Outlook

Nick Iannantone is ranked 202nd on the 2022 Perfect Game USA Top 500 JUCO Prospect List ... Was ranked 148th on the 2021 Perfect Game USA Top 300 Prospect List prior to the 2021 season …  A very physical player with some serious tools … Will be a key hitter in the middle portion of the batting order again in 2022 … Can absolutely fly on the bases … Will attend East Tennessee State University in 2022-23

Career

Closed out his career with a batting average of .442 (189-for-428) with 39 doubles, six triples, 18 home runs, 142 runs scored and 130 drive in … Had 63 extra base hits … Registered 63 multiple-hit games and 33 multiple-RBI games … His 198 hits and 63 multi-hit games are new career team records … His batting average is the second-best for a career in team history … Also ranks fourth in at bats (468), third in doubles (39), tied for 11^th in home runs (18), sixth in extra base hits, fifth in RBI (130) and fifth in multi-RBI.

Sophomore Year 2022

Named 2022 Preseason All-American by JUCO Baseball Blog … Selected first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District at designated hitter … Played in and started 60 games … Hit a team best .474 (86-for-208) with 17 doubles, seven home runs, 63 runs, 25 walks and 54 driven in … Registered a team high 29 multiple-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games … Ranked seventh on JCCC’s season chart for batting average, tied for fifth in hits, tied for third in multi-hit games, tied for 16^th in runs and tied for 17^th in  doubles … Ranked fifth in the conference in average and hits … Opened the season with a seven-game hit streak which he hit .423 (11-for-26) with two doubles, seven runs, six driven in … Had three hits including a double with a run scored in a 13-6 loss to nationally ranked Crowder (2-10-22) … Had two singles and two RBI in an 11-1 win over Southwestern (2-20-22) ... Had a single, double, two runs scored and an RBI in a 14-2 win over Ellsworth (3-26-22) ... Drove in three runs with a single and double in a 13-3 win over Coffeyville (3-13-22) … Ripped a double and a home run to drove in three in an 11-4 win over Neosho County (3-20-22) … Belted a solo homer, singled, walked and scored twice in a 12-10 win at Fort Scott (3-25-22) … Started a season-long 12-game hit streak with a double, two singles, three runs and three RBI in an 18-4 win at Highland (4-9-22) … Had a solo home run in a 5-3 loss to Kansas City Kansas (4-21-22) … Followed with a single and double with an RBI in a 3-0 win over the Blue Devils … Capped the streak with a single, home run and four RBI in a 19-9 win over Metropolitan (4-26-22) … Hit .452 (19-for-42) over the streak with six doubles, five home runs, 18 runs scored and 20 driven in … Started a 10-game hit streak to end the season collecting two singles, a double and scored a run in an 8-1 win over Allen in the first game of twin bill, and followed with a single, walk and three RBI in a 10-1 victory in the second game (5-6-22) … The following day against the Red Devils had a single, double, walk and three runs scored in a 16-0 win (5-7-22) … Had an impressive postseason run batting .480 (12-for-25) with four multi-hit games including three hits and two RBI in a 12-2 win over Hutchinson (5-19-22) … Hit .471 (16-for-34) over the 10-game streak with three doubles, 13 runs scored and eight driven in.

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 as the team’s designated hitter … 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 thirdt-team with a grade point average of. 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 14th 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.