed bat that travels with length through the hitting zone on a level plane, allowing him to backspin line drives to the pull-side. Decker’s hardest ball came off his bat at 92.2 mph – a number that will almost certainly keep climbing as he adds strength in the coming months. Decker led all infielders in max throwing velocity across the diamond (T88 mph) and he showed that arm strength on the mound, pitching at 84-85, touching 86 mph with his fastball at peak. Decker’s upside as an arm is highly intriguing – it’s an athletic, up-tempo delivery that works with quick pace and has arm speed to pair. He matched his fastball with a curveball in the low-70s that has big shape and depth, landing it for strikes in the upper-third of the strike zone. A strong winter could have Decker emerging as a major prospect winner in the Metro East heading into his junior season at O’Fallon. 

+ UTL Nathan Klucker (Triad, 2027) was another uncommitted junior that showed well on both sides of the ball at this event. Klucker consistently worked line drives through the middle of the plate over his two rounds of BP, getting on top of the baseball from a flat, rotational right-handed swing, and his 71.9 mph average bat speed was the event’s second highest mark. Klucker led all outfielders in throwing velocity (T85 mph) and he also was tied for second in peak velocity across the infield (T82 mph). Klucker jumped on the mound afterwards and pitched at 81-83 mph with his fastball, while showing above-average feel for both an upper-60s curveball and low-70s changeup. His pitchability is what’s earned him a role on Triad’s deep pitching staff since his freshman season, and it’s likely what’s going to make him an integral part of the Knights’ staff this upcoming spring, too. 

+ OF Auggie Bugger (Triad, 2027) is a name that’s shown well at multiple of our tournaments throughout this past summer and fall, and he did so again up-close at this event. The left-handed hitting outfielder has a natural feel to elevate the baseball to the pull-side, backspinning line drives to right-center field on repeat over his two rounds of BP. He pairs that with above-average bat strength for his age; Bugger’s hardest ball came off his bat at 93.9 mph, averaging 86.7 mph per batted ball, and he also had the second-furthest average batted distance on the day (253.3 ft.). Expect Bugger to play a role on a Knights’ team this upcoming spring that’s already shaping up to be amongst the area’s best yet again. 

+ Another local product that has consistently shown well in front of our staff is C/INF Nolan Vojak (Edwardsville, 2027). Vojak holds present strength in an athletic, compact frame that should continue to keep adding muscle mass into the future. He was consistently on the barrel to left-center field, spraying line drives that way, and repeating a short, compact right-handed swing with leverage through contact. Defensively, Vojak was on the bag often in his workout behind the plate, working clean and quick to a short ¾ release, popping a 2.01 on his quickest bullet. 

+ Two catchers from Missouri that both put together strong workouts were C Will Berhorst (Seckman, 2027) and C Jonah Bates (Lindbergh, 2028). Berhorst showed some of the day’s highest-end outputs in BP, posting the second-highest max (95.2 mph) and average (87.8 mph) exit velocities on the day, respectively, and his furthest batted ball (344 ft.) was the event’s highest mark. Berhorst doesn’t get cheated at the plate by any means, getting off aggressive hack after aggressive hack with clear intent to elevate towards the pull-side. Bates was a name our staff wasn’t familiar with before this event, but the sophomore backstop left a positive impression after a strong showing. He was on the barrel middle/pull for almost the entirety of his two BP rounds, averaging 84.6 mph per batted ball with a peak mark at 90.8 mph. Bates’ barrel worked long through the zone with leverage out front, allowing him to backspin to the pull-side and produce the second-furthest batted ball (343 ft.) of the event. He was also tied for the event lead in highest average hand speed (22 mph) and showed 75 mph arm strength from the crouch, popping a 2.15 on his quickest throw to the bag. 

+ Another southern Illinois prospect that caught our staff’s eye this past summer at one of our tournaments, and did so again a few weeks ago at this event, was INF/RHP Lucas Harriss (Wesclin, 2027). At the plate, Harris showed barrel feel and a clean left-handed stroke with the propensity to work middle/away, spraying line drives mostly to the opposite field across his two rounds. It’s easy to project more impact coming as he gets stronger, and his ability to repeatedly find barrels should allow that to translate more effectively into in-game production. On the mound, which is where he really stood out this past summer, Harriss has a simple, in-line delivery that he repeats well and a short, clean arm swing to pair. He doesn’t have above-average velocity right now, but his fastball was in the zone consistently, and the radar gun readings will jump as his physical maturity continues. Aside from his heater, Harriss landed a tight, top-to-bottom breaking ball for strikes and consistently spotted a 71-72 mph changeup on the arm-side corner of the plate (9.6 VB / 15.8 HB) as well. 

+ INF/RHP Austin Weissert (Belleville West, 2027) and OF/LHP Lucas Coalson (Staunton, 2027) were two more juniors worth a note from this event. Weissert had a quality all-around showing, spraying line drives middle/away in BP and showing clean, athletic actions on the infield, especially on the move. He jumped on the mound afterwards, pitching in the low-80s with his fastball while flashing strike feel for a mid-60s breaking ball. A left-handed hitter, Coalson consistently elevated the baseball to the right-center gap in BP from a longer, more uphill bat path, leading the event in average batted distance (254.2 ft.). 

+ The day’s top prospect was arguably 1B/LHP Chase Zimmerman (Waterloo, 2028), who came away from this look as a highly intriguing sophomore in southern Illinois. Zimmerman really looks the part, packing an athletic frame with proportional strength throughout that should only continue to get more physical as he continues to mature physically. He took a pair of really impressive rounds of BP, backspinning baseballs on repeat to the right-center gap from a short, uphill left-handed swing. Once he tacks on more strength, Zimmerman has a chance to really hit for impact from the left side, profiling as your prototypical middle-of-the-order type. He’s also a fairly intriguing follow on the mound, working downhill with an athletic, in-line delivery and short, tight arm stroke that creates some deception on the front side. His fastball played easy out the hand without much effort, sitting 80-81 mph, and for strikes to both sides of the plate. Zimmerman’s curveball played at 68-69 mph and flashed as his best secondary in this look, showing short, lateral shape, and he also threw a straight changeup at 73-74 mph. After garnering some varsity attention on the mound this past season as a freshman for Waterloo, Zimmerman should have a chance to be a two-way contributor for the Bulldogs and is a follow name-to-know in the area. 

+ Another standout sophomore from this event was C/RHP Aiden Saracco (Staunton, 2028). At 6-foot, 176-pounds, Saracco showed the ability to backspin barrels to the backside in both of his BP rounds, creating all of his best batted ball contact to right-center field. He had the highest average bat speed (72.4 mph) of the event, and was near the top in average exit velocity (86.3 mph) and max exit velocity (94.6 mph). There’s plenty of room for Saracco to tack on more physicality over the next few years, and all three of those numbers will keep climbing should he do so. Saracco also ran the day’s fastest 60-yard dash (7.07) and he peaked at 78 mph from the crouch – also an event best – while popping a 2.01 on his quickest bullet to the bag. He hopped on the mound afterwards, pitching at 81-82 mph with a 4S/2S fastball mix that played easy out the hand, and he also showed a feel for spinning a low-70s breaking ball in the zone for strikes.

+ The only freshman in attendance at this event was INF Lucas McNamer (Collinsville, 2029), who showed well at our 14U Spring Invite this past April. A left-handed hitter, McNamer showed the ability to work on the barrel to the pull-side, spraying backspun line drives consistently that way in BP.