Woodland Park’s Jeremy Gwinn and Windsor’s Jake Greenwalt made history on Saturday, becoming the first-ever alums of their respective schools to be selected in the MLB Draft.
The 2016 MLB Draft was June 9-11. We compiled a list of Colorado products selected.
Alec Hansen was the first Colorado product selected in the 2016 MLB Draft, going to the White Sox in the second round.
The second day of the MLB Draft was Friday, and the first local off the board was Cherry Creek alum Griffin Jax.
The 2016 all-state baseball teams are led by players of the year Ricardo Juarez (1A), Luke Feigal (2A), Austin Stone (3A), Paul Tillotson (4A), and Jake Eissler (5A).
Keith Wahl, who led Valor Christian’s baseball team to the 4A championship, has accepted a job to become an athletic director in Alabama.
The task was tall for the Valor Christian baseball team: defeat Pueblo West twice to claim the school’s first baseball title.
One long fly ball to right field gave University a breath of life.
The state baseball championship games in all remaining classes are on Sunday.
Cherokee Trail senior Eric Cox provided the spark that delivered a 5A baseball state championship to the Cougars.