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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.
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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 sophmore
Shortstop, batted .413 with 19 doubles; Gray, a sophmore 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.
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