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Pat was selected in the 33rd round of MLB Draft by Pittsburgh Pirates with the 985th pick.
The DREAM continues…
Four More Phoenix Players Chosen on Day Three
Program Has Record Seven Players Chosen
6/11/2009
Pat Irvine was one of 7 MLB draftees from Elon ELON, N.C. — On the final day of the 2009 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, the Elon Phoenix saw four more players selected. The draft total sits at seven players, a program record for one draft, surpassing the three chosen a year ago. Senior outfielder http://www.elonphoenix.com/profile.aspx?pid=240&sid=bbPat Irvine (Westwood, Mass.) became the fourth Phoenix baseball player selected in the draft when the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in the 33rd round as the 985th overall pick. Joining him were senior pitcher Tom Porter (Charlotte, N.C.) who went to the San Diego Padres in the 40th round (No. 1,194 overall), junior outfielder Justin Hilt (Woodbury, N.J.) who was picked in the 41st round (No. 1,233 overall) to the Oakland Athletics and senior infielder Bennett Davis (Katy, Texas) who went in the 42nd round (No. 1,279 overall) to the Tampa Bay Rays.
They join teammates http://www.elonphoenix.com/profile.aspx?pid=380&sid=bbChase Austin (fifth round to the Florida Marlins), http://www.elonphoenix.com/profile.aspx?pid=645&sid=bbCory Harrilchak (14th round to the Atlanta Braves) and http://www.elonphoenix.com/profile.aspx?pid=715&sid=bbDallas Tarleton (20th round to the Colorado Rockies) as members of the 2009 draft.
“I’m just excited to get picked,” said Irvine. “The Pirates are a program that has a lot of great history. I can’t thank Elon enough for allowing me the opportunity to play at a program that has allowed me to continue my career. The coaches and players at Elon taught me to work hard and play the game the right way.”
As a senior, Irvine batted .402 with a team-best .782 slugging percentage and .533 on-base percentage. He finished the year with 14 doubles, five triples and 17 home runs while driving in 57 runs and scoring 68 times. Irvine, who stole 19 bases, collected one Southern Conference Player of the Week honor in 2009 and was named both SoCon All-Tournament and First Team All-Southern Conference.
His 68 runs scored in 2009 rate in a tie for fifth in a season in program history while his 17 homers rate in a tie for the seventh-most in the history of the program. Irvine’s 153 total bases place him fifth on that list. His .789 slugging percentage rates as the top single-season slugging percentage in school history.
Irvine concluded his Elon career by ranking among the school’s all-time best in the following categories: 10th in games played (202), sixth in runs (161), fifth in home runs (31) and seventh in RBI (147).