2015’s NAIA PLAYERS DRAFTED BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

It’s once again time for Balladeer’s Blog’s annual ritual of listing NAIA college baseball players taken in the MLB draft.

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY BISON

Taylor Hearn to the Washington Nationals     ###      Kelvin Rivas to the Miami Marlins     ###      Keach Ballard to the Houston Astros     ###

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LEWIS- CLARK STATE WARRIORS

Max Whitt to the Miami Marlins     ###      Seth Brown to the Oakland Athletics     ###      Ty Jackson to the Tampa Bay Rays     ###

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MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY SPARTANS

Marcus Crescentini to the Los Angeles Dodgers     ###      Jeff Smith to the Arizona Diamondbacks     ###      Orlando Olivera to the Saint Louis Cardinals     ###

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WESTMONT COLLEGE WARRIORS

Russel Harmening to the Washington Nationals     ###      Andrew Vasquez to the Minnesota Twins     ###      Hector Lujan to the Minnesota Twins

CONCORDIA (CA) EAGLES

Tyler Mark to the Arizona Diamondbacks     ###      Mitch Esser to the Los Angeles Angels

EMBRY- RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY EAGLES

Tyler Cyr to the San Francisco Giants     ###      Zac Grotz to the Houston Astros

TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE BULLDOGS

Logan Longwith to the Detroit Tigers     ###      Taylor Saucedo to the Tornoto Blue Jays     ###

UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE RAMS

Corey Hale to the San Diego Padres     ###      Tucker Ward to the Arizona Diamondbacks     ###

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS

Reggie Wilson to the Philadelphia Phillies     ###      Dustin Cook to the New York Yankees     ###

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THUNDERBIRDS

Conor Lillis- White to the Los Angeles Angels     ###      Alex Webb to the San Diego Padres

JUDSON (IL) UNIVERSITY EAGLES – Ryan Perez to the Cleveland Indians 

SAINT THOMAS (FL) UNIVERSITY BOBCATS – Jerry Downs to the Boston Red Sox

TABOR COLLEGE BLUE JAYS – Dustin Hurlbutt to the Oakland Athletics

MENLO COLLEGE OAKS – Daniel Comstock to the Arizona Diamondbacks

BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY BRUINS – Stephan Meyer to the Pittsburgh Pirates

THE MASTER’S COLLEGE MUSTANGS – Steven Karkenny to the Milwaukee Brewers

MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY PIONEERS – Clayton Brandt to the Washington Nationals

AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS – Rock Rucker to the Cincinnati Reds

OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY TIGERS – Josh Almann to the Texas Rangers

LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE BLUE RAIDERS – Alex Bautista to the Chicago Cubs

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE SAINTS – Jacob Lanning to the Atlanta Braves

GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE GRIZZLIES – Christian Turnipseed to the Baltimore Orioles

LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS (Riverboat Pilots) – Jared West to the Seattle Mariners

FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES – Jack Charleston to the Chicago White Sox

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY TROJANS – Josh Degraaf to the Toronto Blue Jays

SAINT CATHARINE COLLEGE PATRIOTS – John Werner to the Texas Rangers

CONCORDIA (OR) CAVALIERS – Nathan Esposito to the Kansas City Royals