Mid-American Conference Championships 1998 1999 2001 2014 MAC West Division Championships 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2009 2014 MAC Tournament Championships 2006 NCAA Appearances 1965 1969 2006 Record Book BALL STATE BASEBALL CARDINALS DRAFTED BALL STATE DRAFT PICKS FIRST ROUND MLB 55 ALL-TIME FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS CARDINALS DRAFTED Kolbrin Vitek 2010 (20th pick) Boston Red Sox 7 FIRST ROUND Brad Snyder 2003 (18th pick) Cleveland Indians DRAFT PICKS Bryan Bullington 2002 (1st pick) Pittsburgh Pirates Luke Hagerty 2002 (32nd pick) Chicago Cubs Larry Bigbie 1999 (21st pick) Baltimore Orioles Jeff Urban 1998 (41st pick) San Francisco Giants Thomas Howard 1986 (11th pick) San Diego Padres ADDITIONAL DRAFT PICKS T.J. Weir 2014 (17th round) San Diego Padres Sean Godfrey 2014 (22nd round) Atlanta Braves Nestor Bautista 2014 (32nd round) Miami Marlins Cody Elliott 2011 (21st round) Cleveland Indians Perci Garner 2010 (2nd round) Philadelphia Phillies Zack Dygert 2010 (22nd round) Houston Astros Jeremy Hazelbaker 2009 (4th round) Boston Red Sox Brenden Stines 2009 (33rd round) Houston Astros Zach Dygert 2009 (48th round) Washington Nationals Dean Anna 2008 (26th round) San Diego Padres Kyle Heyne 2008 (32nd round) San Diego Padres 2007 (27th round) Minnesota Twins Thomas Howard Jeff Urban Larry Bigbie Bryan Bullington Luke Hagerty Brad Snyder Kolbrin Vitek Ben Snyder 2006 (4th round) San Francisco Giants 1986 (11th pick) • San 1998 (41st pick) • San 1999 (21st pick) • 2002 (1st pick overall) • Pittsburgh Pirates 2002 (32nd pick) • 2003 (18th pick) • 2010 (20th pick) • Boston Brad Miller 2006 (18th round) Arizona Diamondbacks Diego Padres Francisco Giants Baltimore Orioles Chicago Cubs Cleveland Indians Red Sox 2004 (49th round) Toronto Blue Jays Mike Sullivan 2006 (31st round) Detroit Tigers Jeff Loveys 2006 (48th round) New York Yankees Thomas Howard Jeff Urban was Larry Bigbie Bryan Bullington, who was coached Luke Hagerty Brad Snyder became Kolbrin Vitek, Joe Ness 2005 (6th round) Cleveland Indians spent 11 years in selected with the became Ball State’s at Ball State by current Cardinals’ spent six seasons Ball State’s sixth first- one of three Matt Singleton 2005 (33rd round) Oakland Athletics the Major Leagues 41st pick of third Major League head coach Rich Maloney, was the in professional round draft pick when finalists for the Michael Hale 2004 (35th round) New York Yankees Lorenzo Scott 2003 (17th round) Baltimore Orioles from 1990 through the 1998 Major Baseball first round No. 1 selection in the 2002 Major baseball after being he was selected 18th College Baseball League Baseball Draft. He was Brian Lynch 2003 (23rd round) Colorado Rockies 2000. He started League Baseball draft pick when he selected as the overall by the Foundation’s Ben Schroeder 2003 (26th round) Florida Marlins selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates Cleveland Indians Mike Johnston 2003 (41st round) San Francisco Giants his career with the Draft by the was selected 21st and is the highest draft pick in Ball 32nd pick in the inaugural John in the 2003 Major Paul Henry 2002 (7th round) Baltimore Orioles San Diego Padres San Francisco overall in the 1999 State and Mid-American Conference first round of the Olerud Two-Way Doug Boone 2002 (36th round) New York Yankees before going on Giants. He spent MLB Draft by the history. Bullington made his major 2002 Major League League Baseball Player of the Year 2001 (15th round) Florida Marlins Draft. He made his Justin Wechsler 2001 (4th round) Arizona Diamondbacks to play for the eight years in Baltimore Orioles. league debut in 2005 for the Pirates. Baseball Draft Award in 2010, After sitting out the 2006 season with first trip to the major Jason Paul 2001 (49th round) Minnesota Twins Cleveland Indians, professional Bigbie made his by the Chicago was the 20th Jason Hickman 2000 (8th round) Los Angeles Dodgers an injury, Bullington worked his way leagues in 2006 when the Cincinnati baseball and MLB debut in 2001 Cubs. He pitched pick in the first 1999 (42nd round) San Francisco Giants back up to the Triple-A All-Star Game he was called up to Shayne Ridley 2000 (19th round) Baltimore Orioles Reds, the Houston pitched in 214 with Baltimore in 2007 and was called up to the in 45 games at the the Indians late in round of the 2010 Adam Sheefel 2000 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds Astros, the Los games, including and also played Pirates later that season, appearing professional level the season. For the Major League Jeremy Ridley 2000 (34th round) Toronto Blue Jays Angeles Dodgers starts in 105 at the big league in five games with three starts. and struck out second year in a Baseball Draft. Jonathan Kessick 1999 (3rd round) Baltimore Orioles Travis Minix 1999 (23rd round) Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the St. Louis contests. From level with the Bullington pitched for the Cleveland 86 batters in 95 row in 2007, Snyder Vitek was named Indians and Toronto Blue Jays in Chris Cabaj 1999 (25th round) Kansas City Royals Cardinals. Howard 1998 through Colorado Rockies innings pitched. was called up to the Mid-American Sam McConnell 1997 (11th round) Pittsburgh Pirates 2008. He stayed in the Blue Jays Bruce Stanley 1997 (18th round) Kansas City Royals hit .264 for his 2004, Urban and the St. Louis system in 2009 and in 2010 reported Hagerty the major leagues Conference with the Indians. In 1996 (11th round) Baltimore Orioles career with 44 played in the San Cardinals. He also to the Kansas City Royals Spring was listed as Player of the Year Ed Farris 1997 (27th round) Oakland Athletics 2011, Snyder signed home runs and Francisco Giants played professional Training. On Aug. 15, 2010, Bullington the seventh best as a junior at Ball Darrell Betts 1996 (11th round) St. Louis Cardinals with the Houston Nick Witte 1996 (27th round) San Diego Padres 264 runs-batted-in. system. baseball in Japan pitched eight shutout innings, while prospect in the State before being only giving up two hits against the Astros and in 2012 Kenny Reed 1993 (18th round) Baltimore Orioles for the Yokohama New York Yankees in Kansas City for Chicago Cubs with the Arizona drafted Curt Conley 1993 (26th round) Colorado Rockies BayStars. organization in by the Boston Red Mike Shebek 1987 (38th round) Baltimore Orioles his first major league win. After the Diamondbacks. Dru Kosco 1986 (13th round) Seattle Mariners 2010 season, Bullington signed with 2003. Snyder spent 2013 Sox. He spent the Mike Roesler 1985 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan’s and 2014 in the Texas 2012 season in the Scott Goss 1984 (28th round) Chicago White Sox Central League and pitched there Rangers organization. Red Sox minor Clint Wickensheimer 1979 (18th round) Los Angeles Dodgers thru 2014. He is a member of the Greg Dikos 1979 (28th round) Atlanta Braves He is a member of Oriz Buffaloes in Japan for the 2015 league system. Dennis Barry 1972 (7th round) California Angels season. the Nexen Heroes in Homer Jackson 1966 New York Mets South Korea in 2015. BALL STATE BASEBALL BALL STATE POSITION PLAYERS BASEBALL PITCHERS DRAFT HISTORY Since 1996, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State DRAFT HISTORY Since 1986, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State pitchers 26 times in the annual draft. An additional four Cardinal position players 25 times in the annual draft. Here is a complete listing (1986-2014) pitchers have signed free agent contracts with professional teams in (1996-2014) of the Ball State draft history for position players from 1986-2011. recent years. Here is a complete listing of the Ball State draft history for pitchers from 1996-2010. Photo courtesy of the Salem Red Sox Photo courtesy Las Vegas 51s Year Player Round Selected Organization Year Player Round Selected Organization 1986 Thomas Howard 1st (#11 overall) San Diego Padres 1996 Bruce Stanley 11th Baltimore Orioles 1986 Dru Kosco 13th Seattle Mariners 1996 Nick Witte 27th San Diego Padres 1987 Mike Shebek 38th Baltimore Orioles 1997 Sam McConnell 11th Pittsburgh Pirates 1993 Kenny Reed 18th Baltimore Orioles 1997 Bruce Stanley 18th Kansas City Royals 1996 Darrell Betts 26th St. Louis Cardinals 1998 Jeff Urban 1st (#41 overall) San Francisco Giants 1997 Ed Farris 27th Oakland Athletics 1999 Travis Minix 23rd Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1999 Larry Bigbie 1st (#21 overall) Baltimore Orioles 1999 Chris Cabaj 25th Kansas City Royals 1999 Jonathan Kessick 3rd Baltimore Orioles 2000 Jeremy Ridley 34th Toronto Blue Jays 1999 Jason Hickman 42nd San Francisco Giants 2000 Shayne Ridley 19th Baltimore Orioles 2000 Jason Hickman 8th Los Angeles Dodgers 2001 Doug Boone 15th Florida Marlins 2000 Adam Sheefel 17th Cincinnati Reds 2002 Doug Boone 36th New York Yankees 2001 Justin Wechsler 4th Arizona Diamondbacks 2003 Ben Schroeder 26th Florida Marlins 2001 Jason Paul 49th Minnesota Twins 2003 Brad Snyder 1st (#18 overall) Cleveland Indians 2002 Bryan Bullington 1st (#1 overall) Pittsburgh Pirates 2003 Lorenzo Scott 17th Baltimore Orioles 2002 Luke Hagerty 1st (#32 overall) Chicago Cubs 2004 Brad Miller 49th Toronto Blue Jays 2002 Paul Henry 7th Baltimore Orioles 2005 Matt Singleton 33rd Oakland Athletics 2003 Brian Lynch 23rd Colorado Rockies 2006 Mike Sullivan 31st Detroit Tigers 2003 Mike Johnston 41st San Francisco Giants 2006 Brad Miller 18th Arizona Diamondbacks 2004 Michael Hale 35th New York Yankees 2008 Dean Anna 26th San Diego Padres 2005 Joe Ness 6th Cleveland Indians 2009 Zach Dygert 48th San Diego Padres 2006 Ben Snyder 4th San Francisco Giants 2009 Jeremy Hazelbaker 4th Boston Red Sox Bryan Bullington (above) 2006 Jeff Loveys 48th New York Yankees 2010 Zach Dygert 22nd Houston Astros was the first overall 2010 Kolbrin Vitek 1st (#20 overall) Boston Red Sox 2007 Kyle Heyne 27th Minnesota Twins selection of the 2002 draft.