IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa head coach Rick Heller announced the signing of an 11-player recruiting class that will join the Hawkeye baseball program in 2017. The class is the third-best in the Big Ten Conference by Perfect Game.
"We are excited about the talent coming in the 2016 class,” said Heller. “This is position player dominated class since last year was such a pitching-heavy group. We were able to fill this year’s needs with some talented players.
“Recruiting coordinator, Marty Sutherland and pitching coach, Scott Brickman did an amazing job locating and recruiting not only great players, but great kids. Those guys do an awesome job.”
The class consists of two junior college recruits from NJCAA Division I power, Iowa Western Community College, and nine high school recruits. All nine prep recruits are top 500 players by Perfect Game.
Eight of the 11 players are Iowa natives while one recruit hails from South Dakota, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The class consists of eight positional players, two pitchers, and one dual-position player.
"We are excited about the talent coming in the 2016 class,” said Heller. “This is position player dominated class since last year was such a pitching-heavy group. We were able to fill this year’s needs with some talented players.
“Recruiting coordinator, Marty Sutherland and pitching coach, Scott Brickman did an amazing job locating and recruiting not only great players, but great kids. Those guys do an awesome job.”
The class consists of two junior college recruits from NJCAA Division I power, Iowa Western Community College, and nine high school recruits. All nine prep recruits are top 500 players by Perfect Game.
Eight of the 11 players are Iowa natives while one recruit hails from South Dakota, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The class consists of eight positional players, two pitchers, and one dual-position player.
2016 Iowa Baseball Recruiting Class
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Tyler Cropley C/OF 5-11 180 McCook Lake, S.D. (Iowa Western CC)
Kyle Crowl SS 6-2 180 Council Bluffs, Iowa (Abraham Lincoln)
Matt Hoeg IF 6-0 175 Waukee, Iowa (Iowa Western CC)
Justin Jenkins OF 6-0 175 Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South)
Grant Judkins 3B/RHP 6-3 190 Pella, Iowa (Pella)
Kole Kampen LHP 6-1 185 Fort Dodge, Iowa (Fort Dodge)
Adam LaRock SS/OF 6-0 175 Eau Claire, Wis. (Eau Claire North)
Connor Lindaman 1B 6-5 225 Davenport, Iowa (Davenport Assumption)
Kace Massner OF 6-5 210 Burlington, Iowa (Burlington)
Ben Norman OF 6-2 170 Des Moines, Iowa (Roosevelt)
Cole Pennock LHP 6-7 215 Clinton, Iowa (Clinton)
