June 10, 2013. A school-record-tying four Appalachian State University baseball players were selected during the 2013 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, which concluded on Saturday. Appalachian State’s four MLB draftees tie the program originally set in 2009.
March 29, 2013. Lees-McRae College Career Services will host minor league baseball executive Tyler Tumminia Thursday, April 11. She will present a lecture, “Breaking through Barriers and Hitting a Home Run,” at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.
June 13, 2012. Former Appalachian State University catcher Jeremy Dowdy (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield) has signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago White Sox and will likely begin his professional career in nearby Bristol, Va. with the rookie-level Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League.
June 6, 2012. The Atlanta Braves used back-to-back picks to select Appalachian State University relief pitcher Nathan Hyatt (Brevard, N.C./Brevard) and catcher Tyler Tewell (Charlotte, N.C./Butler) in the 13th and 14th rounds of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
Feb. 19, 2012. A look at what happened with ASU athletics over the weekend.
BY JASON GILMER