Miles Kizer

College Baseball Program of the Day #027: Iowa Western Reivers 🏴‍☠️ 16 Division I commitments from one sophomore class. A No. 1 national ranking. A 2025 alum taken 33rd overall in the MLB Draft. This is Iowa Western, a JUCO in Council Bluffs, Iowa, that keeps sending players to the biggest stages in college baseball. 2026 Season - 47-11 overall, 28-3 at home, 15-1 in conference - Region 11 champions for the 4th straight year - Midwest District runner-up, falling 6-5 to Wabash Valley in the deciding game - Ranked as high as No. 7 in the nation - 2 NJCAA All-Americans: Justin Rompre and Brynner Waiolama The Resume - 3 NJCAA Division I national championships: 2010, 2012, 2014 - 2019 JUCO World Series national runner-up - 20 JUCO World Series appearances and 28 regional titles - The 2012 team went 62-6 - 2024: 54-10, No. 1 national ranking, back to the JUCO World Series, and the offense led the nation in runs (680), doubles, triples and RBI Pro and D1 Pipeline - Six former Reivers were picked in the 2025 MLB Draft, led by RHP Marcus Phillips, who went 33rd overall to the Red Sox after moving on to Tennessee. That made him the highest-drafted Reiver ever, passing Jon Lieber (44th overall, 1992) - MLB teams took 8 Reivers in the 2014 draft - 16 sophomores from the 2024 team committed to D1 programs, including Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Nebraska, Penn State, Liberty and Grand Canyon - 18 more sophomores from the 2025 team committed to D1 The Staff - Head coach Ryan Cougill is 181-54 in four seasons at Iowa Western. Before that he won the 2016 JUCO World Series at Yavapai College, where he went 354-189-1 and coached future big leaguers Willie Calhoun, JoJo Romero, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Chance Adams and Darius Vines. Over his 13 years as a head coach, 145 of his players have moved on to Division I - Associate head coach and recruiting coordinator @MilesKizer runs an offense that set a school record with 228 stolen bases in 2025 - Pitching coach Drake Biggins has helped the program win 100+ games, with a focus on individual programming and mental performance - Assistant coach Barrett Rose handles infield development and helps with hitting 2027 and 2028 players and parents, DM us "INFO" and we'll help you build a real list of schools and a plan to get seen. @reiverbaseball @GoReivers @MilesKizer National Baseball Recruiting | @natlbbrecruit