Top Tier Iowa
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about our Baseball teams
In 2004 Top Tier started with one team. It was an 18U team that traveled the country quickly creating a national brand with the style of baseball they played. That team went on to win 40+ games and featured future big leaguer John Ely and 5 draft picks.
Top Tier has evolved from it’s inception in 2004 to one of the elite amateur baseball organizations in the United States. The strength of our program lies in our commitment in developing players and building confidence through hard work and dedication.
New to Top Tier in 2020, our Iowa program has teams in the 8U – 15U age levels. Top Tier Iowa is operated by Jay Whannel. Jay is a former college and professional infielder as well as spending 15 years coaching college baseball.
Our 2021 14U and 11U teams both finished the season the #1 ranked teams in Iowa and the Midwest.
a look at some of our Past Championships!
We design our program to maximize the exposure of our players by playing a competitive regional schedule combined with strategic elite national events. Our high school schedule provides players the platform to showcase their abilities in front of the top schools and scouts across the country. Over the past several years, Top Tier players have committed to schools in the Power Five Conferences and more including BIG 10, SEC, ACC, PAC 12, BIG 12, Big East, Missouri Valley, and Ivy League among others.
We take great pride in Top Tier’s “A Tradition of Baseball Excellence” that has developed as a result of hard work by many outstanding players, the dedication of coaches, the unwavering assistance of our sponsors and the commitment and support of parents. The common purpose of all those involved is to put players in a position to compete, whereby gaining confidence with success and learning from failure. We believe our staff puts players in the best position to succeed on and off the field.
TT Iowa Players with College Commitments
2025:
Taitn Grey | Notre Dame
VJ Schulte | Southeastern CC
Colton Duerling | Kirkwood CC
Jordan Woodhouse | Kirkwood CC
Jake Miller | Southeastern CC
Michael Day | Blackhawk CC
Shraden Lechtenberg | Blackhawk CC
Patrick Binnebose | Iowa Central CC
Alex Meyer | Iowa Central CC
2026:
Brett Harris | Ole Miss
Bryce Pauly | Indiana University
2027:
Xavier Perez | University of Iowa
Watch our Iowa Director Jay Whannel talk about a variety of topics on the Top Tier Podcast, most of which surround the Top Tier Iowa youth program. The TT Iowa youth program has seen a ton of success early on this spring, and Jay gives us some insight as to why.
We design our program to maximize the exposure of our players by playing a competitive regional schedule combined with strategic elite national events.
Our high school schedule provides players the platform to showcase their abilities in front of the top schools and scouts across the country. Over the past several years, Top Tier players have committed to schools in the Power Five Conferences and more including BIG 10, SEC, ACC, PAC 12, BIG 12, Big East, Missouri Valley, and Ivy League among others.
We take great pride in Top Tier’s “A Tradition of Baseball Excellence” that has developed as a result of hard work by many outstanding players, the dedication of coaches, the unwavering assistance of our sponsors and the commitment and support of parents. The common purpose of all those involved is to put players in a position to compete, whereby gaining confidence with success and learning from failure. We believe our staff puts players in the best position to succeed on and off the field.
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Since our inception in 2004, Top Tier has expanded from just a single team out of Chicago into hundreds of teams, spanning the country from coast-to-coast
Competitive Teams range from 8U and up
If your child loves the challenge of competition baseball, wants to improve their skills while exploring their potential come join our team Top Tier Iowa Baseball
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