Iowa Prospects College Prep Coach: Tanner Buenting
Tanner graduated from Ankeny High School in 2013, and was on the 2012 4A State Championship Team, earning MVP honors. Tanner went to play at Iowa Central Community College and Division 1 baseball at Morehead State University.
🚨 COMMITMENT ALERT 🚨
The wait is over for
@IndianolaBB
star Brady Blake (
@brady_blake6
)! Following his time in HS, he will be taking his future talents to
@KUBaseball
! Big time Brady, congrats!
#iahsbb
📸: Kansas
Meet Coach Darrell Einerston and Tj Roemmich!
Darrell has been coaching for the last 7 years at
@DowlingBaseball
as the pitching coach. Before coaching, he was drafted by the Yankees! He has over 15 years of coaching experience from a variety of programs.
Let’s introduce some of our College Prep Coaches!
First up: Mitch Wylie
With 15 years of coaching & player development experience, he focuses on the physical & mental development of pitchers. He has helped multiple Iowa players through the MLB draft & playing DI baseball.
What a weekend for the Prospects! ⚾️
Our 2024 teams were at
@IowaPG
Kernels this weekend: 2024 Black (3-1), 2024 Blue (2-0-1)
Our underclassmen were at
@PBRTournaments
:
2027 Blue (3-0), 2027 Black (1-2), and 2026's (4-1)
Next up for our coach introductions is, Dan Jennings!
He is a coach with knowledge of player development. He has direct connections to pro scouts & college coaches. He helps to place Prospect players on a path for recruitment. Dan has a heavy focus on mentoring youth players.
Iowa Prospects College Development Coach Sean Murphy!
He has a professional career of 10 seasons and coach/instructor for over 20 years. Sean focuses on hitting skills. He brings a depth of knowledge on the skills that are important to college and professional scouts.
Good luck to our 18U, 17U, and 16U teams heading to Indiana this weekend to compete at the PBR Grand Park Fall Championships! Go Prospects!
#fallbaseball
#collegeprep
Weekend recap - Joey Oakie:
3 Innings, 4 K’s in
@IowaPG
Spring League, showing consistent velocity, low to mid 90’s while spotting off speed for strikes and displaying athleticism on the mound and at the plate.
@PGMidwestBB
@UIBaseball
@IowaProspects
Will Morris-MVP of the 2022 PG 14u Memorial Day Classic. Will was a top performer at the plate and also pitched very well running his FB up to 82 with 8 Ks in 4 innings worked.
#PGMDC
Maxim Mincks (‘26, Johnston,IA) drives this ball to deep RF for a standup 2B. Strong, durable frame w/ good bat speed. Soft hands behind the plate.
@IowaProspects
#14uWS
Will Morris (‘26, Ankeny,IA) had a great outing for
@IowaProspects
today. The RHP went 5 IP on the mound, striking out 7 Ks & 1 H. FB was up to 79, sitting 75-78. Tall athletic frame w/ tons of room to fill out.
#14uWS
Another great weekend for the 2026 Prospects. Congratulations on finishing 5-1 on the weekend and making it to the 14U WWBA Midwest Elite Championship game.
@IowaPG
Trae Houser (‘26, Ankeny,IA) dominated in CG 2-hitter allowing only 1 R. Used a solid FB 72/T74 and a CB w/ 11-5 shape. Showed good control filling zone 71% K and creating S/M w/ 10 K. Velo will climb as 5-10/140 frame matures. Shows good feel on mound.
@IowaProspects
#14uWS
Will Morris (‘26, Ankeny, IA) continues his stellar weekend with this 2B off the fence for
@IowaProspects
. He finished the game 2-3 with a 2B, RBI, and R scored. He continues to be a high follow here at the
#14uElite
@PGMidwest
@PGMidwestBB
Congrats Will Morris of
@IowaProspects
for being named MVP of the 2022 PG 14u Midwest Elite Championship. Will had a great weekend pitching and hitting.
#perfectgame
Off-season fun
@515fieldhouse
! Iowa Prospects instructor and former
@UIBaseball
pitcher, Cole McDonald throwing 91 in a bullpen last week!
Getting ramped up for spring training this year 💪🏼⚾️
Kids learn new positions. Here is
@Willmorris_38
(Ankeny - 2026 RHP, SS, C) receiving a strike and sticking pitch given limited experience. He’s athletic kid and works hard behind the plate. Continues to lead all hitters on team with .531 and has power throughout the field.
Jonathan Carrasco (‘26, Waterloo,IA) gets into this ball to LCF for an RBI. Athletic build w/ quality B2B skills. Has a long track record of success at PG events.
@IowaProspects
#14uWS
2026 UTIL Will Morris was dominate on the mound through 4 for
@IowaProspects
. No earned runs, 8 strike outs and a fastball topping out at 81. CB was upper 60’s that caused swing and misses. Also had 3 hits at the plate today.
@MW_Premier
#Super14
2026 INF Lincoln Dalton (Pleasant Valley Iowa) shows off the power potential using his 6’3 and 180lb to drive a 2 RBI 2B to deep center. Present strength w/projectable build for
@IowaProspects
#Super14
@MW_Premier
@PBRIowa
#Hawkeyes
commit Joey Oakie (‘24, Ankeny, IA) did not see a drop off in velo this weekend despite the gale force winds, as he sat 88-91/T93 once again. Struck out 4 in 2 shutout innings, was nails in the 1st & got himself out of a tough spot in 2nd
@PG_Scouting
#PGSpringLeague
Thank you to
@DICKS
and
@PGMidwestBB
. The 14U Prospects had
#BuiltByBaseball
follow them this past weekend in KC to take photos and videos of them for the upcoming baseball marketing campaign. Be on the lookout for some familiar Prospects’ faces in the coming months.
This summer, Iowa Prospects Strength will be hosting a summer training program from May 30th-Aug 18th!
For more information, email us at info
@prospects
.com or check out our website: .
Andrew Johannsen (‘26, Johnston, IA) rips a 2B over the RF for a 2-RBI 2B for
@IowaProspects
. He was a perfect 3-3 with 3 RBI and 1 R scored. Smooth lefty swing with good B2B skills
@PGMidwestBB
@PGMidwest
#14uElite
Tj Rommich has D1 experience with
@CU_Baseball
as a Pitcher & outfielder. In HS
@DowlingBaseball
Tj was awarded the Lanny Pederson award for being the best baseball student-athlete in Iowa. His college experience was very successful & he is excited to coach this year!
Thanks for calls/text over the past week. Thanks
@BaseballCoach14
for a chance this year
@DSMChristian
. Thanks 2 my teammates 4 accepting me. Thanks,
@ty_andrews10
for being a great C & being a great example. Looking forward 2 next season & finishing the foundation started.
Milo Kelley (‘25, IA) throws 3 innings, allowing no earned runs, with 5 Ks. FB sat in low-80s with tight slider that he was landing for strikes.
@PG_Uncommitted
@IowaProspects
#PGMWLDC
Maxim Mincks (‘26, Johnston, IA) lines a 1B in the gap for
@IowaProspects
. He finished the game 1-3 with the RBI 1B. Generates solid power with his bat speed and lower half at 6’0/180
@PGMidwest
@PGMidwestBB
#14uElite
🚨Weekend Recap🚨
Congratulations to the Iowa Prospects 10 U Team for winning the
@CentIASports
Diamond Classic Tournament!
Also a happy Father's Day to all of the Prospect Dads.
Good luck to all the Prospects competing this weekend!
Spring League, 14U White, 14U Grey, 12U Blue, 10U Blue, 10U White, 10U Grey, 9U Blue
⚾️⚾️⚾️
#playball
#openingweekend
#baseball
Griffin Boesen (‘27, Des Moines,IA) shows good future potential playing up and driving this CB to CF for an RBI. Boesen has impressed collecting hits all weekend so far. He shows good barrel control at present and as 5-11/140 frame fills power will come
@PGIASelect
#15uNorth
I am excited to announce my commitment to play baseball at North Area Community College! Extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this program. Thank you to everyone that has made this possible! Go Trojans‼️
Cross Brandy (‘26, Granger,IA) uses a high energy delivery & whippy AA to jump on hitters. FB topped at 80 MPH w/ ride through top of the zone. Went 4 IP w/ only 2 hits given up. Showed good promise w/ the bat as well, collecting 5 hits on the day.
@IowaProspects
#14uElite
Andrew Johannsen (‘26, Johnston, IA) is in control early, punching out 4 in his first two IP. He creates nice angle with his FB that has been up to 76 and has shown good control of the offering
#BCSNorth
@IowaProspects
@MincksMax
(2026 - Johnston (RHP, 3B, C) took the mound for championship for
@IowaProspects
powered by
@GameReady10
. Hit 74 mph with good command. Strong kid & frame with arm strength improving. Shows signs behind plate of quicker exchange and is more consistent with throws.
Our Little Prospects have been hard at work this summer with Coach Pitch and T ball practice. They are learning from the best here with the Iowa Prospects ⚾️👍🏼