BEACONSFIELD, Iowa -- A small-town Iowa kid has a chance to make it big by being named the Youth Athlete of the Year, which comes with a 3BRAND ad in Sports Illustrated and $25,000.

Ten-year-old Kolter Hartman is a 5th grader at Mount Ayr Community Schools. He lives in the town of Beaconsfield, which has a population of 11 people. But Hartman is in the quarterfinals of the national contest to be named the Youth Athlete of the Year.

Kolter plays baseball for the Iowa Prospects, a baseball academy in Grimes. He pitches, as well as plays shortstop and third base.

"I started baseball because my dad started taking me to a lot of (slow-pitch) softball games and I was playing catch with him and Jaixen Frost because he was up there playing too. So, and then I stuck with baseball."

Jaixen Frost

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