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JUNIOR COLLEGE BASEBALL IS GROWING IN THE IOWA HAWKEYES ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS. JEFF DUBROF WENT TO FIND OUT HOW THESE JUCO GUYS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT. ONE. TWO. THREE. BOOM. IT’S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU START. WENT TO CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE, THEN TRANSFERRED TO SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MY SOPHOMORE YEAR I WENT TO KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND SPENT TWO YEARS THERE. SO I STARTED MY FIRST TWO YEARS AT SOUTHEASTERN. IT’S WHERE YOU FINISH. IT’S PRETTY AWESOME. I MEAN, JUNIOR COLLEGE IS GROWING, AND ESPECIALLY IN BASEBALL, THIS YEARS IOWA BASEBALL TEAM REPRESENTS THAT PERFECTLY. ON THE 46 MAN ROSTER, 15 PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE HAWKEYES. I THINK IT’S PRETTY. PRETTY SWEET. I MEAN, IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH TALENT IS AT EVERY LEVEL OF BASEBALL. AND IN 2025, THIS TEAM IS THRIVING. ENTERING THE WEEK THEY WERE ATOP THE BIG TEN STANDINGS ALONGSIDE POWERHOUSE BASEBALL PROGRAM UCLA. AND IT’S THOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFERS THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY. I THINK THEY DON’T GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE. WE SPOKE TO THREE OF THOSE TRANSFERS. THERE’S COOPER SCHULTE. HE CAME FROM SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ENTERING THE WEEK BATTING 329 ON THE SEASON. THAT’S GOOD FOR TOP FIVE ON THE TEAM. YOU KNOW, BEING ONE OF THOSE GUYS MEANS. MEANS A LOT TO ME. MILES RISLEY ARRIVED AT IOWA FROM KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HAS STARTED ALL 35 GAMES THIS SEASON. I WAS ALWAYS JUST CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES AND I MEAN, I KNEW, I KNEW I WAS A GOOD PLAYER, BUT I DIDN’T. MAYBE I DIDN’T HAVE ALL THE TOOLS YET TO BE A DIVISION ONE PLAYER, BUT I WAS REALLY CONFIDENT. AND LASTLY, CALEB WOLFE. HE ALSO JOINED THE TEAM FROM SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IS FOLLOWING IN HIS DAD’S FOOTSTEPS, PLAYING IOWA BASEBALL. WHILE THE HARD WORK FINALLY PAID OFF AND I GET TO LIVE OUT MY DREAM THAT I’D BEEN HOPING FOR SINCE I COULD REMEMBER THAT I WANTED TO PLAY COLLEGE BASEBALL. EACH PLAYER HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE PATH, BUT WITH ONE COMMON THING BUILT ALONG THE WAY. EVERYBODY’S GOT THAT CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER THAT THEY DIDN’T GET RECRUITED HERE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY WANT TO GO PROVE THEMSELVES. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES JUCO BASEBALL AMAZING. KEEP A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER AND GO OUT AND JUST BE A DOG. IT’S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU START. IT’S WHERE YOU FINISH. AND THIS UNLIKELY GROUP OF TRANSFERS HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON FINISHING AT THE TOP OF THE BIG TEN. EVERY GAME MATTERS. AND NO MATTER WHO WE’RE PLAYING, WE’RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND FIGHT AS IF IT’S THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. I DON’T KNOW THAT YOU CAN PUT A CEILING ON THIS JEFF DUBROF