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Hofstra University Athletics

THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

Baseball Pro Players

HOFSTRA AND THE MLB DRAFT
 
Hofstra has had 14 players selected since the inception of the Major League Baseball Draft in 1965.
 
Year Player Round Team
1966 Bill Cheslock 32 St. Louis Cardinals
1967* Ken Singleton 1 New York Mets
1967 Donald Ruris 30 Oakland Athletics
1982 Pat Wallace 26 St. Louis Cardinals
1995 Mike Miller 29 Detroit Tigers
2006 Ricky Caputo 24 Washington Nationals
2010 Ethan Paquette 35 Seattle Mariners
2012 Danny Poma 10 Arizona Diamondbacks
2013 Bryan Verbitsky 3 San Diego Padres
2018 John Rooney 3 Los Angeles Dodgers
2018 Teddy Cillis 33 Kansas City Royals
2019 Parker Quinn 25 Washington Nationals
2019 Vito Friscia 40 Philadelphia Phillies
2021 Jimmy Joyce 16 Seattle Mariners
*January Draft
 
Hofstra has also had several players sign as free agents with MLB Teams.
 
Player Team Year
Don Taussig New York Yankees 1950
Irving Burton New York Giants 1951
Brant Alyea Cincinnati Reds 1962
Paul Ciofrone Philadelphia Phillies 2001
Kevin Reinking San Diego Padres,
Kansas City Royals
Colorado Rockies
2002, 2004
Kevin Flynn Washington Nationals 2013
Matt Reistetter Washington Nationals 2013
Matt Ford Tampa Bay Rays 2014
David Leiderman Miami Marlins 2018
Austin Gauthier Los Angeles Dodgers 2021
Kevin Bruggeman Los Angeles Angels 2023
Alex McCoy San Diego Padres 2024