{"id":41501,"date":"2016-06-13T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=41501"},"modified":"2016-06-13T11:38:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:38:48","slug":"school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"School record 5 baseball players selected in MLB draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_41503\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/sean-murphy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41503\" class=\"wp-image-41503 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/06\/sean-murphy-508x338.jpg\" alt=\"Catcher Sean Murphy was drafted by the Oakland A's with the 83rd overall pick.\" width=\"460\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catcher Sean Murphy was drafted by the Oakland A&#8217;s with the 83rd overall pick.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Five <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsuraiders.com\/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27000&amp;SPID=92412&amp;SPSID=630822&amp;DB_OEM_ID=27000\">Wright State baseball players<\/a> will continue their careers professionally aftering being selected in last weekend&#8217;s Major League Baseball draft.<\/p>\n<p>The five players drafted are a new baseball program record, topping the previous mark of three players drafted in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The players drafted this year are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Junior catcher Sean Murphy was drafted in the third round by the Oakland Athletics.<\/li>\n<li>Senior pitcher Jesse Scholtens was picked in the ninth round by the San Diego Padres.<\/li>\n<li>Junior shortstop Mitchell Roman was selected in the 12th round by the Chicago White Sox.<\/li>\n<li>Senior pitcher Robby Sexton was drafted in the 14th round by the Boston Red Sox<\/li>\n<li>Senior center fielder Ryan Fucci went in the 25th round to the Seattle Mariners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All five helped lead the baseball team to its second consecutive Horizon League tournament title, back-to-back <a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/06\/raiders-set-school-win-record-but-falls-short-in-ncaa-regional-final\/\">NCAA Regional finals appearances<\/a> and a program record 46 wins.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, who was selected by Oakland with the 83rd overall pick, hit .287 with six home runs, 34 RBI and 38 runs scored despite missing six weeks with a hand injury. He was a First Team All-League selection in 2015 and was named to the league&#8217;s All-Freshman Team in 2014. Murphy is the second-highest Wright State player ever drafted, behind pitcher Brian Anderson, who was selected third overall by the California Angels in 1993.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41506\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/jesse-scholtens\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41506\" class=\"wp-image-41506\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/06\/jesse-scholtens-260x271.jpg\" alt=\"Pitcher Jesse Scholtens \" width=\"140\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Jesse Scholtens<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scholtens pitched the first perfect game in Wright State history on March 11 against the Dayton Flyers.<\/p>\n<p>He was a First Team All-Horizon League honoree, leading the league in starts with 16 and in innings pitched with 109.2 while tying for the league lead in wins with a record of 10-1. He was a Second Team All-League selection in 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41505\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/mitchell-roman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41505\" class=\"wp-image-41505\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/06\/mitchell-roman-260x297.jpg\" alt=\"Shortstop Mitchell Roman \" width=\"140\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortstop Mitchell Roman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Roman, who was named to the Second Team All-Horizon League in 2016, tied for the league lead in stolen bases with 26, to go along with a .336 batting average, 84 hits and 54 runs scored.<\/p>\n<p>The previous season, Roman\u00a0was a First Team All-League selection and was named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team and to the NCAA Champaign Regional All-Tournament Team.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41514\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/robby-sexton-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41514\" class=\"wp-image-41514\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/06\/robby-sexton-1-260x276.jpg\" alt=\"Pitcher Robby Sexton \" width=\"140\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Robby Sexton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sexton returned from Tommy John surgery last season to accumulate a 7-3 record, a 3.15 ERA and 58 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>He was named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team as the winning pitcher against Milwaukee in the tournament finals. He also picked up a win over Western Michigan in the NCAA Regionals at Louisville, allowing three runs in 6.2 innings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41507\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/ryan-fucci\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41507\" class=\"wp-image-41507\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/06\/ryan-fucci-260x277.jpg\" alt=\"Center fielder Ryan Fucci \" width=\"140\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center fielder Ryan Fucci<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fucci, a First Team All-Horizon League selection in 2016, hit .326 with a team-best 11 home runs, 64 RBI and 26 stolen bases. Fucci was named to the NCAA Louisville Regional All-Tournament Team, hitting .333 with a team-high five RBI in four games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Wright State baseball players will continue their careers professionally aftering being selected in last weekend&#8217;s Major League Baseball draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/13\/school-record-5-baseball-players-selected-in-mlb-draft\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":41503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41501"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41517,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41501\/revisions\/41517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}