Derek Eitel drafted by Arizona Diamondbacks
First player ever drafted from Rose-Hulman
Updated: Tuesday, 08 Jun 2010, 6:33 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 08 Jun 2010, 4:52 PM EDT
With the 511 selection in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Derek Eitel from Rose-Hulman.
This year, Eitel went 6-2 with an ERA of 3.74 this year for the Fightin’ Engineers.
Senior Derek Eitel, from Marshall, Illinois, earned first-team all-region honors as a sophomore and has twice captured first-team all-HCAC honors.
Eitel holds school records in innings pitched (320.1) and wins (29). He also is second in school history with 299 career strikeouts.
Eitel also played football at Rose-Hulman setting single-season records for passing yards (2,723), touchdowns (24) and passing efficiency (152.8) last fall.
Sports 10 spent the day with Eitel and we’ll have what he had to say at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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