Matt Anderson picked in MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates

MOREHEAD. Ky. – Morehead State senior righthander Matt Anderson was selected Friday night in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
 
He becomes the 27^th athlete in the history of the program to be taken in the MLB Draft. MSU has now had draft picks in back-to-back seasons with Kane Sweeney (New York Yankees) and Brandon Rawe (Miami Marlins) being picked in 2015. Anderson is the first-ever MSU player drafted by the Pirates' organization. He was the 315^th overall pick in the draft.
 
Anderson was also drafted higher than any MSU player since former pitcher Jon Rauch was taken in the third round in 1999 and is only the seventh player in program history to be taken in the top-10 rounds.
 
"I'm extremely happy for Matt," said MSU head coach Mike McGuire. "He's worked hard to put himself on the draft radar.  He had one of the greatest years in MSU history for us this year. You cannot ask for better representation of MSU than Matt exhibited on and off the field over his career, and now he gets to represent MSU on the professional level."
 
With a fastball touching the mid-90s, Anderson was named First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference this year, ranking second in the league with a school single-season record 130 strikeouts. He led all starters with a 2.85 earned run average and posted an 8-3 record. Opponents only managed a .222 batting average against him in 15 starts. He had six double-digit strikeout games, including a career-high 16 versus Tennessee Tech.
 
Anderson led the nation in strikeouts per nine innings for much of the year and currently ranks second (12.76). He led the Eagles in strikeouts all four seasons in an Eagle uniform.
 
In the MSU record book, he now ranks fourth in single-season wins (8) and third in single-season strikeouts per nine innings (12.82). On the career charts, he ranks second in strikeouts (321) and games started (44), third in innings pitched (283.2) and fifth in strikeouts per innings (10.20).

MSU's All-Time Draft Selections (since 1965)
 

Name	Year	Round		Organization
Matt Anderson	2016	10		Pirates
Kane Sweeney	2015	29		Yankees
Brandon Rawe	2015	34		Marlins
Drew Lee	2010	12		White Sox
Henry Mabee	2007	19		White Sox
Jon Rauch	1999	3		White Sox
Rick Cercy	1999	13		Rockies
Brad Allison	1996	41		Diamondbacks
Jay Sorg	1994	15		Reds
Jason Chandler	1993	25		Reds
Sean Hogan	1993	51		Cubs
Brett Roberts	1991	4		Twins
Matt Michael	1988	60		Yankees
Willie Blair	1986	11		Blue Jays
Daniel Smith	1985	2		Dodgers
Robert Williams	1985	18		Expos
Drew Hall	1984	1		Cubs
Norm Brock	1984	17		Astros
Steve Heatherly	1983	6		Angels
Joe Mitchell	1983	24		Brewers
Robert Shipp	1983	29		Brewers
Glenn Jones	1981	14		Giants
Walt Terrell	1980	33		Rangers
Larry Hamilton	1979	19		Rangers
Charles Merlo	1967	57		Mets
William Craig	1967	6		Braves
Joe Campbell	1965	44		Mets