Phillies Draft Former Pirate!!!

For the 3rd year in a row a former Pirate baseball player has been selected  during Major League Baseball's first year player draft.  Justin Beal, who played at ICC during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, was drafted in the 28th round by the Philadelphia Phillies.  Beal, who recently finished his college career at Missouri Southern in Joplin Mo, is the older brother of Josh Beal who was selected in the 2007 draft by the Cincinnati Reds following one season with the Pirates.  Jon Nagel was selected by the Chicago Cubs during the 2008 draft.

4 Pirates Receive All-Conference Recognition!

Jesse Kinzey, Sam McGill, Cade McKewon and Andrew Gray were voted to the All Jayhawk Eastern Conference team.  Kinzey, a Freshman from Catoosa Oklahoma, was selected to the first team after hitting .375 with 5 HR and 14 doubles.  Kinzey also started 11 games for the Pirates on the mound, posting a 5-4 record with a 3.98 ERA and 3 complete games.  When Kinzey was not pitching he spent time at First Base and Left Field.  Along with his first team honors Kinzey was also selected to the All-Region team which is made up of the top players from the East and West divisions of the Jayhawk Conference.

McGill, a sophomore Shortstop, batted .413 with 19 doubles; Gray, a sophomore 1B/DH, batted .382 with 16 doubles; And McKewon, a freshman 3B, hit .405 with 6 HR's were all voted Second Team All-Conference.