If You Build It, They Will Come

        Profile Korry Howell is a baseball player from Kirkwood College*.  Drafted in the 2017 MLB Draft** in the 12th round by Milwaukee Brewers, he played a couple of years in their minor league system before playing in an independent league in the 2020 Covid year.  Korry also played summer ball for the Waterloo Bucks.   * Kirkwood players you can collect: Onix Mercado, Willie Collazo, Levi Usher ** Dan Tillo (3rd Sioux City/Iowa Western CC), John Swanda (4th Des Moines), Jake Adams (6th DMACC, UofI), Korry Howell (12th), Jake Scudder (16th Iowa Western CC), Nick Gallagher (16th UofI), Keaton Winn (20th Ollie/Iowa Western CC), Robbie Glendinning (21st NIACC) Personal Notes So there are a ton of baseball players from Iowa with cards available, and there is a substantial number of players that only have minor league cards.  Not exactly the easiest thing to collect as they tend to very local.  That's why I have to thro...

Profile Lance Olberding is a offensive lineman who went to school at the University of Iowa* and Kirkwood.  He played semipro football for the Randolph Oilers of the Eastern Football League.  He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round of the 1992 draft**. * Iowa had three NFL lineman from this line: Rob Baxley, Mike Devlin and Scott Davis ** Iowa Connections in 1992 Draft: Tyji Armstrong (3rd Iowa Central CC), Ron Geater (7th UofI), T.J. Rubley (9th Davenport), Mike Saunders (10th UofI), Rob Baxley (11th UofI), Matt Rodgers (12th UofI)  Personal Notes So, this is a tough one.  Not much info on Mr. Olberding in my quick search.  Went to Iowa, and was drafted in the 1992 Draft.  However, he never played a snap for the Hawkeyes.  (What?)  He played in the Eastern Football League (what is that?)  He was a bouncer at the time, and Cincinnati thought he was a project and threw a 7th round pick at him.  I can't tell why he l...

     Kirkwood Community College This is a page where I will list all sorts of Kirkwood Community College alumni who have trading cards.  This is not a complete list, but I will update as I move along. Baseball Andrew Barb Todd Budke Jason Cierlik William Collazo Ryan Danly Korry Howell Josh Kauten Shane Kemp Tom Knickerbocker Onix Mercado Josh Merino Bobby Meyer Levi Usher Football Lance Olberding Shonn Greene