NESCAC MLB Draft Picks (updated August 2025) Total MLB Draft Picks: 43 Breakdown By School: Amherst (13), Bates (2), Bowdoin (4), Colby (7), Trinity (9), Tufts (4), Wesleyan (2), Williams (2) Source: Baseball Almanac Draft Year Round Overall Name Team Pos School 1965 4 62 Edward Berube Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Colby College 1966 20 390 Jeff Hopkins New York Yankees OF Wesleyan University 1966 20 395 Robert Butkus Pittsburgh Pirates P Bowdion College 1966 41 735 Bruce MacLean St. Louis Cardinals P Bowdion College 1967 60 927 James Thomas Baltimore Orioles IF/OF Colby College 1969 37 846 Edward McFarland Kansas City Royals 2B Bowdoin College 1970 32 734 Barry Roderick Minnesota Twins SS Amherst College 1971 18 428 Richard Bedard Pittsburgh Pirates IF Amherst College 1972 17 388 Donnelly Douglas Texas Rangers P Amherst College 1975 14 320 Mark Woodbrey San Francisco Giants 2B Amherst College 1976 23 542 Peter Eshelman New York Yankees OF Williams College 1977 11 273 Bill Swiacki Boston Red Sox P Amherst College 1977 18 464 Kevin Murphy New York Yankees 1B/OF Bates College 1978 8 203 Bill Swiacki Los Angeles Dodgers P Amherst College 1978 25 603 Reid Cassidy Cleveland Indians P Colby College 1979 10 239 Paul Spillane Oakland Athletics C Colby College 1979 36 834 Paul Bard Pittsburgh Pirates C Tufts University 1980 6 139 Paul Bard Los Angeles Dodgers C Tufts University 1980 8 192 Rich Thompson Cleveland Indians P Amherst College 1980 25 626 Arthur Sullivan Cleveland Indians OF Colby College 1981 1 21 John Cerutti Toronto Blue Jays P Amherst College 1982 19 481 Dave McCarthy Cleveland Indians P Amherst College 1984 31 735 Kyle O'Brien Atlanta Braves 3B Amherst College 1988 8 213 Tom Aldrich Detroit Tigers SS Bowdoin College 1992 13 354 Jim Thomforde New York Yankees P Trinity College 1997 7 221 Jeff Taglienti Boston Red Sox P Tufts University 1999 4 123 Keith Surkont Oakland Athletics P Williams College 2000 9 260 Jason Coulie Anaheim Angels OF Bates College 2000 25 738 Hugh Quattlebaum Detroit Tigers IF Amherst College 2002 7 198 Jonah Bayliss Kansas City Royals P Trinity College 2002 21 639 Dan Callahan Arizona Diamondbacks OF Tufts University 2003 44 1296 Kurt Piantek Detroit Tigers 1B Trinity College 2005 32 978 Jeff Natale Boston Red Sox 2B Trinity College 2007 44 1311 Kris Jiggitts Texas Rangers P Colby College 2008 27 829 Tim Kiely Los Angeles Angeles P Trinity College 2008 32 1132 Thomas Di Benedetto Boston Red Sox SS Trinity College 2009 30 918 Jeremiah Bayer Boston Red Sox P Trinity College 2010 47 1422 James Wood Seattle Mariners OF Trinity College 2012 37 1135 Danie Devonshire Toronto Blue Jays 1B Colby College 2015 16 493 Mike Odenwaelder Baltimore Orioles OF Amherst College 2015 37 1103 Donnie Cimino Chicago Cubs OF Wesleyan University 2015 40 1202 Robert Lucido Toronto Blue Jays C Amherst College 2025 18 536 Cooper McGrath San Francisco Giants P Trinity College
