Before he even stepped foot on Wichita State’s campus last fall, Jake Hamilton had already achieved a dream of every baseball player growing up: to get drafted by a Major League Baseball team.
Last summer, Hamilton was drafted in the 21st round by his hometown Texas Rangers after excelling in two seasons at Rose State College.
“They called me in the 21st round and told me that they had drafted me,” Hamilton said. “They wanted me to come down to Arlington and talk to them and stuff about what it would be like to play pro ball.