Outlook

A local product, Hunter Edwards returned to the area after playing in 2020 at Cowley College … Is ranked 390th on the 2022 Perfect Game USA Top 500 JUCO Prospect List ...  Was the No. 12 ranked pitcher in the state of Missouri, and the No. 35 overall player in the state according to Perfect Game … Ranked in the top-10 in the state and top 500 nationally by Prep Baseball Report … Big time arm with big time stuff … Will be a part of the starting rotation and will be asked to throw a lot of innings ... Possesses a big-time power arm ... Learned to throw a curve ball to go with hits 90+ mph fastball ... Attacks the zone and should see key innings ... Has an athletic build and large frame … Was the 23rd ranked player in the state of Kansas and sixth ranked right-handed pitcher by Perfect Game out of high school.

Sohomore Year 2022

Made 10 mound appearances on the season all in relief … Logged an 0-1 record in  12.2 innings with 11 strikeouts and an ERA of 9.24 … Allowed 15 runs, 13 earned, off 13 hits and 11 walks … Pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts in an 11-7 loss to Ellsworth (2-27-22) … Has a strikeout and a run allowed in an inning of work in a 13-3 win over Coffeyville (3-13-22) … Logged 1.2 innings in a 6-5 loss at Kansas City Kansas, allowing a run off one hit with a strikeout (4-24-22).

Freshman Year 2021

Made six appearance on the hill, one as a starter … Finished 1-0 with save and 15 strikeouts in nine innings pitched … Posted an earned run average of 4.00, and held batters to a .206 average … Pitched a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts in a 9-1 win over Dawson (3-16-21) … Posted another perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts in an 11-0 win over Baker JV (3-25-21) … Allowed two runs off two hits with four strikeouts in two innings of work in a 17-13 loss to Metropolitan (4-24-21) … Earned the start and victory allowed just one hit and no runs over two innings in a 25-0 win at Benedictine JV (4-27-21) … Allowed one unearned run and struck out four in two innings pitched to pick up a save in a 7-6 win over Cowley (5-7-21).

Freshman Year 2020

Played for coach Darren Burroughs at Cowley College … Made six appearances for the Tigers, all in relief … Logged 5.1 innings in the hill … Allowed eight hits and nine runs, all earned, walked seven and struck out three for an earned run average of 15.19 … Had is longest outing of the year in his season debut … Allowed one hit, two earned runs, struck out one and walked three in 2.0 innings of work in a 11-10 win over Northeast Texas (2-1-20) … Allowed a hit, a run and walked four in 1.1 innings of relief in a 12-8 loss to Iowa Western (2-29-20). 

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Tony Scardino at Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kan. … Graduated 2019 ...  Helped the Tigers to a Kansas 6A State championship while finishing with a program-best 22-3 record in 2018 … Blue Valley also won the Eastern Kansas League title.

Personal 
Born Hunter Hooper Edwards  on December 20, 2000, in Overland Park, Kan. … Son of Hal and Lora Edwards …. Majoring in business… Also recruited by Cowley College and Fort Scott Community College … Favorite foods are Mexican and Greek … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite movie is The Wolf of Wall Street … Favorite sports movie is Moneyball … Favorite athlete is Connor McGregor … Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Chiefs …  Greatest sports moment was winning a state championship … Notable alumni from his school are Tara Nott, weightlifting gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Brian Schottenheimer, offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, former NFL tight end Justin Swift and MLB pitcher Ryne Stanek.