2016 Pella High grad Grant Judkins is seeing the field early in his freshman year with the University of Iowa baseball team.

Judkins has appeared in four of the Hawkeyes first 11 games, starting twice on the mound, coming in once in relief and another time as a pinch hitter.

He’s 1-0 as a pitcher with a 7.71 ERA. He’s struck out nine, walked four and allowed eight hits in seven innings of work.

As a hitter, he’s come to the plate ten times. He has three hits, all singles, he’s walked once, and he has three RBI and a run scored.

The Hawkeyes are 7-4 on the season.

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