MULES BASEBALL IS WELL REPRESENTED IN THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS WITH A TOTAL OF 16 FORMER PLAYERS (INCLUDING 9 FROM THIS PAST SEASONS SQUAD) NOW PLAYING IN THE MINOR LEAGUES.  Click on the links to each player to follow their progress.
 
Five CMSU pitchers selected in the first 11 rounds of the 2005 MLB draft...More Info

Nick Webber (left) became the highest draft choice in Mules baseball history on Tuesday (June 7th) as he is selected in the 2nd round (Pick #78 overall) in the annual Major League Baseball Draft.  Webber was tabbed by the St. Louis Cardinals after establishing a new CMSU and MIAA career record for saves this past season for the Mules with 19.  Webber is with the New Jersey Cardinals (short season A League)  Danny Powers (2nd from left) was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round (Pick #255 overall).  Powers established a new CMSU and MIAA record with 15 wins this past season on his way to being named the NCAA-II "Pitcher and Player of the Year".  Powers is with the Elizabethton Twins (Rookie League)  Jason Schutt (middle), a 12-game winner for the Mules, was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round (Pick #304 overall).  Schutt is with the Burlington Indians (Rookie League)  Josh Outman (2nd from right), who won his last 10 consecutive games, was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round (Pick #307 overall).  Outman is with the Batavia Muckdogs (short season A League)  Mike Phelps (right) was selected in the 11th round (Pick #340 overall) by the Chicago Cubs.  Phelps is with the Peoria Chiefs (Class A League)

Shawn Callahan, who was named the NCAA-II "Position Player of the Year", became the sixth CMSU player selected in the 2005 draft when the Oakland Athletics tabbed him in the 22nd round (Pick #671 overall).  Callahan is with the Vancouver Canadians (short season A League)
Read about the CMSU impact on the Major League Baseball Draft

     
Patrick Evers (left) and Brent Lacy (middle) have signed with the River City Rascals, joining former Mules pitcher Steve McReynolds, while Dustin Bolton (right) has signed with the Evansville Otters.  Both teams are members of the Frontier Independent League.

Other former Mules players currently in the Minor Leagues:
Francisco Leandro, who was selected as a starter in the Class A Midwest League All-Star Game, June 22nd, in Peoria, Ill., is now a member of the Visalia Oaks (Class A Advanced League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays)  /  Steve Sharpe pitches for the AZL Athletics (Rookie League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics)  /  Zack Norman plays for the Clearwater Threshers (Class A Advanced League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies)  /  Boomer Berry plays for the Kannapolis Intimidators (Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox)  /  Craig Ringe plays for the Bakersfield Blaze (Class A Advanced League affiliate of the Texas Rangers)  /  Morgan Burkhart, who has seen time in the major leagues, is currently playing with Saltillo Saraperos (Triple A Mexican League)
          


CMSU seniors receive the Central Regional championship trophy prior to the Mules first-round game of the NCAA-II Baseball Championships at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday night, May 28th.  Central regional chairman Kyle Poock (left) presented the trophy to the Mules.

Mules season ends with an 8-5 loss to eventual champion Florida Southern on Friday, June 3rd, in the semi-final round of the NCAA-II Championships in Montgomery, Alabama.  The loss was the Mules second consecutive setback to the Moccasins in the double-elimination event and ends the season for CMSU with a record of 57-9, and marks the third time in the past four yeas that the Mules have finished 3rd at the NCAA-II Championships.

Mules Receive All-American Honors
 

Danny Powers is named the Rawlings/ABCA "Pitcher of the Year" and "Player of the Year"
Plus...Powers is named "Pitcher of the Year" by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.
Powers also receives First-Team Academic All-American recognition...More Info

 


Shawn Callahan is named the Rawlings/ABCA "Position Player of the Year"
 and First-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.

Will Bradley is named to the All-American Second Team by both ABCA and National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America, Nick Webber is named to the All-American Second Team by ABCA and to the All-American Third Team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.  Josh Outman is named to the All-American Third Team and Jason Schutt receives Honorable Mention by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.
ABCA All-American Information  /  NCBWA All-American Info