On to the Pros
Forty-four players from 28 NAIA programs (including Cal State San Marcos) drafted by 24 of MLB’s 30 clubs.
2012 MLB Draft – NAIA Players Selected
| Pick | Round | Team | Player | School | Pos. |
| 70 | 2 | San Diego Padres | Dane Phillips | Oklahoma City | C |
| 157 | 4 | New York Yankees | Corey Black | Faulkner (Ala.) | RHP |
| 227 | 7 | Miami Marlins | Ryan Newell | Shorter (Ga.) | RHP |
| 245 | 7 | Milwaukee Brewers | David Otterman | British Columbia | LHP |
| 254 | 8 | Chicago Cubs | Michael Heesch | South Carolina Beaufort | LHP |
| 259 | 8 | Oakland A’s | Kris Hall | Lee (Tenn.) | RHP |
| 295 | 9 | Toronto Blue Jays | Jordan Leyland | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 1B |
| 334 | 10 | Detroit Tigers | Charles Gillies | The Master’s (Calif.) | RHP |
| 336 | 10 | Texas Rangers | Joseph Shiver | Southern Poly (Ga.) | RHP |
| 393 | 12 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Keith Glenn | Arizona Christian | CF |
| 437 | 14 | Miami Marlins | Michael Vaughn | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | C |
| 534 | 17 | Washington Nationals | Blake Schwartz | Oklahoma City | RHP |
| 549 | 18 | Houston Astros | Ricky Gingras | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | C |
| 557 | 18 | Miami Marlins | Patrick Merkling | Lee (Tenn.) | LHP |
| 602 | 19 | Tampa Bay Rays | Miguel Beltran | Oklahoma City | 1B |
| 650 | 21 | New York Mets | Gary Ward | Bethel (Tenn.) | LHP |
| 659 | 21 | Atlanta Braves | Jeremy Fitzgerald | Tennessee Wesleyan | RHP |
| 681 | 22 | Chicago White Sox | Cory McGinnis | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | RHP |
| 686 | 22 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Alan Garcia | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | RHP |
| 701 | 23 | Seattle Mariners | Levi Dean | Tennessee Wesleyan | RHP |
| 751 | 24 | Boston Red Sox | Keaton Briscoe | British Columbia | 2B |
| 758 | 24 | Philadelphia Phillies | Chad Carman | Oklahoma City | C |
| 767 | 25 | Miami Marlins | Dane Stone | St. Thomas (Fla.) | RHP |
| 768 | 25 | Colorado Rockies | Alec Mehrten | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | SS |
| 771 | 25 | Chicago White Sox | Storm Throne | Morningside (Iowa) | RHP |
| 783 | 25 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Vincent Spilker | Lee (Tenn.) | RHP |
| 795 | 26 | San Diego Padres | Brandon Alger | Indiana Tech | LHP |
| 798 | 26 | Colorado Rockies | Adam Paulencu | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | RHP |
| 838 | 27 | San Francisco Giants | Chris Fern | Union (Ky.) | LHP |
| 854 | 28 | Chicago Cubs | Lance Rymel | Rogers State (Okla.) | C |
| 867 | 28 | Los Angeles Angels | Joel Capote | St. Thomas (Fla.) | CF |
| 884 | 29 | Chicago Cubs | Austin Pentecost | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | RHP |
| 900 | 29 | St. Louis Cardinals | Andy Hillis | Lee (Tenn.) | RHP |
| 914 | 30 | Chicago Cubs | Izaac Garsez | College of Idaho | RF |
| 959 | 31 | Atlanta Braves | Matt Kimbrel | Southern Poly (Ga.) | RHP |
| 985 | 32 | Toronto Blue Jays | Jorge Saez | Lee (Tenn.) | C |
| 992 | 32 | Tampa Bay Rays | Benjamin Kline | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | SS |
| 995 | 32 | Milwaukee Brewers | Nick Anderson | Mayville State (N.D.) | RHP |
| 1022 | 33 | Tampa Bay Rays | Luke Goodgion | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | LHP |
| 1047 | 34 | Los Angeles Angels | Zachary Livingston | Arizona Christian | C |
| 1074 | 35 | Washington Nationals | Cory Bafidis | Texas Wesleyan | LHP |
| 1085 | 35 | Milwaukee Brewers | Jose Sermo | Bethany (Kan.) | SS |
| 1157 | 38 | Miami Marlins | Michael Smith | Cumberland (Tenn.) | LHP |
| 1185 | 39 | San Diego Padres | Anthony Renteria | Cal State San Marcos | OF |
On to the Pros – NAIA – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications & Sports Information
