No Greene County players were named to either the first or second all-conference baseball teams released by the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference. Junior pitchers/infielders Colton Fitzpatrick and Riah Nelsen were both named honorable mention all-conference.

Nelsen batted .279 for the season with three home runs and 18 runs batted in. The homers and RBI led the team. He was 3-5 as a pitcher with a 2.39 earned run average. Nelsen fanned 55 batters in 44 innings and walked just 11.

Fitzpatrick was 5-3 for the 11-15 Rams. His ERA was 2.01 and in 57-2/3 innings pitcher, he recorded 52 strikeouts and walked 15. He had a batting average of .221 with 13 runs batted in.

Heart of Iowa Activities Conference 1st team:

Pitchers- Cole Jackson, North Polk (Alleman); Brandon Hodges, Saydel (Des Moines)

Catchers- Grant Lang, NP; Jared Gescheidler, Gilbert

Infielders- Zach Hovik, Roland-Story (Story City); Alex Gustafson, Saydel; Devin Porter, Saydel, Alex Good, Nevada

Outfielders- Reed Smith, NP, Cole Birchmeier, R-S, Michael Miller, Saydel

Utility- Grant Schiltz, NP

HOIAC second team:

Pitchers- Evan Johnson, Gilbert; Brady Stover, CMB (Maxwell)

Catchers- Alex Muhlenberg, R-S; Jerod DeVries, PCM (Monroe)

Infielders- Mattingly Stone, Saydel; Zach Samson, CMB; Tyler Hovick, R-S; Ben Clark, R-S

Outfielders- Russell Greene, NP; Nate Smith, Colfax-Mingo; Joe Seuferer, Saydel

Utility- Blake Brauer,  NP

 

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