DENVER ? Major League Baseball completed its annual First-Year Player draft on Friday and a total of 23 WAC baseball players were picked. Fresno State and Louisiana Tech each had a WAC-high six players drafted while Hawai?i and Nevada had four, and Sacramento State had three.
Fresno State pitcher Tanner Scheppers was the first WAC player taken in the draft going to Pittsburgh in the second round with the 48th pick. Scheppers was the 2008 WAC Pitcher of the Year.
WAC Players Selected
Rd.-Pick, Name, Pos., School, Team
2-48, Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Fresno State, Pittsburgh
5-144, Justin Wilson, LHP, Fresno State, Pittsburgh
10-319, Gabe Jacobo, 3B, Sacramento State, L.A. Angels
13-399, Matt Daly, RHP, Hawai?i, Tampa Bay
13-407, Erik Wetzel, 2B, Fresno State, Colorado
14-432, Luke Burnett, RHP, Louisiana Tech, Seattle
15-457, Albie Goulder, 1B, Louisiana Tech, L.A. Dodgers
15-471, Jason Rodriguez, 3B, Nevada, Cleveland
16-483, Justin Miller, RHP, Fresno State, Texas
18-542, David Flores, 3B, Sacramento State, Houston
19-586, Steve Susdorf, OF, Fresno State, Philadelphia
20-611, Jericho Jones, OF, Louisiana Tech, Chicago Cubs
21-651, Ryan Blair, OF, Sacramento State, Cleveland
21-652, Jonathan Hee, 2B, Hawai?i, Boston
23-706, Brandon Haislet, OF, Hawai?i, Philadelphia
24-723, Adam Cobb, OF, Louisiana Tech, Texas
27-817, Clayton Allison, RHP, Fresno State, L.A. Dodgers
31-947, Rod Scurry, RHP, Nevada, Colorado
36-1076, Daniel Eastham, RHP, Nevada, Baltimore
38-1134, Alan Knotts, RHP, Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh
48-1440, Dylan Moseley, RHP, Louisiana Tech, Chicago Cubs
49-1462, Matt Bowman, 2B, Nevada, Oakland
50-1496, Landon Hernandez, C, Hawai?i, Detroit