RICHARDSON, Texas –– University of Texas at Tyler junior right-handed pitcher Brett Holland was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 48th round (1,435 selection overall) in Major League Baseball’s 2008 First-Year Player Draft.
The 6-1, 185-pound Holland (Lindale, TX / LHS) went 11-0 with a 2.76 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 91 1/3 innings this season to guide the Patriots to the American Southwest Conference East Division championship. Holland set single-season conference records in pitching victories, winning percentage and strikeouts in a game (15).
Holland was one of 19 players from NCAA Division III selected in the draft this season. He also became the third Texas-Tyler player drafted in the past two seasons, joining right-handed pitcher Nathan Jennings and first baseman Brett Amyx from 2007.
The ASC’s all-time draft pick total is now at 15 players, while five have signed free agent contracts – all since 1999. The conference’s first season of baseball was in 1997.
ALL-TIME MLB DRAFT PICKS/FREE AGENT SIGNEES
FROM AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE MEMBERS
|
Year
|
Name
|
Pos.
|
ASC Team
|
Organization
|
Round/Pick
|
|
2008
|
Brett Holland
|
RHP
|
Texas-Tyler
|
Athletics
|
48 / 1435
|
|
2007
|
Nathan Jennings
|
RHP
|
Texas-Tyler
|
Blue Jays
|
15 / 475
|
|
2007
|
Jacob Kaase
|
SS
|
Texas Lutheran
|
Rangers
|
23 / 710
|
|
2007
|
Brett Amyx
|
1B
|
Texas-Tyler
|
Royals
|
30 / 906
|
|
2006
|
Jason Winkler
|
3B
|
Concordia-Austin
|
Reds
|
free agent
|
|
2005
|
Scott Sumner
|
RHP
|
Louisiana College
|
Indians
|
20 / 604
|
|
2004
|
Josh Lee
|
1B
|
McMurry
|
Tigers
|
30 / 883
|
|
2004
|
Tony Adler
|
RHP
|
Texas-Dallas
|
Astros
|
46 / 1379
|
|
2004
|
Derek Tillman
|
RHP
|
Mississippi College
|
Marlins
|
free agent
|
|
2004
|
Michael Biguenet
|
SS
|
Texas-Dallas
|
Diamondbacks
|
free agent
|
|
2003
|
Bo Edmiston
|
RHP
|
Mississippi College
|
Astros
|
15 / 449
|
|
2002
|
Kevin Webster
|
C
|
Texas Lutheran
|
Orioles
|
free agent
|
|
2001
|
Jake Carney
|
RHP
|
Univ. of Dallas
|
Devil Rays
|
20 / 589
|
|
2000
|
Will Rosellini
|
RHP
|
Univ. of Dallas
|
Diamondbacks
|
16 / 489
|
|
2000
|
Tapley Holland
|
OF
|
Univ. of Dallas
|
Tigers
|
24 / 708
|
|
1998
|
Byron Wilkerson
|
RHP
|
Mary Hardin-Baylor
|
Astros
|
19 / 572
|
|
1999
|
Aaron Merhoff
|
OF
|
Texas Lutheran
|
Phillies
|
21 / 636
|
|
1999
|
Tom Pike
|
RHP
|
McMurry
|
Reds
|
28 / 848
|
|
1999
|
Jim Wollscheid
|
RHP
|
McMurry
|
Diamondbacks
|
35 / 1048
|