David Driver

Former Washington high school and UNI star enjoying slow pace in Portugal and his Porto coach

Iowa State’s Aljaz Kunc had a little easier time adjusting to game and lifestyle

Iowans in the MLB: Former Xavier prep getting ready for another season as a Pittsburgh Pirate starter, this time as the father of a boy

A 2008 Cedar Rapids Washington High graduate, Phil Richmond grew up hearing Polish spoken by his maternal grandparents who had emigrated from Poland in Eastern Europe after World War II. Now 34, Richmond never dreamed he would end up living in Poland and chasing his baseball dreams as a right-handed pitcher and sometimes position player.

Cedar Rapids Xavier grad Mitch Keller has made adjustments this season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.