BARR-8621 - Athletics Viewbook 2015 2D

Ramon Valdez

Jonathan Quintana

Khalil Denson

Baseball

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• 20 MLB drafted players since 2000, including consensus All-Americans Yan Gomes (2009 - Blue Jays,

10th) and Dean Green (2011 - Tigers, 11th) and JC Cardenas (2015), the highest Buccaneer ever drafted

(6th round to the Blue Jays)

• Nick Shaw (2010) holds NCAA Division II career walks record with 215

• 76 All-SSC players, including Players of the Year Dean Green (2011), Yan Gomes (2009), and Alain

Diaz (1995) and 2008 Pitcher of the Year Bobby Hernandez

• Barry Baseball players earned 10 Professor Miller Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and seven male

Athlete of the Year awards

• Barry won the Sunshine State Conference Championship in 2009 and 2011, and reached a #1 national

ranking in 2009

• 1998, 2009, 2011 NCAA Tournament appearances

• Head coach Marc Pavao won the 2009 and 2011 SSC Coach of the Year

• Yan Gomes became first-ever Brazilian player and second Buccaneer to reach Major League

Baseball after being called up by the Toronto Blue Jays in May 2012