2025 Prep Baseball Iowa Diamond Notes
June 11, 2025
Starting on Opening Day, our scouts will be out covering the 2025 season, publishing scout notes and additional in-season content along the way, like Player of the Week awards, Heat Sheet, and weekly top performers included inside Diamond Notes.
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2025 PREP BASEBALL IOWA DIAMOND NOTES 💎 WEEK 3
All players are submitted weekly by their high school coaches.
Names in alphabetical order.
| PLAYER | GRAD YEAR | SCHOOL | NOTES |
| Coltyn Kelley | 2029 (8TH) | East Union | 11/19, 8 singles, 1 double, 2 Home Runs, 3 walks, 1 HBP, 15 RBI |
| Drew Owen | 2025 (SR) | North Polk | 7-14 at the plate. 1 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR(Grand Slam), 9 rbi, 4 sb. Threw 6 innings , 1 hit, vs ADM |
| Evan Lander | Evan Lander | West Monona | Last week, Evan went 6-11 (.545) with 3 Doubles (all in one game), 3 Singles, 2 RBIs, and a HBP. Evan hits cleanup for the Spartans and is currently 13-33 (.394) on the year with 6 stolen bases. |
| Bode Ferrell | 2028 (FR) | Cardinal | Bode’s stat line for last week was 3 appearances, 8.2IP, 1 hit, 15k’s, 0.00 ERA, .47 whip, 1 win. All 3 were conference games and in relief. |
| Drake Durflinger | 2025 (SR) | Cardinal | Drake played in 4 games last week, 13AB’s - 9 runs- 6 hits - 3 rbis’s - 2 bb’s - avg was .462 - and OBP was .615. He also had 22 putouts with zero errors. |
| Kaleb LaFavor | 2026 (JR) | Bishop Heelan | Game 1 vs. #3 SC East went 4-4 with 3 rbi including 2 doubles and a hbp. In Game 2 he threw a 1 hitter in a 3-0 victory over East. He K'd 8 and was 0-1 at the plate with 2 BB. On Thursday vs. LeMars he went 5-10 in the double header. |
| Lincoln Berding | 2026 (JR) | Mason City High School | Lincoln struck out 14 and walked zero and allowed only 1 hit in a CG win vs. Waterloo East on June 9. |
| Cooper Wierson | 2026 (JR) | Collins Maxwell | 19 Ks VS US in a 10 inning 2-1 LOSS where he threw 8 2/3 innings, 110 pitches, 3 walks, and gave up 4 hits. |
2025 PREP BASEBALL IOWA DIAMOND NOTES 💎 WEEK 2
All players are submitted weekly by their high school coaches.
Names in alphabetical order.
| PLAYER | GRAD YEAR | SCHOOL | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Williams | 2026 (JR) | Southeast Polk | Pitched a complete game against Dowling for a win. Gave up 1 run with 9Ks with only 1 walk. This was coming off his last start in CR vs Ia City High where he struck out 11and walked 1 in 5 1/3 in a tough 3-1 loss to a highly ranked team. |
| Eli Schultz | 2026 (JR) | Mason City High School | 6 hits and 9 RBI's in a 4-1 week. |
| Cael Faber | 2026 (JR) | Roland-Story | CG Shutout vs Greene County on 6/2 - 1H, 9K, 0BB CG Shutout vs PCM on 6/6 - 2H, 9K Season - 3W, 1.12 ERA, .88 WHIP, 6:1 K/BB Ratio |
2025 PREP BASEBALL IOWA DIAMOND NOTES 💎 WEEK 1
All players are submitted weekly by their high school coaches.
Names in alphabetical order.
| PLAYER | GRAD YEAR | SCHOOL | NOTES |
| Caden Comer | 2027 (SOPH) | Iowa City Regina | Caden threw a 7 inning no hitter with 7 k's vs Prince of Peace in his first career Varsity start. |
| Drew Owen | 2025 (SR) | North Polk | Drew had 9 hits in 12 AB's, 1 double, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 stolen bases. Had 1 save on the mound in 2 innings, NO runs and 6 K's. Comets win all 3. |
| Jackson Watters | 2025 (SR) | Anamosa | Game 1 vs Maquoketa (5/29): Pitching: 5 IP (Complete Game), 1 hit, 8 Ks, 0 runs. Hitting: 2-2, 1B, 2 BBs, HR, 3 RBI |
| Jaxon Eckley | 2025 (SR) | New Hampton High School | Jaxon Eckley pitched a no-hitter against Charles City on Thursday, hit his first home run of the sesaon against North Fayette Valley on Friday, and then hit another home run against Turkey Valley on Saturday. (If interested, there are more statistics on top of these from Week 2.) |
| JD Schneider | 2025 (SR) | Spirit Lake | 6 IP 12Ks .526 BA 2 triples and 3 HR in 6 games last week |
| Jett Kamberling | 2026 (JR) | Tipton | 6.2 Inn / 4 H / 2 R / 0 Earned / 8 Ks in a 3-2 win over Mid-Prairie. |
| Kinnick Brown | 2026 (JR) | Mason City High School | Kinnick had a great offensive week in 5 games. Played Indianola (DH), Ames (DH), and Decorah. Kinnick had 2 HR including a grand slam, one double, 5 hits, 9 RBI's, and 7 Runs scored in the 5 games. |
| Lincoln Roethler | 2027 (SOPH) | Denver | Lincoln got a no decision against Aplington-Parkersburg on Thursday May 29th. He pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, and striking out 12 batters. Both runs he allowed came in the 6th inning as he was approaching his pitch limit. |
| Gauge Jones | 2025 (SR) | Southeast Valley | 0.818 AVE. Gauge was 9 of 11 this week with 7 singles, 2 doubles, 4 RBI's, and 4 stolen bases. |
| Braden Wallace | 2027 (SOPH) | Roland-Story | 2-0 No hitter vs East Marshall 1 hitter vs South Hamilton 21K's in 10 IP |