Iowa baseball signs seven recruits, including six from Iowa
City High's Gable Mitchell and Cade Obermueller among the seven new additions
By Hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Seven players – six from the Hawkeye State – have signed National Letters of Intent to join the University of Iowa baseball program in the fall of 2022, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Rick Heller.
The class consists of Blake Guerin (1B, Shoreview, Minn.), Gable Mitchell (SS, Iowa City, Iowa), Reese Moore (C, Van Meter, Iowa), Cade Obermueller (LHP, Iowa City, Iowa), Drew Proskovec (LHP, Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Aaron Savary (RHP, Dubuque, Iowa) and Kellen Strohmeyer (Utility, Dubuque, Iowa).
“We are excited to announce our 2022 recruiting class,” said Heller. “Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Marty Sutherland has done a fantastic job in organizing our recruiting efforts and pitching coach Robin Lund has helped our recruiting efforts as well.
“This is a talented group that has a good mix of pitchers and position players. We love the make-up of this class and feel that these guys will develop into great college and professional players. There are a lot of “winners” in this group. This is a great class, but we will need to add a few more players this spring to account for possible MLB Draft selections on our current roster.”
All seven recruits are top 500 rated players nationally by Perfect Game and four are inside the top 500 by Prep Baseball Report. All six of the Iowa preps were club baseball teammates under Tim Evans and Wes Obermueller at Iowa Select.
Two of the players – Mitchell and Obermueller — are legacy recruits. Brian Mitchell (1996-99) was a first-team All-Big Ten selection and the Bob Oldis, Jr., MVP recipient in 1997, while Obermueller (1997-99) still ranks fourth in school history in single-season strikeouts (91). He was a second round 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals. He played five years in MLB for the Royals, Brewers and Marlins.
2022 Iowa Baseball Recruiting Class
Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | Hometown | High School |
Blake Guerin | 1B | 6-6 | 270 | R/R | Shoreview, Minn. | Mound View |
Gable Mitchell | SS | 5-9 | 172 | S/R | Iowa City, Iowa | City High |
Reese Moore | C | 6-0 | 205 | L/R | Van Meter, Iowa | Van Meter |
Cade Obermueller | LHP | 5-11 | 150 | L/L | Iowa City, Iowa | City High |
Drew Proskovec | LHP | 6-2 | 180 | L/L | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Cedar Rapids Xavier |
Aaron Savary | RHP | 6-3 | 180 | R/R | Dubuque, Iowa | Dubuque Wahlert |
Kellen Strohmeyer | UTIL | 6-3 | 195 | L/R | Dubuque, Iowa | Dubuque Hempstead |