The 2017 Iowa Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year is...

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John Swanda. You can find the press release here:

https://www.gatorade.com/poy/poy/assets/writable/39484/2017_BB_JSwanda.pdf

The Nebraska commit is the first player planning to leave Iowa for college ball since 2014 (Keaton McKinney; Ankeny; Arkansas). In 2016, Grant Judkins (Pella) won it. In 2017, the award went to Robert Neustrom (Sioux City North).

 

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Just drafted in the 4th round by the Angels on Monday. Unbelievable! Great job, John.