It’s once again time for Balladeer’s Blog’s annual ritual of listing NAIA college baseball players taken in the MLB draft. The Fresno Pacific University Sunbirds (logo at left) are among the teams who had players drafted.
An added perk (?) of being covered here is the assignment of Official Balladeer’s Blog Nicknames, the kind of nicknames nobody has ever used for these players (or will again) to the best of my knowledge. THE BEST IS THE LAST ON THE LIST
LEE UNIVERSITY FLAMES – Kris “Kids In The” Hall – to the A’s *** Patrick “Machine Gun” Merkling – to the Marlins *** “Volatile” Vincent Spilker – to the Diamondbacks *** Andy “Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout” Hillis – to the Cardinals *** Jorge “The Blue Jay” Saez – to the Blue Jays
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS – Dane “The Screwdriver” Phillips – to the Padres *** “Fillibuster” Blake Schwarz – to the Nationals *** “Manta” Miguel Beltran – to the Rays *** Chad “Bizet’s” Carman – to the Phillies ***
FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY SUNBIRDS – Michael “Teenage Caveman” Vaughn – to the Marlins *** “Smart” Alec Mehrten – to the Rockies ***
ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM – Keith “The Rattler” Glenn – to the Diamondbacks *** Zachary “Seagull” Livingston – to the Angels
SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC RUNNIN’ HORNETS – Joseph “Flivver” Shiver – to the Rangers *** Matt “The Bad MK” Kimbrel – to the Braves
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COUGARS – Jordan “River” Leyland – to the Blue Jays *** Alan “The Artful Dodger” Garcia – to the Dodgers
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS (NAIA World Series Champs) – Jeremy “Edmund” Fitzgerald – to the Braves *** Levi “Lean, Mean” Dean – to the Mariners
ST THOMAS (FL) BOBCATS – Dane “Flint” Stone – to the Marlins *** Joel”Cold Blooded” Capote – to the Angels
LEWIS- CLARK STATE WARRIORS – Austin “Powers” Pentecost – to the Cubs *** Luke “Badgion” Goodgion – to the Rays
EMBRY- RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY EAGLES – Adam “Associated Press” Paulencu – to the Rockies *** “Boltin’ “Benjamin Kline – to the Rays
BRITISH COLUMBIA THUNDERBIRDS – David “I’m Otterman” Otterman – to the Brewers *** “Buster” Keaton Briscoe – to the Red Sox
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA- BEAUFORT SAND SHARKS – Michael “Sheesh” Heesch – to the Cubs
POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY SEA LIONS – “Tricky” Ricky Gingras – to the Astros
COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES – Izaac ” With a Z” Garsez – to the Cubs
AUBURN UNIVERSITY- MONTGOMERY SENATORS – Cory “Sid” McGinnis – to the White Sox
ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY HILLCATS – “Fancy Pants” Lance Rymel – to the Cubs
BETHANY COLLEGE SWEDES – Jose “Swede” Sermo – to the Brewers
MAYVILLE STATE COMETS – “Slick” Nick Anderson – to the Brewers
SHORTER UNIVERSITY HAWKS – Ryan “Registered Nuke” Newell – to the Marlins
INDIANA TECH WARRIORS – Brandon “Horatio” Alger – to the Padres
THE MASTER’S MUSTANGS – Charles “Chucky G” Gillies – to the Tigers
CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS – “Not That” Michael Smith – to the Marlins
BETHEL (TN) WILDCATS – Gary “Emergency” Ward – to the Mets
FAULKNER EAGLES – Corey “Jacktar” Black – to the Yankees
UNION (KY) BULLDOGS – Chris “Art” Fern – to the Giants
TEXAS WESLEYAN RAMS – “Morning Glory” Cory Bafidis – to the Nationals
CAL STATE SAN MARCOS COUGARS – Anthony “Tough Tony” Renteria – to the Padres
MORNINGSIDE MUSTANGS – Storm “Who Needs A Nickname When Your Real Name Is This Cool” Throne – to the White Sox
Wonderful to see real student athletes go on to pro baseball!
I agree!
Awesome shit! Never knew all these other divisions existed! I’d rather go to schools that are straight like this and play for their baseball teams/
I hope you get the chance to!
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A preci ate the track baack!
Nice! I’ll tell my son about these colleges!
Feel free to tell anyone else, too!
Sexy guys playing baseball! Where’s a girl go to meet these boys?
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Glad to see players from real colleges also make it to the pros!!
I know what you mean!!!!!!!!
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You should let them know you’d like to be recruited!
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Funny nicknames! I want to go to an NAIA school now so maybe you’ll be giving me a nickname someday!
Could be! Good luck to you !
Yay! That’s my brother!
Glad to do it!
I admire real student athletes like these men!
That is good to hear!