University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Green and Ardoin Drafted on First Day of MLB Draft
6/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Green and Ardoin Drafted on First Day of MLB Draft
LAFAYETTE
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette's baseball
program had two players taken during Monday's first day of
the 2004 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Senior pitcher Patrick Green was drafted in the seventh round by the American League's Kansas City Royals at the 205th overall pick while junior pitcher and Eunice native Kevin Ardoin (left) was picked up by the Texas Rangers of the American League in the 12th round at the 351st overall selection.
Green, a transfer from the University of Tennessee, is out of collegiate eligibility while Ardoin has one year of eligibility remaining at Louisiana-Lafayette.
Their selection marked the 10th straight year under head coach Tony Robichaux that the Cajuns have had at least one player drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft. Green's selection gave the Cajuns back-to-back seasons with a player drafted in one of the Top 10 rounds.
Ardoin,
the Cajuns Friday night starter this past season, struck out
95 batters in 106 innings while notching a career-best six
victories.
He took home Sun Belt Conference pitcher of the week honors on March 2 and April 12 and was also named College Baseball Insider National Player of the Week on March 5 after puzzling regional participant Stony Brook. Against SBU, Ardion allowed a lead-off single before retiring 27 consecutive batters, 12 by strike out.
The right-hander left the game with a 2-0 lead at No. 9 Wichita State, going 7 1/3 innings while scattering six hits and striking out four.
Green missed the first part of the season with an elbow injury, but bounced back to collect six wins and a save in just 15 appearances.
He came out of the bullpen most of the
season, but started five games including key contests down
the stretch. Green tossed a complete game allowing just
eight hits while striking out 10 in a win over New Mexico
State at the Sun Belt Tournament in his last outing in a
Cajuns uniform.
The Alpharetta, Ga., native posted a 2.12 ERA and opponents managed to hit just .191 against the hard-throwing right-hander. He finished the season with 55 strikeouts over 51 innings.
The 50-round draft continues through Tuesday, June 8.
CAJUNS DRAFTED UNDER TONY ROBICHAUX
2004 Patrick Green (7th
round, Kansas City)
Kevin Ardoin (12th round, Texas)
2003 Corey Coles (5th round, New York Mets)
Jordy Templet (17th round, Toronto)
Austin Faught (35th round, Texas)
2002 Justin Gabriel (30th round, Milwaukee)
Chase Lambin (34th round, New York
Mets)
2001 Neil Simoneaux (18th round, St. Louis)
Eric Templet (27th round, New York
Mets)
2000 Scott Dohmann (6th round, Colorado)
Danny Massiatte (6th round, Tampa
Bay)
Nick Webb (9th round, Colorado)
Nathan Nelson (10th round, Houston)
Rick Haydel (11th round, Arizona)
Ryan Gill (17th round, New York Mets)
1999 Phil Devey (5th round, Los Angeles)
Jeff Robinson (7th round, Milwaukee)
Mo Douglas (35th round, Pittsburgh)
1998 B.J. Ryan (17th round, Cincinnati)
1997 Trey Poland (5th round, Texas)
Jim Fritz (41st round, Philadelphia)
1996 Blaine Phillips (33rd round, New York Yankees)
1995 Darrin Babineaux (2nd round, Los Angeles)
