Articles Tagged: Hawkeye baseball

Kirkwood sophomore Miles Risley has parlayed hard work into gaudy statistics for the Kirkwood baseball team. He belted a three-run home run to cap Kirkwood’s 13-1 victory in five innings against Southwestern Community College on Wednesday at home.

The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team beat the St. Thomas Tommies 9-3 in a non-conference game at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Tuesday.

Coming off a 44-win season that included making it to the NCAA tournament and winning a couple of games in it, the University of Iowa baseball team has a lot of expectations this season It also has a stacked starting pitching rotation led by first-round MLB draft hopeful Brody Brecht.

Jack Dreyer has had his share of obstacles. The southpaw pitcher threw two seasons at the University of Iowa, had his junior year wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, then blew out his elbow and had Tommy John surgery the following year. He got signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers anyway, and his Great Lakes team is playing against the Cedar Rapids Kernels right now for the MIdwest League championship.

The five current and former Iowa and Iowa State athletes have pleaded guilty to underage betting, which carries only a fine and no jail time.

This data table and collection of criminal complaints shows the most recent charges connected with the ongoing investigation of Iowa student-athletes betting on sports.

Here’s a look at area Iowans in the minors. These are players in affiliated professional baseball from Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa. There are some additions to this list in recent draft picks.

Former Iowa baseball player Gehrig Christensen allegedly bet “mostly on NBA games,” but also Iowa sporting events.

Sites for the 2024 Iowa high school baseball state tournament are in flux because the University of Iowa’s Banks Field in Iowa City will be undergoing a complete remodel. The facility has hosted the Class 3A and 4A portion of the tournament the last three years. The Iowa High School Athletic Association said it has received a proposal from the city of Cedar Rapids to potentially use Veterans Memorial Stadium as the 3A-4A site next year.

Western Dubuque graduate and Ole Miss catcher Calvin Harris was taken by the Chicago White Sox in the fourth round of Monday’s Major League Baseball Draft. Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Jared Simpson also was drafted.

A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.

Penalties for an athlete betting on the Super Bowl, for example, are less severe under the NCAA’s updated sports wagering guidelines.

A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.

A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are doing in affiliated professional baseball.

Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller is “proud of how much this group did accomplish and all that they did overcome” amid adversity.