United Athletic Conference

DENVER ? Major League Baseball completed its annual First-Year Player draft on Thursday and a total of 19 WAC student-athletes were picked.  San Jose State had a WAC-high five players drafted while Fresno State and New Mexico State had three. Hawai?i, Louisiana Tech, Nevada and Sacramento State each had two players drafted.
 
Sacramento State outfielder Tim Wheeler was the first WAC player taken in the draft going to the Colorado Rockies in the first round with the 32nd pick. Wheeler was a first team all-WAC selection. WAC MVP Tom Mendonca was the second WAC player selected in the draft. Mendonca was selected in the second round with the 62^nd pick by the Texas Rangers.

 
WAC Players Selected
Rd.-Team, Pick, Name, Pos., School

1-32, Colorado Rockies, Tim Wheeler, OF, Sacramento State

2-62, Texas Rangers, Tom Mendonca, 3B, Fresno State

4-125, Cleveland, Kyle Bellows, 3B, San Jose State

11-339, St. Louis Cardinals, Alan Ahmady, 1B, Fresno State

14-431, Houston, David Berner, LHP, San Jose State

18-543, Oakland, Maxwell Peterson, LHP, San Jose State

25-751, Colorado, Trevor Gibson, RHP, San Jose State

26-774, San Diego Padres, Kevin Winn, 2B, Louisiana Tech

27-815, Cleveland Indians, Tyler Sturdevant, RHP, New Mexico State

27-825, New York Yankees, Jeffrey Farnham, C, New Mexico State

28-848, Florida Marlins, Holden Sprague, RHP, Fresno State

32-970, Toronto, Ryan Shopshire, RHP, San Jose St.

32-973, Chicago White Sox, Jacob Wilson, RHP, New Mexico State

33-99, Cleveland, Chris Kersten, 3B, Louisiana Tech

34-1025, Cleveland, Westley Moss, OF, Nevada

42-1263, Oakland, Blake Crosby, 1B, CS Sacramento State

43-1310, Chicago Cubs, Colin Kaepernick, RHP, Nevada