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Rushing Selected 40th Overall in 2022 MLB Draft
July 17, 2022 | Baseball
The junior becomes the 95th Louisville player selected during Dan McDonnell’s 16-year tenure.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville junior catcher Dalton Rushing was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 40th overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft on Sunday evening.
Rushing was taken with the first pick of the second round. He becomes the 95th overall MLB Draft selection during Dan McDonnell's 16-year tenure.
The Brighton, Tenn., native is the 12th Louisville player to be taken in the top two rounds of the draft over the last seven years.
Rushing earned All-America honors after hitting .310 with a team high 23 home runs and 62 RBIs this spring. The junior was the first UofL player to hit 20 home runs since 2017 and finished the year with the fourth-most homers in a season by a Louisville player. Rushing ranked top 30 nationally in home runs, walks and hit by pitch, and top 50 in slugging percentage and runs scored.
The 2022 MLB Draft continues on Monday with rounds 3-10 and then rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.
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Rushing was taken with the first pick of the second round. He becomes the 95th overall MLB Draft selection during Dan McDonnell's 16-year tenure.
The Brighton, Tenn., native is the 12th Louisville player to be taken in the top two rounds of the draft over the last seven years.
Rushing earned All-America honors after hitting .310 with a team high 23 home runs and 62 RBIs this spring. The junior was the first UofL player to hit 20 home runs since 2017 and finished the year with the fourth-most homers in a season by a Louisville player. Rushing ranked top 30 nationally in home runs, walks and hit by pitch, and top 50 in slugging percentage and runs scored.
The 2022 MLB Draft continues on Monday with rounds 3-10 and then rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.
FOLLOW LOUISVILLE BASEBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville baseball on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @LouisvilleBSB.
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