LOS ANGELES – Fourteen student-athletes from the American Athletic Conference were selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft over the course of three days July 17-19 in Los Angeles.
 
East Carolina’s Carson Whisenhunt was the first player from The American selected, going in the final pick of the second round (No. 66 overall) to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night.
 
On Monday, UCF had the next three selected from the conference, including Alex Freeland (3^rd round, No. 105, Los Angeles Dodgers), Hunter Patteson (5^th round, 145, Kansas City) and Connor Staine (5^th round, 146, Colorado). Orion Kerkering of South Florida was also selected in the fifth round (No. 152 overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies. East Carolina’s Zach Agnos (No. 296, Colorado) and Wichita State’s Brock Rodden (No. 304, Oakland) were picked in the 10^th round to round out Monday’s selections.
 
The American had seven picks on Tuesday. South Florida’s Jack Jasiak was selected first in the 12^th round (No. 361 overall) to Cleveland, while his teammates Brad Lord (18^th round, 531, Washington) and Carmine Lane (19^th round, 562, Miami) were also drafted. A trio of Houston Cougars were selected on Tuesday – Ben Sears (14^th round, 415, Kansas City), Logan Clayton (17^th round, 498, Arizona) and Jaycob Deese (17^th round, 500, Pittsburgh), while Tulane’s Tyler Hoffman (No. 506 overall, Colorado) was also drafted in the 17^th round.
 
Six of the eight teams in The American had players selected, led by South Florida with four. UCF and Houston each had three picks, while East Carolina had two and Tulane and Wichita State had one each.
 
American Athletic Conference Players Chosen in the 2022 MLB Draft

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	School	MLB Team
2	66	Carson Whisenhunt	P	East Carolina	San Francisco Giants
3	105	Alex Freeland	SS	UCF	Los Angeles Dodgers
5	145	Hunter Patteson	P	UCF	Kansas City Royals
5	146	Connor Staine	P	UCF	Colorado Rockies
5	152	Orion Kerkering	P	South Florida	Philadelphia Phillies
10	296	Zach Agnos	P	East Carolina	Colorado Rockies
10	304	Brock Rodden	2B	Wichita State	Oakland Athletics
12	361	Jack Jasiak	P	South Florida	Cleveland Guardians
14	415	Ben Sears	P	Houston	Kansas City Royals
17	498	Logan Clayton	P	Houston	Arizona Diamondbacks
17	500	Jaycob Deese	P	Houston	Pittsburgh Pirates
17	506	Tyler Hoffman	P	Tulane	Colorado Rockies
18	531	Brad Lord	P	South Florida	Washington Nationals
19	562	Carmine Lane	C	South Florida	Miami Marlins