The long awaited return of high school baseball in Iowa has arrived and with it, comes some exciting baseball to be displayed. The full return to normal in 2021 was great and it has set up the 2022 campaign to be even more amazing. 

When you talk about amazing, you can’t get much better than the offensive outlook for what you might find within the Class 3A sphere in 2022. For that, you’ll have to look no further than the RBI count. Last season was exactly what fans of Class 3A baseball where hoping for and more when it came to offensive production. Fans were treated to quite an offensive showing across all classes with each class having no less than an 220 RBI jump from the pre-pandemic 2019 campaign. From all of that, the Class 3A ranks rose the most in the run categories, especially RBI where they increased by 412 total RBI in 2021, a full 147 RBI ahead of the next highest class in 4A. Individually, only Class 1A had more 50-plus RBI hitters than Class 3A’s five. It was an offensive showcase for sure, and one that fans enjoyed. Despite how last season ended, it seems as though the 2022 campaign could take that even higher. 

Along with that, Class 3A saw an uptake in total bases and strikeouts thrown across 2021, something that not all classes can say they’ve achieved. With that, lets now dive into some of the biggest impact players across the 2022 season with our Class 3A Preseason All-State Individual Rankings presented by Victory Mounds.

Catcher:

1.) Kegan Schmitt (Independence): 58 hits, 38 RBI, 82 total bases

2.) Kaden Frommelt (Marion): .393 AVG, 22 extra base hits, 48 RBI

3.) Colin Gibson (Grinnell): 71 total bases, 41 hits, 28 RBI

4.) Gehrig Turner (Solon): 57 total bases, 38 RBI, .323 AVG

5.) Bryce Click (Sergeant-Bluff Luton): 41 hits, 36 RBI, .347 AVG

First Base:

1.) Kinnick Pusteoska (Solon): 42 hits, 51 RBI, .404 AVG

2.) Aidan Sieperda (Sergeant-Bluff Luton): 42 hits, 43 RBI, .362 AVG

3.) Clayton Campidilli (DCG): 41 hits, 35 RBI

4.) Korver Hupke (Independence): .321 AVG, 31 RBI, 40 hits.

5.) Garrett Kadolph (Western Dubuque):

Second Base:

1.) Mitchell Johnson (Independence): 32 RBI, 69 TB, .395 AVG

2.) Parker Smith (Clear Creek Amana): 24 hits, .407 AVG

3.) Carson Graven (Waverly-Shell Rock): .315 AVG, 39 hits, 53 total bases

4.) Jay Costello (Davenport Assumption): .426 AVG, 46 TB

5.) Jake Edenburn (Bondurant-Farrar): .303 AVG, 39 TB

Shortstop:

1.) Myles Davis (Marion): .496 AVG, 96 TB, 70 hits (lead all of 3A)

2.) Brett White (Solon): .356 AVG, 56 RBI (highest returning total in 3A), 78 total bases

3.) Sam Young (Clear Creek Amana): .327 AVG, 33 hits, 39 total bases

4.) Roderick Tanamor (Assumption): 39 RBI, 49 total bases, .352 AVG

5.) Kayden Anderson (Glenwood): .505 AVG, 59 total bases, 24 RBI

Third Base:

1.) Jake Trca (Marion): 38 RBI, 53 total bases, .382 AVG

2.) Jake Eddie (Storm Lake): 35 RBI, 62 total bases, 51 hits

3.) Ian Gill (Bishop Heelan): 27 RBI, 53 total bases, 35 hits

4.) Evan Behn (Boone): 36 RBI, 50 total bases, 35 hits

5.) Ben Swails (Clear Creek Amana):

Outfield:

1.) Marcus Beatty (Independence): 80 total bases, .367 AVG, 44 hits

2.) Carson Jager (MOC-FV): 35 RBI, 69 total bases, 42 hits

3.) Archer Ogbourne (Carlisle): 71 total bases, .365 AVG, 42 hits

4.) Aaron Harrington (Lewis Central): 39 RBI, 70 total bases, .426 AVG

5.) Jaqson Tejada (Marion): 32 RBI, 52 total bases

6.) Levi Newton (Humboldt): 4 total bases, 33 RBI

7.) Cael Hodges (Marion): 47 hits, 58 total bases, .356 AVG

8.) Tyson Guard (Carlisle): 33 hits, 52 total bases, 29 RBI

9.) Nikoli Wede (MOC-FV): 42 hits, 58 total bases, .382 AVG

10.) Hunter Manning (Maquoketa): 56 total bases 42 hits

Pitcher:

1.) Justin Hackett (Winterset): 87 strikouts, 2.02 ERA, .180 BAA

2.) Aaron Savory (Wahlert): 96 strikeouts, 66 innings pitched, 1.27 ERA

3.) Boede Rahe (Marion): 90 strikeouts, 1.07 ERA, .196 BAA

4.) Jett Neuberger (Clear Lake): 103 strikeouts, 1.92 ERA

5.) Chance Key (Waverly-Shell Rock): 95 strikeouts, 25 walks, .215 BAA

6.) Beau Leisure (Knoxville): 88 strikeouts, .188 BAA

7.) Brady Steward (Grinnell): 72 strikeouts, 1.58 ERA, .178 BAA

8.) Kaleb Gengler (Bishop Heelan): 71 strikeouts, 1.33 ERA, .131 BAA

9.) Jason Knox (Pella): 71 strikeouts, 1.92 ERA, .234 BAA

10.) Huston Halverson (DCG): 65 strikeouts, .222 BAA

Utility:

1.) Alex Neal (Xavier): 86 strikeouts (pitching), 43 RBI (offensively)

2.) Keenan Tyler (Decorah): 47 RBI, 69 total bases

3.) Dawson Forgy (Winterset): 38 stolen bases, 60 total bases, .441 AVG

4.) Max Stein (Assumption): 57 total bases, .439 AVG, 12 stolen bases

5.) CJ Hisler (Webster City):