17 SSC Baseball Players Drafted by MLB Teams

06.21.10

The SSC was well represented in the recent Major League Baseball draft, as 17 student-athletes who competed on conference rosters were drafted to hone their talent at the next level.

Tampa led all SSC schools with a total of nine draftees. Florida Southern had three of its players' names called, while Eckerd had two. Barry, Lynn, and Rollins each placed one student-athlete in the big leagues.

Florida Southern right-handed pitcher Daniel Tillman was the highest SSC player taken in the draft, going as the 81st pick in the second round to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Tillman's teammate, left-handed hurler Max Russell, also went to the Angels in the fourth round (144th). Lynn right-hander Tommy Kahnle (5th round/175th), Tampa leftfielder Jared Simon (6th round/200th), and Tampa right-handed pitcher Josh Bowman (10th round/305th) were also selected in the first 10 rounds.

A complete summary of all SSC players taken in the draft appears below.

Name	School	Position	MLB Team	Round	Pick
Daniel Tillman	Florida Southern	RHP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	2	81
Max Russell	Florida Southern	LHP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4	144
Tommy Kahnle	Lynn	RHP	New York Yankees	5	175
Jared Simon	Tampa	LF	Colorado Rockies	6	200
Josh Bowman	Tampa	RHP	Oakland A's	10	305
Wade Kirkland	Florida Southern	SS	Oakland A's	11	335
Mike Blanke	Tampa	C	Chicago White Sox	14	428
Carmine Giardina	Tampa	LHP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	15	474
Mike Schwartz	Tampa	1B	Chicago White Sox	17	518
AJ Pinera	Tampa	RHP	New York Mets	18	542
Chris Clinton	Eckerd	CF	Baltimore Orioles	23	688
Austin Evans	Tampa	RHP	Chicago White Sox	23	698
Nick Shaw	Barry	SS	Milwaukee Brewers	25	759
Tim Griffin	Rollins	RHP	Seattle Mariners	28	852
Dylan Brown	Tampa	CF	New York Mets	37	1112
Matt Abraham	Eckerd	2B	Toronto Blue Jays	49	1476
John Wiedenbauer	Tampa	LHP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	50	1524