Five Longhorns Selected in MLB Draft

Five current members of the No. 5 Texas Longhorns were selected on the second day of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

Sam Stafford, Brandon Loy, Cole Green, Andrew McKirahan and Tant Shepherd were chosen on Tuesday. Along with Taylor Jungmann, who was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 12th overall pick. The Longhorns have had six players picked through the first 30 rounds.

Stafford was drafted by the New York Yankees in the second round with the 88th pick overall.

Loy was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fifth round with the 167th overall pick. The Tigers have selected four Longhorns in the last three years.

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Green in the ninth round with the 295th overall pick.

Andrew McKirahan went to the Chicago Cubs in the 21st round.

The New York Mets selected Tant Shepherd in the 24th round.

Longhorns Baseball land a handful of Big 12 Baseball Awards

Yesterday, the Big 12 conference announced their end of the year baseball awards and our Texas Longhorns received a vast amount of them.

Texas Longhorns junior Taylor Jungmann was a unanimous selection for Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, Erich Weiss was tabbed Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Augie Garrido was named Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year, in voting conducted by the league's coaches, the conference announced on Tuesday.

The Longhorns also had five players named to the All-Big 12 teams. Infielders Brandon Loy and Erich Weiss, starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann and relief pitcher Corey Knebel were named to the All-Big 12 First Team. Infielder Tant Shepherd was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Pitcher Cole Green and outfielder Paul Montalbano were All-Big 12 Honorable Mention.

Longhorns Baseball win share of Big 12 Regular season title

With the come from behind 6-4 win over Texas A&M last Friday on May 20th, the Texas Longhorns won their 10th straight series over the Ags, secured the #1 seed in the Big XII tourney starting on Wednesday and, more importantly, clinched a share of the Big XII crown!

Congrats to all the hard working baseball players, hook’em horns!

Texas Longhorns Baseball Update

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