Nine SSC Baseball Players Selected in 2014 MLB Draft
NEW YORK (Baseball) - With all 40 rounds of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft in the books, a total of nine Sunshine State Conference players had their names called for the big leagues.
The Tampa Spartans led the SSC contingent with three draftees. Barry and Florida Southern had two student-athletes taken in the draft. Lynn and Saint Leo each had one player selected. Future provisional member Embry-Riddle had two baseball players selected.
A list of all 11 draftees appears below.
| Name | SSC School | Collegiate Position | Draft Round | Pick No. | MLB Team |
| Keith Curcio | Florida Southern | OF | 6 | 193 | Atlanta Braves |
| Daniel Poncedeleon | Embry-Riddle | P | 9 | 285 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Darryl Knight | Embry-Riddle | C | 14 | 415 | New York Mets |
| Calvin Rayburn | Barry | RHP | 16 | 472 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Sheehan Planas-Arteaga | Barry | OF | 24 | 711 | Seattle Mariners |
| Preston Packrall | Tampa | P | 24 | 712 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Dylan Barrow | Tampa | P | 25 | 752 | New York Yankees |
| Sal Giardina, Jr. | Lynn | C | 31 | 943 | Atlanta Braves |
| Trey Vavra | Florida Southern | 1B | 33 | 980 | Minnesota Twins |
| Michael Danner | Tampa | OF | 34 | 1008 | Chicago White Sox |
| Fran Whitten | Saint Leo | 1B | 37 | 1109 | Los Angeles Angels |
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