ARLINGTON, Texas – Fourteen student-athletes from the American Athletic Conference were selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft over the course of three days July 14-16 in Arlington, Texas.
 
Trey Yesavage of East Carolina was the first player from The American selected, going No. 20 overall in the first round to the Toronto Blue Jays. Yesavage became the seventh player from The American to be drafted in the First Round, joining Gavin Williams (No. 23 pick from East Carolina in 2021), Kody Hoese (No. 25 from Tulane in 2019), Alec Bohm (No. 3 from Wichita State in 2018), Shane McClanahan (No. 31 from South Florida in 2018), Anthony Kay (No. 31 from UConn in 2016) and Ian Happ (No. 9 from Cincinnati in 2015). Yesavage was a consensus First-Team All-American, as well as the 2024 American Pitcher of the Year.
 
East Carolina had the most selections from The American with six picks, including 2024 American Player of the Year Carter Cunningham going in the 10^th round to Toronto. Tulane had three picks, while Charlotte had two selections. Rice and Wichita State each had one draft pick.
 
 
American Athletic Conference Players Chosen in the 2024 MLB Draft

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	School	MLB Team
1	20	Trey Yesavage	P	East Carolina	Toronto Blue Jays
4	131	Parker Smith	P	Rice	Houston Astros
6	175	Caden Favors	P	Wichita State	Cleveland Guardians
6	185	Chandler Welch	P	Tulane	Milwaukee Brewers
8	244	Jacob Jenkins-Cowart	OF	East Carolina	Miami Marlins
8	249	Colin Tuft	C	Tulane	Baltimore Orioles
9	269	Ryan McCrystal	C	East Carolina	Cincinnati Reds
10	307	Carter Cunningham	OF	East Carolina	Toronto Blue Jays
13	372	A.J. Wilson	P	Charlotte	Philadelphia Phillies
16	483	Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman	P	East Carolina	Seattle Mariners
16	486	Brady Marget	1B	Tulane	Tampa Bay Rays
17	522	Ryan Degges	P	Charlotte	Philadelphia Phillies
18	530	Teo Banks	OF	Tulane	Washington Nationals
19	582	Erik Ritchie	P	East Carolina	Philadelphia Phillies