ATLANTA -- Georgia State pitcher Hunter Gaddis was selected in the fifth round with the 160th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians in the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Tuesday, making him the highest draft pick in school history.
Georgia State's highest draft pick before Gaddis was 2010 seventh-round selection David Buchanan of the Philadelphia Phillies (231st overall pick), a right-handed pitcher who went on to become the first Panther to reach the Major Leagues in 2014 with the Phillies. He is currently pitching for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan.
In Gaddis' three seasons at Georgia State, the 6-6 junior right-hander compiled a 3.