North Allegheny’s Cole Young Picked by Seattle in First Round of MLB Draft

Monday, July 18, 2022

Pittsburgh, Pa. – North Allegheny graduate Cole Young was selected by the Seattle Mariners with the 21st overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft on Sunday evening, becoming the seventh player from a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) school to be taken in the first round since the amateur draft began in 1965.

Young is the 14th student-athlete from North Allegheny to be picked in the MLB Draft, joining Ken Baurle (1988), Mike Butia (2004), Tom Carroll (1970), Chris Cooper (2001), Todd Davidson (1979, 1981), Andrew Dobies (2004), Eric Dorsch (2013, 2014), Paul Failla (1991, 1994), Josh Hungerman (2008, 2009), Justin Ross (1998), Scott Schroeffel (1992, 1996), and Cory Sullivan (2001). Baurle, Carroll, Davidson, Failla, McCarthy, and Schroeffel were selected after graduating from North Allegheny.

Including collegiate student-athletes, the WPIAL has made itself an MLB Draft fixture over the past eight years with six former players going in the first round. Young joins Mars’s Will Bednar (2021), Mt. Lebanon’s Ian Happ (2015), West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick (2020), Plum’s Alex Kirilloff (2016), and Blackhawk’s Brendan McKay (2017). Bednar (Mississippi State University), Happ (University of Cincinnati), and McKay (University of Louisville) all played college baseball after their high school graduations.

Young signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to attend Duke University last November.

WPIAL First Round Selection History (from HS only)

Year	Name	Pos.	School	Pick	Team
2022	Cole Young	SS	North Allegheny	21	Seattle Mariners
2020	Austin Hendrick	OF	West Allegheny	12	Cincinnati Reds
2016	Alex Kirilloff	OF	Plum	15	Minnesota Twins
2004	Neil Walker	C	Pine-Richland	11	Pittsburgh Pirates
1978	Tim Conroy	LHP	Gateway	20	Oakland Athletics
1974	Scot Thompson	OF	Knoch	7	Chicago Cubs
1970	Bob Gorinski	SS	Mt. Pleasant	22	Minnesota Twins

North Allegheny MLB Draft History

Year	Name	Pos.	Round	Pick	Team
2022	Cole Young	SS	1	21	Seattle Mariners
2014	Eric Dorsch	RHP	15	461	Pittsburgh Pirates
2013	Eric Dorsch	RHP	21	645	Cincinnati Reds
2009	Josh Hungerman	LHP	17	511	Colorado Rockies
2008	Josh Hungerman	LHP	50	1499	Colorado Rockies
2004	Andrew Dobies	LHP	3	95	Boston Red Sox
2004	Mike Butia	OF	5	137	Cleveland Indians
2001	Cory Sullivan	OF	7	214	Colorado Rockies
2001	Chris Cooper	LHP	35	1037	Cleveland Indians
1998	Justin Ross	OF	16	481	Anaheim Angels
1996	Scott Schroeffel	RHP	15	446	Colorado Rockies
1994	Paul Failla	SS	3	69	California Angels
1994	Kevin McCarthy	OF	4	92	New York Mets
1992	Scott Schroeffel	RHP	33	912	Baltimore Orioles
1991	Paul Failla	SS	7	184	Kansas City Royals
1988	Ken Baurle	RHP	58	1354	Pittsburgh Pirates
1981	Todd Davidson	OF	2	45	Pittsburgh Pirates
1979	Todd Davidson	OF	17	418	New York Mets
1970	Tom Carroll	RHP	6	138	Cincinnati Reds