Thursday, June 07, 2012 | Baseball
Thirteen MVC Baseball Players Selected in MLB Draft

A total of 13 Missouri Valley Conference student-athletes had their names called at the annual Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft this week. Missouri State's Pierce Johnson was the top pick for the league in the Comp Round with the 43rd overall pick by the Chicago Cubs.

Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Indiana State, Missouri State and Southern Illinois each had two players drafted. Illinois State and Wichita State both had one player selected.

Under the terms of Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, professional clubs must sign a drafted player by July 13, or the rights to that player are lost and may re-enter the draft in 2013. Underclassmen have the option to return to their respective schools.

Listed below are the 13 Missouri Valley Conference student-athletes that were selected in the 2012 MLB Draft.  Click on the name of each player for more detailed information.

Round

Pick

 Team Player School

Comp 

43

 Chicago Cubs Pierce Johnson Missouri State

4

158

 Philadelphia Phillies Chris Serritella Southern Illinois

5

178

 San Francisco Giants Ty Blach Creighton

6

207

 Los Angeles Angels Eric Stamets Evansville

9 

289 

 Oakland Athletics  Dakota Bacus  Indiana State 

10 

309 

 Houston Astros  Joe Bircher  Bradley 

12 

383 

 Cleveland Indians  Jeremy Lucas  Indiana State 

17 

524 

 Chicago Cubs  Nathan Dorris  Southern Illinois 

18 

573 

 Arizona Diamondbacks  Kevin Medrano  Missouri State 

22 

669 

 Houston Astros  Kenny Long  Illinois State 

22 

687 

 Los Angeles Angels  Anthony Bemboom  Creighton 

25 

766 

 Pittsburgh Pirates  Josh Smith  Wichita State 

25 

775 

 Toronto Blue Jays  Jason Leblebijian  Bradley 

 
2011-12 BASEBALL
6/12/2012 Burgess Picks up Another Freshman All-America Honor
6/8/2012 Serritella and Petree Named NCBWA District Players of the Year
6/7/2012 MVC Announces Baseball Scholar-Athlete Teams
6/7/2012 Seven Earn Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Honors
6/7/2012 Thirteen MVC Baseball Players Selected in MLB Draft
6/4/2012 Creighton's Postseason Run Ends in Regional Final
6/3/2012 Creighton Advances to Regional Final with 7-2 Win Over Lobos
6/3/2012 Bears’ NCAA Run Ends as Stony Brook Rallies to Advance, 10-7
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