Posted by Jason Dannelly - Thu, Jun 10, 2010 - [Baseball] - Viewed 804 times

NEW YORK -- The 2010 Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up on Wednesday as 38 overall players from the NAIA ranks were selected over the three-day event. The first NAIA player to get picked was Joe Staley, a senior catcher from Lubbock Christian University (Texas). He went in the eighth round to the San Francisco Giants and was overall pick No. 258.

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), a team ranked No. 1 during the entire regular season, took home the most draftees with eight players. Kawicka Emsley-Pai was the highest drafted Warrior in the 10th round (No. 301).

Last year, 46 NAIA players were chosen.

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2010 MLB Draft – NAIA Players (through Round 50 - Complete):

Pick, (Round), MLB Team – Name, School, (Pos.)

No. 258 (8th round) by San Francisco – Joe Staley, Lubbock Christian (Texas) (C)

No. 301 (10th round) by Arizona -- Kawicka Emsley-Pai, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (C)

No. 381 (12th round) by Philadelphia – Tyler Knigge, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (RHP)

No. 383 (12th round) by Boston – Garrett Rau, California Baptist (RHP)

No. 515 (17th round) by Oakland – Drew Tyson, Reinhardt (Ga.) (RHP)

No. 537 (18th round) by Pittsburgh – Chase Wentz, Louisiana State-Shreveport (OF)

No. 553 (18th round) by Detroit – Josh Ashenbrenner, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (INF)

No. 572 (19th round) by New York Mets – Jonathan Kountis, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (RHP)

No. 599 (20th round) by Kansas City – Cameron Conner, Indiana Southeast (CF)

No. 732 (24th round) by Seattle – Bennett Whitmore, Concordia (Calif.) (LHP)

No. 752 (25th round) by New York Mets – Peter Birdwell, Vanguard (Calif.) (RHP)

No. 778 (26th round) by Baltimore – Austin Goolsby, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (C)

No. 797 (26th round) by Florida – Todd Muecklisch, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (INF)

No. 812 (27th round) by New York Mets – Michael Weldon, Wayland Baptist (Texas) (RHP)

No. 818 (27th round) by Chicago White Sox – Pete Gehle, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (LHP)

No. 832 (27th round) by Los Angeles – Yimy Rodriguez, Peru State (Neb.) (RHP)

No. 850 (28th round) by Chicago Cubs – Joseph Zeller, The Master's (Calif.) (RHP)

No. 872 (29th round) by New York Mets – Hamilton Bennett, Tennessee Wesleyan (LHP)

No. 885 (29th round) by Minnesota – Brian Burke, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (INF)

No. 888 (29th round) by San Francisco – Jose Cuevas, Lee (Tenn.) (SS)

No. 899 (30th round) by Kansas City – Chad Blauer, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (RHP)

No. 932 (31st round) by New York Mets – Steve Winnick, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (RHP)

No. 974 (32nd round) by Atlanta – Ryan Delgado, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (C)

No. 987 (33rd round) by Pittsburgh – Justin Ennis, Louisiana State-Shreveport (LHP)

No. 1017 (34th round) by Baltimore – Samuel Starr, British Columbia (SS)

No. 1025 (34th round) by Oakland – Aaron Larsen, Bethany (Kan.) (RHP)

No. 1038 (34th round) by San Francisco – Johnathan DeBerry, Bethel (Tenn.) (CF)

No. 1041 (34th round) by Philadelphia – Pat Murray, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (1B)

No. 1068 (35th round) by San Francisco – Stephen Shackleford, Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) (P)

No. 1159 (38th round) by St. Louis – Jeff Nadeau, Louisiana State-Shreveport (LHP)

No. 1184 (39th round) by Atlanta – Stephen Foster, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (LHP)

No. 1211 (40th round) by Tampa Bay – Wade Broyles, Belhaven (Miss.) (RHP)

No. 1213 (40th round) by Detroit – Peter Miller, Trinity International (Ill.) (SS)

No. 1294 (43rd round) by San Diego – Mark Hardy, British Columbia (LHP)

No. 1352 (45th round) by New York Mets – Terrance Jackson, Oklahoma City (P/OF)

No. 1409 (47th round) by Kansas City – Darian Sandford, Park (Mo.) (CF)

No. 1435 (47th round) by New York Yankees – Frederick Lewis, Tennessee Wesleyan (LHP)

No. 1483 (49th round) by Detroit – Tyson Kendrick, Tabor (Kan.) (C)


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