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Louisville Coach Dan McDonnell

Eight Players Picked First Day OF MLB Draft

University of Louisville junior right-handed pitcher Thomas Royse was selected 114th overall by the Chicago White Sox in Compensatory Round B of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday and was the first of a school record 11 players with ties to the Louisville baseball program to be selected on day two of the event.

Joining Royse as second day selections in the 2010 MLB Draft were junior right-handed pitcher Neil Holland (11th Round, 326th overall, Washington Nationals), senior infielder Adam Duvall (11th Round, 348th overall, San Francisco Giants), junior infielder Phil Wunderlich (12th Round, 371st overall, Tampa Bay Rays), junior outfielder Josh Richmond (12th Round, 376th overall, Texas Rangers), senior first baseman Andrew Clark (13th Round, 406th overall, Texas Rangers), senior catcher Jeff Arnold (26th Round, 798th overall, San Francisco Giants) and redshirt sophomore outfielder Stewart Ijames (29th Round, 895th overall, New York Yankees).

The Louisville baseball program also had three prep signees, right-handed pitcher Dace Kime (8th Round, 237th overall, Pittsburgh Pirates) from Defiance, Ohio, catcher Jake DePew (9th Round, 281st overall, Tampa Bay Rays) from Granite City, Ill., and left-handed pitcher Joel Bender (27th Round, 817th overall, Cincinnati Reds) from Cincinnati, Ohio, selected during day two of the 2010 MLB Draft.

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