Iowa Baseball's Cade Obermueller Named To Big Ten All-Tournament Team
While Iowa baseball (33-22-1, 21-9 Big Ten) ended the once-promising season on a sour note with a 9-3 loss against UCLA (42-16, 22-8) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal on Saturday from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., the Hawkeyes did receive some excellent individual news on Sunday evening as junior starting pitcher Cade Obermueller was named to the 2025 Big Ten All-Tournament Team.
Obermueller earned the honor by showcasing his supreme skillset during the Hawkeyes' 4-3 pool-play win over Rutgers on May 21, which would be his only start in the conference tournament. During the performance, the Iowa City, Iowa, native threw seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and one base-on-balls with 10 strikeouts.
For the 2024 19th round selection by the Texas Rangers, it is his first Big Ten All-Tournament Team honor and Iowa's first player to earn this distinction since the Hawkeyes had pitcher Ty Langenberg, shortstop Michael Seegers, and outfielders Kyle Huckstorf and Sam Peterson do so in 2023.
Obermueller would end his tremendous junior campaign with a 5-3 record and a 3.02 ERA, along with 117 (12.64 strikeouts per nine innings) strikeouts in 15 appearances.
During those 15 starts, he surrendered 62 hits (6.7 hits per nine innings), 36 runs (28 earned), five home runs, 32 base-on-balls, and one wild pitch.
While nothing has been revealed just yet regarding Obermueller's intentions to return to Iowa for his senior season in 2026 or join the Rangers' organization, the Hawkeyes will certainly be prepared for either scenario as they piece together what went wrong over their final three weeks of the 2025 season.
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