Jared Shuster
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Shuster Selected in First Round by Atlanta
6/10/2020 10:18:00 PM | Baseball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest lefthanded pitcher Jared Shuster on Wednesday night was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft. Shuster was the 25th player selected overall.
Shuster is the seventh Demon Deacon selected in the first round. He is the fifth Demon Deacon in the last five years to be selected among the top 50 picks in the draft.
"I am really proud of Jared and happy for his family," said Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter. "It could not have happened to a better or more deserving young man.
"He really came on in his last three to four starts of the year, culminating in the Louisville game where he struck out 13 in seven and one-third innings," said Walter. "There were a ton of scouts and cross-checkers at that game because Louisville was throwing (Bobby Miller, No. 29 pick by the Dodgers). Jared had his best day when he needed to and that really shot him up the draft boards."
Shuster posted a 2-1 record in 2020 after a 4-4 season in 2019. In his four starts this year, he threw 26.1 innings and had an incredible 43 strikeouts to just four walks. He was tied for third in the ACC in strikeouts when the season came to a halt in mid-March. In his three seasons as a Deacon, Shuster went 6-9 and struck out 169 hitters in 128.1 innings.
Wake Forest MLB First Round Draft Choices
Year Player Team Pos Slot
1994 Bret Wagner St. Louis LHP/OF 19
1999 Mike MacDougal Kansas City RHP 25
2003 Kyle Sleeth Detroit RHP 3
2006 Matt Antonelli San Diego 3B 17
2008 Allan Dykstra Tampa Bay 1B 23
2016 Will Craig Pittsburgh 3B 22
2020 Jared Shuster Atlanta LHP 25
2018 Griffin Roberts St. Louis RHP 43*
Shuster is the seventh Demon Deacon selected in the first round. He is the fifth Demon Deacon in the last five years to be selected among the top 50 picks in the draft.
"I am really proud of Jared and happy for his family," said Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter. "It could not have happened to a better or more deserving young man.
"He really came on in his last three to four starts of the year, culminating in the Louisville game where he struck out 13 in seven and one-third innings," said Walter. "There were a ton of scouts and cross-checkers at that game because Louisville was throwing (Bobby Miller, No. 29 pick by the Dodgers). Jared had his best day when he needed to and that really shot him up the draft boards."
Shuster posted a 2-1 record in 2020 after a 4-4 season in 2019. In his four starts this year, he threw 26.1 innings and had an incredible 43 strikeouts to just four walks. He was tied for third in the ACC in strikeouts when the season came to a halt in mid-March. In his three seasons as a Deacon, Shuster went 6-9 and struck out 169 hitters in 128.1 innings.
Wake Forest MLB First Round Draft Choices
Year Player Team Pos Slot
1994 Bret Wagner St. Louis LHP/OF 19
1999 Mike MacDougal Kansas City RHP 25
2003 Kyle Sleeth Detroit RHP 3
2006 Matt Antonelli San Diego 3B 17
2008 Allan Dykstra Tampa Bay 1B 23
2016 Will Craig Pittsburgh 3B 22
2020 Jared Shuster Atlanta LHP 25
2018 Griffin Roberts St. Louis RHP 43*
- Competitive Balance Round, between 1st and 2nd rounds
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