Outlook

Nick Iannantone is ranked 148^th on the 2021 Perfect Game USA Top 300 Prospect List …  A very physical player with some serious tools … Looks to challenge for at bats in the middle portion of the batting order and build off his impressive 2020 season … Can absolutely fly on the bases … Will continue his baseball career at University of South Carolina Upstate.

Career

Played in 64 games … Has a career batting average of .468 (103-for220) with 22 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 79 runs scored and 76 driven in … Has a on-base percentage of .540 and a slugging percentage of .773 … Produced 34 multiple-hit games, which ranks 19^th all-time at JCCC, and 21 multiple-RBI games, which ties for 18^th … His .468 average is the second-best ever recorded at JCCC.

Freshman Year 2021

Earned First-Team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and First-Team All-Region VI ... Named JUCO Baseball Blog Mid-Season All-American … Played and started 49 games … Led the conference and ranked fourth in the NJCAA with a batting average of  .474 … His .474 average also ranks as the seventh-best in team history … Was 81-for-171 with 18 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 62 runs scored and 56 driven in … Led the team in hits, doubles, and tied for the lead in RBI … Also led the team with 29 multiple-hit games and tied for second with 16 multiple-RBI games … His 29 multi-hit games tie for the third most in a season at JCCC … Ranked fourth in the conference in hits, eighth in doubles and fourth in on-base percentage (.540) …  Went 3-for-4 with a home run  and three RBI in a 12-2 win over Southeast (2-27-21) … Tied his personal high and a team record with five hits, including three doubles, five runs and seven RBI in a 36-4 win over Rockhurst JV (3-6-21) … His three doubles also tied a team single-game record, and his seven RBI were one shy of the game record … That started a season-long 12-game hitting streak … Batted .634 (27-for-44) over the streak, with nine doubles, a triple, two home runs, 20 runs scored and 20 RBI … Had a single, home run, scored twice and drove in three in a 13-2 win at Labette (3-10-21) … Hit a solo homer and scored three times in a 2-8 win over the Cardinals in the second game … Ripped four singles, scored three times and drove in two in a 16-6 win over Fort Scott (3-20-21) … Went 11-for-15 with double, two home runs, nine runs and five RBI in a four-game series sweep over Highland (4-9-21 & 4-11-21) … Had two singles, a double, three runs and two RBI in a 15-4 win at Neosho County (4-19-21) … Ripped a double and belted two home runs, scored three times and drove in three in a 19-8 win against Allen (4-25-21) … Had a single, triple, two runs scored and two RBI in a 10- 8 win at Coffeyville (5-1-21).

Freshman Year 2020

Played and started in 15 games … Batted .449 (22-for-49) with four doubles, four triples, three home runs, 17 runs scored and 20 driven in … Also drew 10 walks and stole five bases … His four triples tied for first on the team and in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference, and ranked tied for eighth in the NJCAA … His 20 RBIs were fourth-most on the team … Had five multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games … In his debut, went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBIs in a 7-6 loss at Brookhaven (2-6-20) … Had a single, a home run and three RBIs in a 13-3 win over Ellsworth (2-17-20) … Got his first of four triples in a 7-4 win over Southwestern (2-21-20) … Hit a solo home run in a 4-1 win over Kirkwood (2-29-20) … Had a double, a triple, two walks, three runs and three RBIs in an 18-13 win over Kirkwood (3-1-20) … Was 5-for-7, hit for the cycle, scored four runs and drove in six in a 32-0 blowout at Labette (3-7-20) … Became just the third Cavalier to hit for cycle and his five hits tied the single-game record at JCCC … Drove in two runs with a triple in a 10-6 loss to State Fair (3-10-20) … Had an RBI double, a walk and scored three times in a 16-2 win at Fort Scott (3-11-20) ... Earned JCCC student-athlete academic honors in the fall 2019 semester ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point aveage between 3.60-3.79.

High School 

Was a two-year starter and three-time letter winner for coach Jared Voss at Joliet Catholic Academy, Plainfield, Ill. Graduated 2019 … Was the No. 18 ranked outfielder in Illinois and No. 89 overall prospect in the state according Perfect Game his senior year … Earned All-Area honors as a junior … Hit .395 with 38 hits, nine doubles, four triples, four home runs, 38 runs and 32 RBIs as a senior … Hit .295 with 24 hits, eight doubles, two triples, 18 runs and 16 RBIs as a sophomore … Played summer ball for Complete Game … Also earned three varsity letters in football … Earned MVP honors rushing for 318 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hilltoppers to 35-27 victory over Montini in the Illinois Class 5A State Championship Game as a senior, giving Joliet Catholic its 14^th state championship … Closed out the year rushing for 1,615 yards and 17 touchdowns … Rushed for 208 yards on 17 carries, scored on runs of 54 yards, 59 yards, and 25 yards to lead the Hilltoppers to a 55-21 win over Highland in the state quarterfinals … Earned East Suburban Catholic Conference All-Conference and All-Area first-team honors as a senior … Honor roll student. 

Personal 

Born Nicholas Anthony Iannantone on March 19, 2001, in DuPage, Ill. … Nickname is Nick the Stick … Son of John and Gina Iannantone … Has two siblings, Vinny and Enzo … His father played baseball at Triton College, and his uncle Nick, played football at Northwestern University … Majoring in sports management … Also recruited by Quincy University, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Lewis University, Maryville University and  Hill College … Favorite foods are sub sandwiches and chicken burritos … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is Outback Steakhouse … Favorite TV shows are Last Chance U, Ozark and Friends … Favorite movies are Star Wars and Avengers  … Favorite sports movies are Moneyball, Friday Night Lights and Major League … Favorite actors are Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenheaal and Adam Sandler … Favorite music entertainers are Post Malone and Travis Scott … Favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny … Favorite athletes are Josh Hamilton, Baker Mayfield and Anthony Rizzo … Favorite sports teams are the Texas Rangers and New Orleans Saints … Greatest sports moment was winning state football … Best player he has played against is Michael Prosecky, a left-handed pitcher at the University of Louisville  … Notable alumni from his school are NFL fullback Mike Alstott, NFL lineman Tom Thayer, George “Mr. Basketball” Mikan  and Rudy Ruettiger, whose career at Notre Dame was the inspiration for the 1993 film Rudy.