Category: Athlete Highlight

Sophomore 2-way player Graham Keen first came to RPP in June of 2022 as a 14-year-old. At the time, he was 6’2” weighing in at 150 lbs. He was already very athletic with a tall build. Fast forward to September of 2024, he has been consistently training with us year-round on a remote basis for over two years. He stopped in recently for his bi-annual assessment. He is now 6’5” weighing in at 190 lbs., having added a couple inches and 40 lbs. in lean muscle mass. His pitching velo is T92 mph on the Trackman and his exit velo hit is 100+ mph. He is now ranked #2 Nationally by PBR in his 2027 Class. Whether you think rankings are relevant or not, #2 nationally by PBR says something. He is only a sophomore and he is already Elite.

Let’s review his recent assessment report, which leaves NO stone unturned!

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West Point commit and rising Junior, 6’2” RHP Quinn Miller joined RPP in September 2022.  In June 2022, prior to his start at RPP, he was clocked at 81 mph at a PBR event. By the end of our winter-training program in February 2023, Quinn touched 85.5 mph at another PBR event. Unfortunately, during the summer of 2023 Quinn had to have TJ Surgery.  After a year of hard work, both inside the weight room and inside the nets, Quinn recently hit a PR of 90+ mph.

How did he do it?

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Lefty Ryan Malone, rising senior at Burke Catholic High School, started training with us during the summer 2022, and has gone through quite the transformation. After training remotely for a period of time, he decided to drive an hour each way to our facility during the past off-season and joined our in-house training program. Beginning this spring he went back to training remote.  Since he began his training, he has improved his velo by 12 mph, touching 87 mph recently this summer.

How did he do it?

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Stevens Commit Dean Qira (Class 2024) joined us in August 2022 looking to improve his overall strength.  This past off-season, he also enrolled in our fall and winter pitching programs to help improve his mechanics and raise his velocity ceiling.  During this time period, Dean has made some major improvements. The 6’0” southpaw began his training in the fall weighing 173 lbs. with a FB topping out at 84 mph (6/9/2023 PG). Fast forward to May 2024, and he is absolutely dominating his high school season. Dean is sitting 87-88 and T89 mph, with a 1.13 ERA in 31 IP.

How did he do it?

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Senior Shortstop Chasen Kirk joined us last November in our 4-month off-season program to improve his performance at the plate. Five months later, he’s making his mark in the spring season, currently batting .382 vs .208 the prior year with exit velos 92+ mph.

What’s changed and how did he do it?

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Justin Lin (Class of 2025) is a veteran of the RPP Fam, having joined us in 2021. Needless to say, the gains have been significant. Last fall, Justin came back at 6’1”, 187 lbs. topping out at 84 mph (6/23 PG). After a couple of unfortunate injuries last year, he got after it this off-season and the results are showing. He is now T91 mph and sitting upper 88-90 mph. His fastball velo is up 6-7 mph.  In addition, he has developed one of the best pitching arsenals we have seen at RPP from a high school level player (Trackman results available).

How did he do it?

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RHP Anthony Blackford joined us last September. This is about 8 weeks earlier than most athlete begin their off-season training, but as you will see, Anthony’s gains far exceeded the average gains we generally see. The 6’0” righty topped out at 78 mph when he first came in this past fall. At the finale of the of the off-season he was now touching 88 mph, and recently he touched 89+.

How did he do it?

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Rutgers Commit Chris Sand (Class 2025) joined us in September of last year looking to get a head start on the offseason and improve his mechanics, all with the intent of also bringing up his velocity ceiling. The 6’0” right hander came in weighing at  156 lbs. with a FB sitting 85-86, T87 mph in our initial evaluation. Now we sit here in the early part of the high school season and Chris has gained 3-4 mph, sitting 87-89 and T90 mph consistently, with more gains coming this spring and summer.

How did he do it?

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LHP Chandler Brierley, recently picked up by the Kansas City Royals, has been training at RPP since his days at Ridgewood High School (class 2016), nearby in New Jersey.  He attended Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken and has always made a point of coming back to RPP and staying on top of his training when he was home for the holidays or the summer.  There are many things that contribute to an athlete’s success and Chandler is no different.

Here is a summary of a few that stand out…

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