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Bradley University Baseball 6/10/2009 7:00:00 PM

For the second year in a row, Bradley pitcher Rob Scahill (Lombard, Ill./Willowbrook H.S.) has been selected during the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.  A 48th-round pick by the New York Yankees in 2008, Scahill became an eighth-round pick (241st overall) by the Colorado Rockies Wednesday morning.

 

A fourth-year junior, Scahill earned honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 2009 by posting a 3-3 record with a 4.05 earned run average in 10 starts.  After overcoming an early-season oblique injury, he finished the season strong and earned Bradley's Mike Dunne Award, given annually to the team's top pitcher.  Scahill was particularly dominant at O'Brien Field, where he went 3-0 with a 0.86 ERA in four starts. The 6-foot-3 right-hander tossed a four-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory against Southern Illinois May 1 and tied the O'Brien Field record for strikeouts by a college or professional pitcher by fanning 12 in 8.2 innings against Evansville on April 18.

 

In his three years on the mound for the Braves, Scahill has posted a 10-15 record with a 4.70 ERA in 38 career appearances.  In 214.2 innings, Scahill has struck out 187 hitters and held the opposition to just a .249 batting average.

 

Scahill's selection marks the second consecutive year a Bradley player has been taken in the eighth round of the MLB First Year Player Draft ? outfielder Dan Brewer last year by the New York Yankees ? and he becomes Bradley's earliest selection since pitcher Brandon Magee was chosen with the 120th overall selection (fourth round) in 2006 by the Toronto Blue Jays.  Scahill also becomes the fifth Brave to be selected in the draft twice during his Bradley career.  His 40-round jump in selections, however, is the best draft improvement of any of those five players.

 

Bradley Players Twice Drafted

Player         Year 1  Round  Team               Year 2  Round  Team
Rob Scahill     2008     48   New York Yankees   2009       8   Colorado Rockies
Steve Ellis     2000     12   Oakland Athletics  2001      18   Chicago Cubs
Jacob Schaffer  1996     50   Minnesota Twins    1997      28   Detroit Tigers
Brian Dour      1988     26   Detroit Tigers     1989       5   San Francisco Giants
Bob Bretwisch   1987     11   Seattle Mariners   1988      16   Baltimore Orioles
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Players Mentioned

Dan Brewer

#8 Dan Brewer

SS
6' 0"
Freshman
Rob Scahill

#25 Rob Scahill

RHP
6' 1"
Freshman
Rob Scahill

#25 Rob Scahill

RHP
6' 3"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Dan Brewer

#8 Dan Brewer

6' 0"
Freshman
SS
Rob Scahill

#25 Rob Scahill

6' 1"
Freshman
RHP
Rob Scahill

#25 Rob Scahill

6' 3"
Junior
RHP