OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County sophomore designated hitter Nick Iannantone has been named as a preseason All-American by JUCO Baseball Blog. He was one of 13 players to be selected for the 2022 team.
Iannantone led the conference and ranked fourth in the NJCAA last season with a batting average of .747 (81-for-174). That average also ranks as the seventh-best ever recorded in team history.
He collected 18 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, scored 62 runs and drove in 56 for the Cavaliers. He led the team in hits, doubles and tied for the lead in RBI. He also led the team with 29 multiple-hit games and tied for second with 16 multiple-RBI games.
During the season, Iannantone was named a JUCO Baseball Blog Mid-Season All-American, and later garnered first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Conference East Division and All-Region 6 honors. Prior to the 2021 season he was ranked 148th on the 2021 Perfect Game USA Top 300 Prospect List.
In 2020, he played in 15 games before the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He hit .449 (22-for-49) with four doubles, four triples, three homers, 17 runs scored and 20 driven in. He had five multi-hit game and five multi-RBI games.
Johnson County, the No. 17-ranked team in the NJCAA Preseason Poll, is scheduled to open the season February 3 at Dallas College-Brookhaven in the first of a four-game series. The Cavaliers return to host No. 4 ranked Crowder College in a four-game series beginning on February 10.