Awards & Honors
- 2024 ABCA All-Region Second Team
- 2024 All-SoCon Second Team
- 2024 SoCon All-Tournament Team
- 2024 Preseason All-SoCon Second Team
- 2023 All-SoCon Second Team
2024 Season (Senior) - In his second season as a Buc, Iannantone was one of the staples in ETSU's lineup...Named an All-SoCon Second Team pick in the preseason, Iannantone played in and started all 56 games for ETSU with 55 of those as the team's designated hitter...Iannantone also hit leadoff for ETSU for the entire 2024 campaign...Paced the Bucanneer hitters with a .387 batting average...Iannantone also scored 65 runs, totaled 84 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, slugged five home runs and drove in 42 runs...Worked a team-high 51 walks against 24 strikeouts and finished the season with a .505 on-base percentage...Tallied 26 multi-hit games and he drove in multiple runs 11 times as a senior...Closed the 2024 season on an 18-game hitting streak and a 24-game reached base streak...Posted a rare five-hit game at UNC Greensboro on March 29...Came up big in ETSU's run in the SoCon Tournament hitting .429 with six hits in 14 at-bats to go with nine runs scored...For his play in Greenville, Iannantone landed a spot on the All-Tournament team along with fellow Buc Jace Hyde...Furthermore, Iannantone earned All-SoCon Second Team honors for the second consecutive season as a designated hitter...Iannantone also was named to the All-ABCA Southeast Region Second Team following the 2024 season.Â
2023 Season (Junior) - Played in 49 games with 46 starts, including 24 at designated hitter and 22 in right field ... Led the team with a solid .389 batting average with 68 hits in 175 at-bats en route to second team all-conference honors ... In April, he ranked second in the nation with a .493 batting average — trailing only LSU's Dylan Crews who was projected by many to be the top pick in the MLB Draft ... Slashed .389/.468/.554 for the season to rank second on the team behind Cameron Sisneros in on-base percentage and slugging percentage ... Finished with 14 doubles, three homers and a team-best three triples ... Tied for second on the team with 41 runs scored, while totaling 27 RBI ... Had 23 walks to just 25 strikeouts ... Grounded into just one double play all season ... Stole two bases ... Had 21 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games against Samford and Seton Hall ... Ended the season on a 12-game hitting streak — the longest active streak among Bucs ... Reached in 18 of the last 19 games.
Prior to ETSU - Played three seasons at Johnson County CC in Plainfield, Illinois ... Played and started in 15 games as a freshman … Hit four triples, tied for first on the team and in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference, as well as tied for eighth in the NJCAA … Became the third player in JCCC history to hit for the cycle ... His five hits tied the single-game record at JCCC … Earned JCCC student-athlete academic honors … Earned NJCAA All-Academic third team … Redshirt freshman season earned First-Team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division ... Earned First-Team All-Region VI … Named JUCO Baseball Blog Mid-Season All-American … Played and started 49 games as the team’s designated hitter … Led the conference and ranked fourth in the NJCAA with a batting average of .474 … His .474 batting average also ranks as the seventh-best in team history … His 29 multiple-hit games tie for the third most in a season at JCCC … In his sophomore season was named a 2022 Preseason All-American … Selected first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District as designated hitter … Played in and started 60 games … Ranked fifth in the conference in average hits.
High School - Two-year starter and three-time letter winner for coach Jared Voss at Joliet Catholic Academy … Ranked the No. 18 outfielder in Illinois and No. 89 overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game his senior year … Earned all-area honors as a junior … Earned three varsity letters in football and earned MVP honors … Earned East Suburban Catholic Conference all-conference and all-area first-team honors as a senior … Honor roll student.
Personal - Born on March 19, 2001, … Son of John and Gina Iannantone … Has two siblings, Vinny and Enzo … Father played baseball at Triton College … Uncle played football at Northwestern University … Brother played football at UT-Martin … Majoring in Sports Management.
