The MLB First Year Player Draft runs from Jun 12-June 14 and there are three Huskies who have a chance to hear their names called by one of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. Four UConn players were selected in 2016.
Wills Montgomerie, a junior right-handed pitcher from Lakeville, Connecticut, should be the first one. He was an elite strikeout pitcher at the collegiate level, striking out 226 batters in 195 career innings, translating to 10.4 per nine innings.
His mid-90s fastball and slider mix notched him 116 punch outs in 2017 were 20th in the nation while his strikeouts per nine innings were tied for 20th.