Elite NJCAA baseball standouts selected in MLB Draft
88 NJCAA student-athletes were selected in this year's MLB Draft
Colorado Springs, CO – Following another year of high-caliber baseball among NJCAA programs across the nation, Major League Baseball teams took notice as 88 student-athletes were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft.
60 NJCAA schools were represented in this year's draft across 27 MLB teams. San Jacinto (TX) received the most selections as seven Gators heard their name called throughout the three-day, 40-round draft. A total of 15 NJCAA schools boasted multiple draft picks.
All three NJCAA divisions were featured in the draft this year as 68 Division I, 18 Division II, and a pair of Division III student-athletes were selected. Region VIII (FL) received a total of 23 draft picks followed by eight each from Region V (TX) and Region XIV (TX).
The San Francisco Giants showed the most interest in NJCAA student-athletes with nine players chosen, followed by seven selections for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers.
McLennan's standout catcher Josh Breaux was the highest selected NJCAA pick with the 61st overall selection in the second round to the New York Yankees. A pair of San Jacinto Gators were chosen back-to-back in the 24th round as Herbert Iser was chosen with 715th pick to the Baltimore Orioles and Mike Pascoe was selected with the 716th pick by the Toronto Blue Jays. J.C. Correa, a middle infielder for Alvin (TX) was selected by the Houston Astros in the 33rd round. Correa is the brother of Astros All-Star shortshop and World Series champion Carlos Correa.
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Note: This is a list of players drafted directly from NJCAA member colleges
| NJCAA Student-Athletes in 2018 MLB Draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Name | POS | NJCAA College | MLB Team |
| 2 | 61 | Josh Breaux | C | McLennan (TX) | New York Yankees |
| 4 | 106 | Blake Rivera | RHP | Wallace State (AL) | San Francisco Giants |
| 4 | 125 | Aaron Ashby | LHP | Crowder (MO) | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 5 | 135 | Keaton Winn | RHP | Iowa Western | San Francisco Giants |
| 5 | 142 | Trey Riley | RHP | John A. Logan (IL) | Atlanta Braves |
| 6 | 178 | Joey O'Brien | RHP | Southern Nevada | Seattle Mariners |
| 6 | 179 | Sean Chandler | RHP | Iowa Western | Texas Rangers |
| 8 | 240 | Michael Berglund | C | Midland (TX) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 11 | 327 | Davis Bradshaw | CF | Meridian (MS) | Miami Marlins |
| 11 | 337 | Tanner Myatt | RHP | Florence-Darlington (SC) | New York Yankees |
| 12 | 346 | Sean Roby | 3B | Arizona Western | San Francisco Giants |
| 12 | 362 | Rylan Kaufman | LHP | San Jacinto (TX) | Kansas City Royals |
| 12 | 363 | Francisco Justo | RHP | Monroe (NY) | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 12 | 365 | Korry Howell | SS | Kirkwood (IA) | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 13 | 376 | George Bell | CF | Connors State (OK) | San Francisco Giants |
| 13 | 379 | Brian Rey | 2B | Miami Dade (FL) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 14 | 411 | Erik Sabrowski | LHP | Cloud County (KS) | San Diego Padres |
| 14 | 418 | Tyler Suellentrop | RHP | Indian River State (FL) | Seattle Mariners |
| 15 | 448 | Matthew Willrodt | RHP | Cisco (TX) | Seattle Mariners |
| 15 | 455 | Nick Trogrlic-Iverson | RHP | Central Arizona | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 15 | 463 | Bryan Lavastida | C | Hillsborough (FL) | Cleveland Indians |
| 15 | 464 | Julian Smith | LHP | Catawba Valley (NC) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 16 | 467 | Tyler McKay | RHP | Howard (TX) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 16 | 485 | Alec Barger | RHP | Polk State (FL) | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 16 | 494 | Trey Dillard | RHP | San Jacinto (TX) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 17 | 495 | Avery Tuck | OF | New Mexico JC | Detroit Tigers |
| 17 | 512 | Noah Bryant | RHP | Georgia Highlands | Kansas City Royals |
| 17 | 524 | Aldrich De Jongh | OF | Hillsborough (FL) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 18 | 542 | R.J. Dabovich | RHP | Central Arizona | Kansas City Royals |
| 19 | 557 | Mark Potter | RHP | Central Florida | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 19 | 563 | Matt Cross | C | Niagara County (NY) | Oakland Athletics |
| 19 | 566 | Adrian Ramos | OF | Miami Dade (FL) | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 19 | 571 | Datren Bray | CF | Gordon State (GA) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 19 | 572 | Hunter Wolfe | SS | Walters State (TN) | Kansas City Royals |
| 19 | 584 | Sam McWilliams | OF | Meridian (MS) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 20 | 592 | CJ Alexander | 3B | State College of Florida | Atlanta Braves |
| 20 | 602 | Josh Hendrickson | LHP | Barton (KS) | Kansas City Royals |
| 20 | 611 | Onix Vega | C | Broward (FL) | Washington Nationals |
| 21 | 619 | Hunter Oliver | C | Cleveland State (TN) | Cincinnati Reds |
| 21 | 629 | Cody Hawthorne | LHP | Parkland (IL) | Texas Rangers |
| 21 | 643 | Eric Rodriguez | C | Wallace-Dothan (AL) | Cleveland Indians |
| 22 | 657 | Milton Smith Jr. | CF | Meridian (MS) | Miaimi Marlins |
| 22 | 659 | Frainyer Chavez | SS | Midland (TX) | Texas Rangers |
| 22 | 665 | Joe Baran | LHP | Lackawanna (PA) | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 22 | 670 | Yusniel Padron-Artilles | RHP | Miami Dade (FL) | Boston Red Sox |
| 22 | 674 | Simon Landry | 1B | Pearl River (MS) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 23 | 681 | Nelson Alvarez | RHP | Miami Dade (FL) | San Diego Padres |
| 23 | 682 | William Woods | RHP | Dyersburg State (TN) | Atlanta Braves |
| 23 | 700 | Ryan Fernandez | RHP | Hillsborough (FL) | Boston Red Sox |
| 24 | 715 | Herbert Iser | C | San Jacinto (TX) | Baltimore Orioles |
| 24 | 716 | Mike Pascoe | RHP | San Jacinto (TX) | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 24 | 720 | Keegan McCarville | RHP | South Mountain (AZ) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 26 | 772 | Zach Guth | LHP | Harford (MD) | Atlanta Braves |
| 26 | 773 | Leudeny Pineda | RHP | ASA Miami (FL) | Oakland Athletics |
| 26 | 793 | Gunnar Halter | RHP | Seminole State (OK) | Cleveland State (TN) |
| 27 | 818 | Niels Stone | RHP | Indian River State (FL) | Chicago Cubs |
| 27 | 822 | Juan Paulino | C | Western Oklahoma State | Houston Astros |
| 28 | 826 | Travis Perry | RHP | Indian River State (FL) | San Francisco Giants |
| 29 | 869 | Glen Richardson | RHP | Sinclair (OH) | Texas Rangers |
| 29 | 873 | Alerick Soularie | SS | San Jacinto (TX) | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 30 | 899 | Evan Reifert | RHP | North Iowa Area | Texas Rangers |
| 31 | 922 | Gabriel Rodriguez | OF | Miami Dade (FL) | Atlanta Braves |
| 32 | 973 | Andrew Eyster | OF | Santa Fe (FL) | Cleveland Indians |
| 33 | 977 | Jake Kinney | RHP | Tallahassee (FL) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 33 | 989 | Reynaldo Pichardo | C | Dawson (MT) | Texas Rangers |
| 33 | 994 | Denny Bentley | LHP | Howard (TX) | Minnesota Twins |
| 33 | 1002 | J.C. Correa | INF | Alvin (TX) | Houston Astros |
| 34 | 1006 | Lucas Krull | LHP | Jefferson (MO) | San Francisco Giants |
| 34 | 1019 | Noah Burkholder | RHP | Waubonsee (IL) | Texas Rangers |
| 34 | 1021 | Paul McIntosh | C | Motlow State (TN) | Los Angeles Angels |
| 34 | 1029 | Wacy Crenshaw | OF | Glendale (AZ) | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 35 | 1035 | Chavez Fernander | RHP | Polk State (FL) | Detroit Tigers |
| 35 | 1036 | Chris Roberts | RHP | San Jacinto (TX) | San Francisco Giants |
| 35 | 1058 | Edmond Americaan | OF | Chipola (FL) | Chicago Cubs |
| 35 | 1064 | Tyler Reichenborn | OF | Iowa Western | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 36 | 1071 | Will Freeman | RHP | Jones County (MS) | San Diego Padres |
| 36 | 1073 | Chad Bryant | RHP | Pensacola State (FL) | Oakland Athletics |
| 36 | 1080 | Kea'von Edwards | SS | Cowley (KS) | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 36 | 1085 | Brandon Williamson | LHP | North Iowa Area | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 37 | 1096 | Ryan McDonald | RHP | Southern Nevada | San Francisco Giants |
| 37 | 1097 | Ryan Rijo | 1B | New Mexico JC | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 37 | 1100 | Zach Fascia | C | Indian Hills (IA) | New York Mets |
| 37 | 1115 | Franklin Hernandez | RHP | Central Florida | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 38 | 1137 | Bryce Miller | RHP | Blinn (TX) | Miami Marlins |
| 39 | 1184 | Jordan Myrow | CF | San Jacinto (TX) | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 40 | 1186 | Abdiel Layer | SS | Miami Dade (FL) | San Francisco Giants |
| 40 | 1187 | Waylon Richardson | RHP | Kankakee (IL) | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 40 | 1209 | Garrison Burress | SS | Catawba Valley (NC) | Arizona Diamondbacks |
