16 SSC Baseball Players Selected in MLB Draft

06.12.09

NEW YORK—The Sunshine State Conference cemented it reputation as one of the richest baseball circuits in NCAA Division II as 16 players from five different conference schools were selected in Major League Baseball’s 2009 First-Year Player Draft.

Conference champions Barry University, perennial power University of Tampa and Nova Southeastern led the way with four selections each, while Florida Southern had three and national champion Lynn had one.

Florida Southern shortstop Robbie Shields was the highest pick, going 103rd overall to the New York Mets.

Below is a list of all 15 picks:

Pick	Round	Team	Player	School	Position
103	3rd		Robbie Shields		SS
204	7th		Miles Mikolas		RHP
310	10th		Yan Gomes		C
349	11th		Alex Koronis		RHP
440	14th		Danny Keefe		RHP
478	16th		Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg		1B
611	20th		J.D. Martinez		OF
655	22nd		Carmine Giardina		LHP
676	22nd		Mike Fiers		RHP
694	23rd		Danny Lima		SS
761	25th		Nick Stanley		1B
812	27th		Gabe MacDougal		OF
847	28th		Bobby Hernandez		RHP
1150	38th		Yudelmis Hernandez		1B
1154	38th		Will Cherry		OF
1431	47th		Jose Jimenez		1B