ATLANTA – Twenty student-athletes from the American Athletic Conference were selected in the 2025 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft July 13-14 in Atlanta.
 
It is the most players drafted from The American under the 20-round format since 2021, when 15 players were picked.
 
Tulane pitcher Michael Lombardi was the first player from The American selected, going No. 61 overall in the second round to the Kansas City Royals.
 
UAB, Charlotte, South Florida and Tulane each had three selections, while East Carolina, Rice and UTSA each had two draft picks. Memphis and Wichita State each had one pick.
 
American Players Selected in the 2025 MLB Draft

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	School	MLB Team
2	61	Michael Lombardi	P	Tulane	Kansas City Royals
4C	136	Dixon Williams	2B	East Carolina	Atlanta Braves
5	150	Ethan Young	P	East Carolina	St. Louis Cardinals
5	156	Nick Potter	P	Wichita State	Houston Astros
5	165	Davion Hickson	P	Rice	Los Angeles Dodgers
7	217	Zach Royse	P	UTSA	Atlanta Braves
8	230	Corey Braun	P	South Florida	Athletics
9	277	Logan Braunschweig	OF	UAB	Atlanta Braves
9	284	Blake Gillespie	P	Charlotte	New York Yankees
10	287	Austin Newton	P	South Florida	Colorado Rockies
10	305	Braylon Owens	P	UTSA	Milwaukee Brewers
11	337	Colin Daniel	P	UAB	Atlanta Braves
12	363	Tayler Montiel	P	Tulane	Arizona Diamondbacks
14	411	Nick Hollifield	C	UAB	Washington Nationals
14	414	Bryce Archie	P	South Florida	Cincinnati Reds
14	433	James Smith IV	P	Memphis	New York Mets
15	458	Connor Rasmussen	SS	Tulane	Kansas City Royals
17	511	Logan Poteet	C	Charlotte	Chicago Cubs
17	513	Joel Sarver	P	Charlotte	Arizona Diamondbacks
20	613	Garrett Stratton	P	Rice	New York Mets