IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Ben Beutel will sign an undrafted free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox organization, it was announced following the conclusion of the 2022 Major League Draft.

Beutel is the fifth Hawkeye from the 2022 team that will continue with a Major League Baseball organization.  Iowa had four players – Adam Mazur, Peyton Williams, Dylan Nedved and Duncan Davitt – selected in the 2022 MLB Draft.

The Davenport, Iowa, native had a breakout senior season in 2022, finishing 3-0 with a 1.47 ERA and four saves in 29 appearances – the most on the team.  The southpaw finished with 41 strikeouts to just six walks over 30 2/3 innings and he allowed just 22 hits.

During the season, Beutel picked off nine base runners, which led to him earning a Rawlings Gold Glove as the best defensive pitcher in Division I college baseball.  He was also an ABCA/Rawlings second-team All-Midwest Region and a second-team All-Big Ten honoree.

Beutel finished his collegiate career with a 4-4 record and a 4.84 ERA.  He had 71 strikeouts over 74 1/3 career innings.

Iowa junior defensive tackle Logan Lee says it was worth the wait to get on the field. After redshirting in 2019, the native of Illinois saw action in only two games in 2020 before bursting on the scene a year ago. Lee started all 14 games and finished with 48 tackles, including three sacks.

Lee says he is working on improving his pass rush this upcoming season.

Lee is part of a defensive line that he says will have even more depth with several new faces.

Iowa opens September third against South Dakota State.

Northern Iowa center Austin Phyfe hopes to finish his basketball career on a healthy note. The former Waverly-Shell Rock standout struggled with long term COVID last season and was limited to about 12 minutes per game. He averaged just under five and half points per game.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson who says Phyfe returned, in part, because he would like to play beyond college.

A healthy Phyfe would be a boost for a UNI squad that lost several key players from a team that won the Missouri Valley regular season title.

Class 1A Semifinals @ Carroll

4:30 p.m.—#1 St. Mary’s, Remsen (34-0) vs. #5 Kingsley-Pierson (27-4)

7:00 p.m.—#2 Newman Catholic, Mason City (33-3) vs. #3 New London (29-1)

Class 3A Semifinals @ Iowa City

5:00—#1 Assumption, Davenport (31-6) vs. #5 Independence (30-11)

7:30—#2 Epworth, Western Dubuque (30-11) vs. #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (31-11)

Class 5A Semifinals

11:00 a.m. – Kruger Seeds Field
#1 Fort Dodge (36-6) vs. West Des Moines Valley (27-13)

11:30 a.m. – Kruger Seeds Field
#2 Muscatine (36-4) vs. Waukee Northwest (33-7)

Class 4A Semifinals

11:30 a.m. – Iowa Central Field
Winterset (35-4) vs. Carlisle (28-10)

1:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
North Scott (29-10) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes (34-6)

Class 3A Consolation Round

11:00 a.m. – Dodger Field
Ballard (16-21) vs. Sioux Center (22-10)

Class 3A Semifinals

3:00 p.m. – Kruger Seeds Field
Mount Vernon (34-4) vs. Saydel (32-4)

5:00 p.m. – Kruger Seeds FIeld
Davenport Assumption (35-8) vs. Williamsburg (33-10)

Class 2A Consolation Round

11:30 a.m. – Veterans’ Field
Louisa-Muscatine (25-9) vs. Logan-Magnolia (28-1)

1:00 p.m. – Dodger Field
Mount Ayr (17-10) vs. Van Meter (30-10)

Class 2A Semifinals

3:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
North Union (33-3) vs. Wilton (27-6)
Box Score

5:30 p.m.. – Iowa Central Field
Central Springs (32-1) vs. Iowa City Regina (22-11)

Class 1A Consolation Round

1:30 p.m. –  Veterans’ Field
Newman Catholic (25-10) vs. Remsen St. Mary’s (27-3)

3:00 p.m. – Dodger Field
Newell-Fonda (35-5) vs. Lisbon (35-5)

Class 1A Semifinals

7:00 p.m. – Kruger Seeds Field
North Linn (33-8) vs. Southeast Warren (24-4)

7:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
Martensdale-St. Marys (25-3) vs. Twin Cedars (27-3)

Class 2A Quarterfinals in Carroll

Estherville Lincoln Central 5, Interstate 35, Truro 1

Mid-Prairie, Wellman 3, Cascade, Western Dubuque 2

Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 7, Dike-New Hartford 4

Van Meter 5, Kuemper Catholic 3

Class 4A Quarterfinals in Iowa City

Johnston 6, Iowa City Liberty 3

Waukee Northwest 7, Waukee 2 

Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. 8, Cedar Rapids, Prairie 2

Iowa City, City High 10, Indianola 0 (5 innings)

Class 3A Quarterfinals

#2 Davenport Assumption 12,  #7 Ballard 2 (6 innings) Box Score

#3 Williamsburg 5,  #6 Sioux Center 1 Box Score

Class 3A Consolation Round

Davis County 11, Dubuque Wahlert 10 Box Score

Class 2A Quarterfinals

#2 North Union  4, vs. #7 Louisa-Muscatine 3 Box Score

#6 Wilton 7, #3 Logan-Magnolia  4 Box Score

#1 Central Springs 6, #8 Mount Ayr 0 Box Score

#4 Iowa City Regina 6 vs. #5 Van Meter 5 Box Score

Class 1A Quarterfinals

#1 North Linn 10,  #8 Newman Catholic 0 Box Score

#5 Southeast Warren 7, #4 Remsen St. Mary’s 1 Box Score

#7 Martensdale-St. Marys 7, #2 Newell-Fonda 2 Box Score

#6 Twin Cedars 2, #3 Lisbon 0 Box Score

Class 4A Consolations

Norwalk 5, Burlington 0 Box Score

Indianola 3, ADM 0 Box Score

Class 5A Consolations

Waukee 5,  Southeast Polk 4 (8 innings) Box Score

Pleasant Valley 6, Linn-Mar 3 Box Score

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa redshirt junior Duncan Davitt was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday in the 18th Round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.  Davitt was the 554th pick overall.

Davitt is the fourth Hawkeye to have his name called in the 2022 MLB Draft and he is the 27th player drafted under head coach Rick Heller.  It is the fourth time under Heller that Iowa has had four or more players selected.

The Indianola, Iowa, native went 4-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 19 appearances (four starts) as a key reliever in the Hawkeye bullpen during the 2022 season.  The right-hander had 61 strikeouts (to 15 walks) over 40 innings.

During his four years in Iowa City, Davitt went 11-5 with a 4.74 ERA over 53 appearances, including 21 starts.  He had 171 strikeouts over 144 1/3 innings.  Davitt was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection as a Hawkeye.

2022 Rolling Valley All-Conference Baseball Teams

First Team

Lane Spieker, CAM, P **
Cory Bantam, Woodbine, P **
Colby Rich, CAM, C **
Joe Kauffman, CAM, IF
Cal Heydon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, IF
Lance Clayburg, Coon Rapids-Bayard, IF
Sage Evans, West Harrison, IF
Easton Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard, OF
Cooper Kock, Ar-We-Va, OF
Ethan Follmann, CAM, OF
Koleson Evans, West Harrison, OF
Will Ragaller, Ar-We-Va, U
Preston McAlister, Coon Rapids-Bayard, U

Second Team

Tyler Kingery, Exira-EHK, P
Kolby Culbertson, Coon Rapids-Bayard, P
Landen Bendgen, Woodbine, C
Cade Ticknor, CAM, IF
Jaidan TenEyck, Boyer Valley, IF
Tanner Oswald, Coon Rapids-Bayard, IF
Mason King, West Harrison, IF
Gabe Obert, Coon Rapids-Bayard, OF
Trey Peterson, Exira-EHK, OF
Cameran Cline, Woodbine, OF
Mason McIntosh, West Harrison, U
Seth Hensley, CAM, U

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List. The Maxwell Award is given annually to the outstanding player in college football.

Hutchinson, a Jacksonville, Florida, native, earned First Team All-Big 12 honors for the second-straight season in 2021. He broke the ISU single-season record and led the Big 12 Conference with 83 catches.

Hutchinson finished just short of 1,000 receiving yards (987) and had five touchdown receptions last season, running his career marks to 147 receptions, 1,758 yards and nine touchdowns. He leads all active Big 12 receivers in career receptions (T-14^th nationally) and receiving yards (18^th nationally).

Hutchinson was 23^rd nationally in receptions per game (6.4) and owns an active streak of 25-straight games with a reception. His best performance came against Oklahoma State with career highs in catches (12) and receiving yards (125).

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