Alex Wojciechowski becomes the latest University of Minnesota Duluth baseball product to be taken in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft as Philadelphia selects the Bulldogs first baseman in the 15th round of the 2016 Draft on Friday afternoon.

"Wojo" becomes the fifth player in UMD history to be drafted and ninth to play professional with the first pick of round 15 and the 437th overall pick in the draft. He is the second-highest drafted Bulldog of all time and earliest since John Engen ('79) in 1980 was picked with the 145th overall pick. Tim Battaglia ('04) was the last Bulldog selected in the draft, joining the Cleveland organization as a 50th round pick (1,476 overall) in 2004. Battaglia remains the all-time Bulldog leader in career batting average (.411) while Wojciechowski finished his career leading UMD in all-time hits, home runs, runs batted in, runs scored, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, doubles, and total bases.  During the 2016 season, he became a unanimous First Team All-American, sweeping the Player of the Year honors from all five major organizations in NCAA II.
 

Player	Position	UMD Career	Deal
Mark Wilson	P	1989-91	signed by St. Paul Saints
Brett Tucker	P	1991-92	signed by Houston Astros
Chris Swiatkiewicz	P	1995-99	signed by New York Yankees
Jason Malec	P	1982-84	signed by Minnesota Twins
Mike Petrich	OF	1986-88, 1990	selected by Houston Astros in Round 84 of the 1989 MLB Draft (1,485th overall pick)
John Engen	P	1979	selected by Detroit Tigers in Round 6 of the 1980 MLB Draft (145th overall pick)
Pat Bergquist	OF	1985-87	selected by Kansas City Royals in Round 42 of the 1987 MLB Draft (1,047th overall pick)
Tim Battaglia	P/OF	2001-04	selected by Cleveland Indians in Round 50 of the 2004 MLB Draft (1,476th overall pick)
Alex Wojciechowski	1B	2013-16	selected by Philadelphia Phillies in Round 15 of the 2016 MLB Draft (437th overall pick)