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Brandon Van Dam

HS Grad	2008
Age	28 and 0 mos
Age on 2008 Draft	18 and 2 mos
Position(s)	RHP 1B
Ht/Wt	6-6, 215 lb
B/T	R/R
School	Quartz Hill
Hometown	Lancaster, CA USA
Summer Team	Cardinal Scout
Fall Team	So Cal Panthers
All Americans/All Regions 2008 California - All Region 1st Team

National Rank - Class of 2008
Ranking Last Updated: Jun 04, 2008

Overall

212

Position - RHP

6'5 touching 90 in reports, could move way up soon, big sleeper, good at WWBA, big power bat too

CA State Rank - Class of 2008
Ranking Last Updated: Jun 04, 2008

Overall

Position - RHP

GPA

Scout Level

SAT
--

ACT
--

4 yr Commitment
Cal State Bakersfield

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Best PG Grade
9.5
6/15/2007

Perfect Game USA's Player Rating System
10	Potential very high draft pick and/or Elite level college prospect
9	Potential top 10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect
8	Potential draft pick and/or excellent college prospect
7	College prospect, possible future draft pick with development
6	Potential college prospect
5	Possible College prospect and/or possible HS varsity
4	HS JV
3	Possible HS JV
2	No prospect at this time
1	The game is too dangerous

Latest Showcase Report

2007 National Showcase Jun 15, 2007

PG Grade: 9.5

Brandon Van Dam is a 2008 1B/P with a 6'6'', 215 lb. frame from Lancaster, CA who attends Quartz Hill HS. He has an extra long and strong build and could be scary strong if he works at it. Van Dam is a 2-way prospect depending on the level he ends up at. Offensively, he has a long, lofted swing tha depends on timing and rhythm to make contact. He hits from a very wide stance with a rock back load and can really hit the ball a long way against mediocre stuff that he can get extended to. He has a hitter's approach and isn't just driving the ball by accident, but high velo fastballs and off speed stuff outside will be a challenge. On the mound, Van Dam thows 88-90 mph from a long arm stroke with mimimal effort, He has good feel for his change up but little for his curveball at this point. Given that he has much more strength in his frame, he could throw very hard in the future.

PG Career Progression

Best PG Grade: 9.50
0.50 improvement beginning on Jan 20, 2007

PG Grade

Percentile Rank among grad class in the recorded year

FB	90 _mph 6/15/2007	92.71% Rank best 97 avg 83 (2008 class in 2007) best 97 avg 83 (2008 class)
60	7.38 _sec 6/9/2007	47.20% Rank best 6.17 avg 7.37 (2008 class in 2007) best 6.17 avg 7.44 (2008 class)
IF	87 _mph 6/9/2007	94.92% Rank best 95 avg 77 (2008 class in 2007) best 95 avg 76 (2008 class)
1B	88 _mph 6/15/2007	98.44% Rank best 92 avg 75 (2008 class in 2007) best 92 avg 75 (2008 class)