June 10, 2011

 

MLB Draft takes 677 players from 206 schools

 

2011 MLB Draft by School   A-F   G-M   N-S   T-Z

 

Junior right-hander Gerrit Cole (left) of UCLA was the first-overall pick of the 2011 MLB Draft. Five of the first nine selections were Division I players. The first three picks were all college pitchers. There were 24 total Division I players taken in the first round. Connecticut, UCLA and Vanderbilt each had two players selected, with the Bruins having two of the first three picks.

 

There were a total of 677 player drafted from 206 Division I programs. Vanderbilt led the way with 12, while Arizona State, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina had 11 each. Connecticut and Fresno State had 10 players drafted.

 

Schools with nine included Cal State Fullerton, Texas and UCLA. Those with eight included Arizona, Clemson, Marshall, Oregon, Oregon State, TCU, Texas A&M, Virginia and Wichita State.

 

Schools with seven included California, Georgia, Hawaii, Liberty, LSU, Miami (Fla.), UC Riverside, UCF and USC. Those with six included Arkansas, Auburn, East Carolina, Florida State, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, NC State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Stanford, USF and Western Kentucky.

 

Division I Player Drafted in Round 1

 

Rd. Pick Team Player School Pos.
1 1 Pittsburgh Gerrit Cole UCLA RHP
1 2 Seattle Danny Hultzen Virginia LHP
1 3 Arizona Trevor Bauer UCLA RHP
1 6 Washington Anthony Rendon Rice 3B
1 11 Houston George Springer Connecticut OF
1 12 Milwaukee Taylor Jungmann Texas RHP
1 15 Milwaukee Jed Bradley Georgia Tech LHP
1 16 LA Dodgers Chris Reed Stanford LHP
1 17 LA Angels C.J. Cron Utah 1B
1 18 Oakland Sonny Gray Vanderbilt RHP
1 19 Boston Matt Barnes Connecticut RHP
1 20 Colorado Tyler Anderson Oregon LHP
1 22 St. Louis Kolten Wong Hawaii 2B
1 23 Washington Alex Meyer Kentucky RHP
1 28 Atlanta Sean Gilmartin Florida State LHP
1 29 San Francisco Joe Panik St. John's SS
1 30 Minnesota Levi Michael North Carolina SS
1 31 Tampa Bay Mikie Mahtook LSU OF
1 37 Texas Zach Cone Georgia OF
1 40 Boston Jackie Bradley Jr. South Carolina OF
1 43 Arizona Andrew Chafin Kent State LHP
1 56 Tampa Bay Kes Carter Western Kentucky OF
1 58 San Diego Jace Peterson McNeese State SS
1 59 Tampa Bay Grayson Garvin Vanderbilt LHP

 

(photo courtesy of UCLA Media Relations Office)