Through 2021 82 members of the Des Moines .45s Baseball Club have had Collegiate Baseball or Pro experience. To this point 38 different colleges and universities have been represented. Below is a comprehensive breakdown of the many years of college and professional baseball experience our current players and alumni have accumulated.


Top Representation By School:

Grand View University - 43 Players

Ellsworth Community College - 13 Players

Muscatine CC - 4 Players

Simpson College, Cornell College, Kirkwood CC, Southwestern CC and Marshalltown CC - 3 Players

Schools with 2 alumni - DMACC, Phoenix College (Arizona), Central College, William Penn, IA Western CC, Rochester CC, NIACC.

Schools with 1 alum - Indian Hills CC, Iowa Central CC, Iowa Lakes CC, Upper Iowa, Buena Vista, Mt Mercy, St Ambrose, Holy Cross College, Campbellsville University, , Black Hawk CC, Southeastern CC, McCook CC (Neb), College of DuPage (Ill), Coe College, Midland University, Lincoln Memorial University, Northwestern College, St Scholastica, University of Iowa (D-1), University of Kansas (D-1), Maryland Eastern-Shore (D-1), Texas Southern (D-1), Coppin State (D-1).

Professional Leagues (MLB, AAA, AA, A, RKLG or Ind) - 2 Players

School Representation By Player:

Josh Andrews - William Penn

Ryan Antolik - Grand View

David Bartine - Cornell

Michael Bartine - Cornell

Michael Bennion - Phoenix College, Grand View

Kikie Bernstine - Ellsworth CC

Miko Bernstine - Marshalltown CC

Erick Broome - Rochester CC

Tyler Brown - Grand View

Daniel Callewaert - Grand View

Marcus Chieves - Southwestern CC, Grand View

Chad Conley - Grand View

Mitch Connot - Iowa Lakes CC, Buena Vista

Jason Cromer - Wichita St (Commit), (Selected in the 11th Round of the 1999 MLB Draft)

Jason Davila - Lincoln Memorial University, Grand View

Jake DeBondt - Grand View

Austin Denny - NIACC, Grand View

Josh Dunham - Ellsworth CC, Maryland Eastern-Shore

Tim Easter - Muscatine CC

Ian Fitzsimmons - DMACC, Mt Mercy

Patrick Gonzalez - DMACC

Tommy Goodale - Holy Cross College, St Ambrose

Jon Greiner - Midland University, Simpson College

Ben Grieger - St Scholastica

Jack Haller - Grand View

Andrew Hanse - Ellsworth CC, University of Iowa (Selected in the 22nd Round of the 2013 MLB Draft)

Johnny Herrera - Grand View

Devlin Hogans - Grand View

Brandon Hull - Simpson College

Justin Humke - Kirkwood

Jalen Hunter - Ellsworth CC, Grand View

Shane Isley - Grand View

Jeff Jones - Muscatine CC, Ellsworth CC

Zach Jones - Central College

Nate Kellar - Ellsworth CC, Coppin St.

Joey Keller - Grand View

Joe Kephart - Grand View

Nate Kingery - Black Hawk CC

Andy Krekel - Cornell

Kyle Krier - Grand View

Matt Landgrebe - NIACC

Grant Liebe - Grand View

Chris Lilienthal - Iowa Western CC

Spencer Lockwood - Grand View

Josh Luna - Grand View

Jake Mallas - Grand View

Austin Marchant - Grand View

Blake Marchant - Grand View

Bob Mathews - Ellsworth CC

Kody McCauley - Muscatine CC, Upper Iowa

Jared Meggison - University of Kansas, Grand View

Josh Meredith - Central College

Joe Mesner - Ellsworth CC

Jared Modlin - Southwestern CC

Marty Mohler - Ellsworth CC, Grand View

Bret Nyquist - Grand View

Jordan Patton - Indian Hills CC, Southeastern CC, McCook CC

Brandon Potts - Grand View

Drew Prange - Grand View

Tony Rabey - Grand View

Jeff Ratashak - Grand View

Shawn Reidburn - Grand View

Kevin Richardson - Grand View

Sean Roberts - College of DuPage, Grand View

Andrew Roble - Rochester CC, Grand View

Tom Rosin - Muscatine CC

Jose Ruth - Grand View

Lane Savala - William Penn

Chad Scieszinski - Simpson College

Jason Shumaker - Southwestern CC, Marshalltown CC

Reed Smith - Northwestern College

Shane Squire - Grand View

Kyle Strauss - IA Central CC, Kirkwood CC, Grand View

Casey Taylor - Marshalltown CC, Coe

Brett Toncar - Ellsworth CC, Grand View

Sam Wadsworth - Grand View

Andrew Weeks - Grand View

Deshawn Welch - Ellsworth CC, Campbellsville University

Brett Whene - IA Western CC

Trent Williams - Ellsworth CC

Pat Winnike - Ellsworth CC, Grand View

Sean Wright - Phoenix College, Grand View


College Football Letterwinners:

Kikie Bernstine - Ellsworth CC

Jared Gescheidler - Iowa State

Joe Mesner - Wayne State

Marty Mohler - Central College (Also lettered in Track and Field)

Layton Squire - Graceland College