PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Tulane All-America junior third baseman Kody Hoese was selected in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft Monday night as the 25th overall pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hoese became the conference’s sixth all-time first round pick, as The American has seen at least one of its players get selected in the MLB first round in each of the past five seasons. The American has seen 165 of its players get drafted by an MLB team in its six-year span.
In total, The American saw 35 athletes selected by MLB teams in 2019, including three in the top 100. The conference has had at least 30 selections for the past two seasons, as 35 are the second-most draft picks in league history. This year’s picks consisted of 20 pitchers and 15 position players. ECU led the league with seven selections.
Hoese, The American’s Player of the Year, has established himself as one of the conference’s all-time top hitters. A first team all-conference selection by Collegiate Baseball, Hoese led the league with a .391 batting average to end the season, ranking among the top 20 in the nation in nine offensive categories and leading the country with 183 total bases. Hoese set American single-season records in home runs (23), total bases (183), slugging percentage (.779) and runs scored (72). He finished the season with 28 multi-hit games. A two-time American Player of the Week, Hoese was named first team all-conference and National Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He was named one of 25 semifinalists for the 2019 Golden Spikes Award and one of 26 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy.
| Round |
Overall |
Player |
Pos. |
School |
MLB Team |
| 1 |
25 |
Kody Hoese |
3B |
Tulane |
Los Angeles (NL) |
| CBB |
72 |
Jared Triolo |
3B |
Houston |
Pittsburgh |
| 3 |
100 |
Jacob Wallace |
RHP |
UConn |
Colorado |
| 4 |
135 |
Jake Agnos |
LHP |
ECU |
New York (AL) |
| 5 |
142 |
Bryant Packard |
OF |
ECU |
Detroit |
| 7 |
208 |
Luke Ritter |
2B |
Wichita State |
New York (NL) |
| 7 |
209 |
Anthony Prato |
SS |
UConn |
Minnesota |
| 7 |
212 |
Spencer Brickhouse |
1B |
ECU |
Arizona |
| 9 |
268 |
Joe Genord |
1B |
USF |
New York (NL) |
| 11 |
323 |
Mason Feole |
LHP |
UConn |
San Diego |
| 12 |
377 |
Brendan Cellucci |
LHP |
Tulane |
Boston |
| 13 |
405 |
Nelson Alvarez |
RHP |
USF |
New York (AL) |
| 15 |
439 |
Sean Bretz |
RHP |
Houston |
Kansas City |
| 15 |
460 |
Trey Benton |
RHP |
ECU |
Cleveland |
| 18 |
555 |
Evan Voliva |
RHP |
ECU |
New York (AL) |
| 19 |
579 |
Turner Brown |
SS |
ECU |
Colorado |
| 19 |
587 |
Joe Davis |
1B |
Houston |
Boston |
| 20 |
588 |
Clayton McGinness |
RHP |
Wichita State |
Balimore |
| 21 |
620 |
Chase Solesky |
RHP |
Tulane |
Chicago (AL) |
| 22 |
667 |
Alex Segal |
LHP |
Wichita State |
Atlanta |
| 24 |
709 |
Alex Smith |
LHP |
Memphis |
Kansas City |
| 24 |
719 |
Trevor Jensen |
1B |
Tulane |
Minnesota |
| 24 |
729 |
Jordan Spicer |
RHP |
UCF |
Colorado |
| 25 |
756 |
Fred Villarreal |
RHP |
Houston |
Seattle |
| 26 |
786 |
Garrett Westberg |
RHP |
UCF |
Seattle |
| 27 |
800 |
Tyler Osik |
3B |
UCF |
Chicago (AL) |
| 27 |
827 |
Devon Roedahl |
RHP |
Houston |
Boston |
| 29 |
860 |
Kaleb Roper |
RHP |
Tulane |
Chicago (AL) |
| 29 |
882 |
Jake Washer |
C |
ECU |
Chicago (NL) |
| 29 |
884 |
Michael Woodworth |
2B |
UConn |
Oakland |
| 34 |
1030 |
Alec Wisely |
RHP |
USF |
Cleveland |
| 35 |
1058 |
Mitchell Walters |
RHP |
Wichita State |
Tampa Bay |
| 37 |
1114 |
CJ Dandeneau |
RHP |
UConn |
Pittsburgh |
| 38 |
1147 |
Grant Mathews |
OF |
Tulane |
Atlanta |
| 39 |
1164 |
A.J. Bumpass |
OF |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati |