Kentucky Wildcats second baseman Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) was selected in the second round of the 2024 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
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Former Okotoks Dawgs outfielder Micah McDowell (Kentville, N.S.) is the No. 9 prospect on the 2024 Canadian Baseball Network Draft List heading into the MLB draft which begins today at 7 p.m. E.T. We wanted to rerun this excellent article written by Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, about McDowell that was published in January.
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Kentucky Wildcats second baseman Émilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) could become the latest Canadian to play for the Wildcats to be drafted.
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“The MLB Draft can be nerve-wracking for any eligible player who dreams of taking their talents to the professional level and another step closer to the big league stage.
For pitcher L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.), that dream has a sky-high chance of coming to fruition early next week with the draft set to begin this Sunday evening. After a stellar campaign with the University of Louisiana at Layeffette Ragin’ Cajuns. the right-hander has put himself in a position to get drafted and move on into the world of professional baseball.”
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“Nash Crowell may have had the craziest week any college baseball player could ever imagine.
The Reinhardt University slugger found himself in the unpredictable position of going viral after getting hit in the face by a 100 mile-per-hour fastball in a March 30th game.
Just one hospital visit and six days later, he was back on the field hitting a walk-off grand slam with his parents in the stands.
It was a whirlwind filled with a wide range of emotions, and while the scars are gone, the memories are still very vivid in Crowell’s mind.”
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“The head coach of Missouri State started out as a passionate Canadian kid, playing catch with his dad in the summers and watching the Toronto Blue Jays.
On the baseball fields of Whitby, Ont., Joey Hawkins learned the fundamentals of the game, and a spark was ignited that never went out.”
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has earned Academic All-America honours after a strong season on the field and in the classroom at the University of Kentucky.
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“A first love, a first kiss or, in the case of Ethan Murdoch, a first NCAA Division I hit with the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Leading off the bottom of the second inning in a game against Morehead State on April 16, the Swift Current native rocketed the first pitch he saw from Ethan Davis for a no-doubt home run to open up the scoring.
It came as a massive relief for Murdoch, who was making his third start for the team and had gone hitless in his first 13 plate appearances.
“I went up there leading off the inning, really just trying to be aggressive and get on any fastball in the zone and he just happened to basically throw it middle-middle and I just reacted,” he told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories.”
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Matt Spatafora (Scarborough, Ont.) has been named head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles.
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ABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has been named a Third Team All-American By D1Baseball.com.
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ABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) belted a two-run home run for the Kentucky Wildcats on Wednesday but it wasn’t enough in the Wildcats’ 15-4 loss to Florida. The loss eliminated the Wildcats from the College World Series.
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Canadian Thunderbirds grad and Baseball Canada alum Sean Jamieson (Kitchener, Ont.) has been elected to the Canisius University Sports Hall of Fame.
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ABC alum and Kentucky infielder Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has been named a Third Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings.
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North Shore Twins alum and Columbia University second baseman Griffin Palfrey (Vancouver, B.C.) has been named to the 2024 DI Baseball All-ECAC Team.
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Niagara Purple Eagles closer Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.) has earned ABCA NCAAA Division I First Team All-Region honours. He is the lone relief pitcher on the team.
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Former Okotoks Academy Dawgs C-OF Logan Grant (Chestermere, Alta.) is back with the Dawgs after a breakout season with the Bellevue Bruins. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott caught up with Grant on Saturday.
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ABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) hit a two-run double to help the Kentucky Wildcats to a 10-0 win over Oregon State in game one of the Lexington Super Regional in front of 7,441 fans at Kentucky Proud Park on Saturday.
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Missouri State has officially named Joey Hawkins (Whitby, Ont.) as the school's third head baseball coach. The former MSU shortstop and current associate head coach takes the reins from Keith Guttin, who retired after the 2024 campaign following a 42-year career in charge of the Bears.
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Two prospects from Premier Sports Academy’s inaugural program put up impressive numbers in college baseball this past season and made their mark on the MonDak Conference.
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Okotoks Dawgs alum Tucker Zdunich (High River, Alta.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s College Player of the Week after an outstanding weekend at the plate in the NAIA World Series for Reinhardt University.
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