Day 3 MLB Draft: 17 Arizona high schools see alumni drafted

June 7, 2014 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Plenty of Arizona high schools were represented Saturday (June 7) on Day 3 of the 2014 Major League Player Draft as rounds 11 through 40 were completed to conclude this year's draft.

Seventeen high schools produced the 23 current or former prep plays selected on the rapid-paced final day. Here are the players selected by round from Saturday:

11th Round: Drew Stankiewicz, SS from Arizona State. Played at Gilbert High. Selected by Philadelphia; Spencer Moran, RHP, Mesa Mountain View HS. Selected by Tampa Bay; Luis Gamez, RHP, Cienega HS. Selected by Atlanta. 12th Round: Austin Davis, LHP, Cal State Bakersfield. Played at Desert Mountain HS. Selected by Philadelpha; Jordan Dunatov, RHP, Nevada. Played at Horizon HS. Selected by Cleveland. 14th Round: Kevin Cron, 1B, Texas Christian. Played at Mountain Pointe HS. Selected by Arizona. 16th Round: Scott Squier, LHP, Hawaii. Played at Greenway HS. Selected by Miami; Cole Plouck, LHP, Pima College. Played at Empire High. Selected by Washington. 19th Round Nathaniel Causey, 1B, Arizona State. Played at Gilbert High. Selected by Colorado; Gary Cornish, RHP, Palomar College. Played at Arcadia HS. Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers. 21st Round: Gerard Hernandez, OF, Pinnacle HS. Selected by Arizona; Tyler Parmenter, RHP, University of Arizona. Played at Cibola HS. Selected by Cincinnati. 24th Round: Alex Real, C, New Mexico. Played at Boulder Creek HS. Selected by Minnesota. 25th Round: Nicco Blank, RHP, Central Arizona CC. Played at Catalina HS. Selected by New York Mets. 30th Round: Jorge Perez, RHP, Grand Canyon University. Played at La Joya HS. Selected by New York Yankees; Spenser Watkins, RHP, Western Oregon. Played at Horizon HS. Selected by Detroit. 32nd Round: Andre Jackson, RHP, Cienega HS. Selected by Texas, 33rd Round: James Harrington, RHP, Mesquite HS. Selected by Philadelphia; David Graybill, RHP, Arizona State. Played at Brophy Prep. Selected by New York Yankees. 34th Round: Hunter Bross, OF, Notre Dame Prep. Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers. 36th Round: Zach Taylor, C, Horizon HS. Selected by San Francisco; Kyler Kocher, RHP, Mesa Mountain View HS. Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers. 39th Round: Payton Squier, 2B, Greenway HS. Selected by Oakland.

Overlooked on Day 2 and taken in the 9th round was Austin Byler, 1B, Nevada. Played at Sunrise Mountain HS. Selected by Washington.