Right- hander Marshall Kasowski was selected by the Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of West Texas A&M. The 23-year-old native of Conroe, Texas had transferred to the Division II college after two years with the Division I University of Houston Cougars.
His time with the Cougars was limited to a total of 33 innings over two seasons. Kasowski was injured in a severe car accident in 2015 and spent much of the off season recovering. His accident was not only career threatening it was life threatening. His car had been rear-ended by a high speeding vehicle driving him across the medium strip and leaving his car in a position where he could easily have been broad-sided by oncoming vehicles.