
Twitter handle: @KMulls28
Muller came down to the Hawkeyes after his high school career ended in Sun Prairie, WI after collecting almost every award at his disposal. He was named his team’s MVP, First team All State, Conference Player of the Year, District 5 Player of the Year and also the American Legion Male Athlete of the Year after his Senior season. He followed that up by starting 51 of the 54 games he played in while at Iowa his Freshman season. He was 2nd on the team in home runs with 4 as well as setting the true Freshman season record with 47 RBI’s. These stats helped him to be named to the Ping! Freshman All-American team. His Sophomore season was hampered by a hamstring injury but he still managed to lead the team in stolen bases with 19. Muller’s Junior season would turn out to be his last as a Hawkeye. He led the team in batting average (.381), runs (57), hits (83), triples (6), total bases (119), slugging percentage (.546), walks (24), hit-by-pitch (9) and on-base percentage (.460). Muller was selected 2nd Team All-Big Ten after the season and entered the MLB Draft. He was selected in the 22nd Round by the Cincinnati Reds. He started out with the Arizona League Reds where after hitting .317 he was named to the AZL Post Season All-Star team. This season Muller was designated to the Class A Dayton Dragons to start the year but started off with the Billings Mustangs of the Rookie Pioneer League before heading back up to the Dragons in August .
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Turnbull came down to the Hawkeyes from White Bear Lake, MN. He made 15 appearances as a Freshman, starting four of them and earning his first win in his Hawkeye debut. His Sophomore season, in 13 starts Turnbull led the team in strikeouts with 44. He followed that up the following season with only 7 starts and his strikeout total dipped to 31 while going 3-5. His Senior season, his record dropped to 1-3 while he finished up with a 5.29 ERA. Turnbull went on to be selected in the 17th Round of the Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. His first season was spent with the Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Pennsylvania League. In 2010, he moved up to the Class A Lansing Lugnuts where he compiled 21 saves while going 3-3 with a 3.86 ERA in relief. He started 2011 with the Lugnuts as well, garnering an All-Star selection in the Midwest League, but finished the season on the roster of the Dunedin Blue Jays in the Class A Advanced Florida State League.
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Twitter handle: @Tooleyj24
Justin Toole was a prime target for the Iowa Hawkeye baseball program out of Council Bluffs, IA. All four years of high school he was all-conference, all-district, all-city & all-Western Iowa. He was a three time all-state selection with two of those seasons being named to the all-state Super Team. His senior season of high school he was named the Bob Feller 4A Pitcher of the Year and the BCA/Louisville Slugger Iowa Player of the Year. He played immediately upon joining the Hawkeyes, becoming one of only three players to not only pitch but also play the field. His Sophomore season, he again played the field and pitched, making four appearances in relief. But, it was also the season he took over Second Base for Iowa, earning 3rd Team All-Big Ten. He would follow that up his Junior year with another 3rd Team All-Big Ten season, ranking in the Top 10 in nine different categories. He went into his Senior season as a Pre-Season 3rd Team All-American and ended it as a 3rd Team All-Big Ten selection once again. He left the Hawkeyes with his name scattered throughout the record books. He set the longest hitting streak of 25 games, the 2nd highest single season hit total with 87, 8th highest single season run total with 63 and the most singles in one game with 5. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent in July of 2009. He started out with the Arizona League Indians in the Rookie League and then moved up to join the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the Class A SS Affiliate. In 2010, Toole spent time with the Scrappers again but also moved up to the Class A Advanced Kinston Indians where he spent most of the year. He also made appearances in 3 games for the AA Akron Aeros and 1 game for the AAA Columbus Clippers. This season he returned to the Kinston Indians and was a mid-season All-Star in the Carolina League. In early September, Toole was placed on the Temporary Inactive List and was then assigned to the Akron Aeros once again, where he finished up the season.
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