By Ryan Quigley
Illinois Scouting Director

The 2015 June MLB Draft culminated with rounds 11-40 yesterday, and numerous prospects with ties to Illinois high school baseball ended up being selected. All told, 52 prospects from Illinois were selected, 10 of which are current high schooler’s represented in the PBR Class of 2015 rankings.

Highly ranked players such as Charlie Donovan (Westmont), Ethan Skender (Metamora), Nick Dalesandro (Joliet Catholic), Fitz Stadler (Glenbrook South), Kyle Ostrowski (Lincoln-Way North), Brenden Spillane (Wheeling), and Malcolm Grady (Homewood-Flossmoor) were selected late on the second day, at times due to sigability issues.

If a high school player is committed to a major Division-I university on a large scholarship, often times it is difficult for a major league organization to buy him out of that commitment. Also, at times prospects put their “number”, or price tag, outside of what teams are willing to pay. Thus, a prospect who likely would have been selected within the top ten rounds with signability put aside, falls to the later rounds because they wanted top three round money.

Let’s take a look at the prospects drafted on day three, with links to their Prep Baseball Report profiles:

Round	Name	School
12	Ryan Perez	Judson University (Westminster Christian)
13	William Headean	Illinois State (Morton HS)
13	Jeffrey Boehm	UIC (Mount Carmel)
14	Sam Thoele	Arkansas-Little Rock (Dieterich)
14	Austin Bossart	Penn (O'Fallon)
16	Nick Hibbing	Iowa (Lakes HS)
17	Jason Goldstien	Illinois (Highland Park HS)
18	Chris Godinez	Bradley (Lake Forest HS)
20	Phil Maton	Lousiana Tech (Glenwood HS)
20	Adam Walton	Illinois (Stevenson HS)
22	Josh Altmann	Olivet Nazarene (Lockport HS)
22	Nick Blackburn	Illinois (Neuqua Valley HS)
24	Bryant Holtmann	Florida State (Breese Central HS)
24	Brandon Magallones	Northwestern (Providence Catholic)
24	Jake Lanning	Holy Cross (Hononegah HS)
25	Robert McDonnell	Illinois (Barrington)
26	Drasen Johnson	Illinois (Illinois Valley Central HS)
27	Ryan Nagel	Illinois (Streator HS)
29	Seth Davis	Augustana (Rock Island HS)
29	Matthias Dietz	John A. Logan (Sandburg)
30	Charlie Donovan	Westmont HS
31	Ethan Skender	Metamora HS
31	Josh Degraaf	Taylor University (Morris HS)
32	Fitz Stadler	Glenbrook South HS
33	Mike Martin	Harvard (Stevenson)
33	Nick Dalesandro	Joliet Catholic
34	Kyle Ostrowski	Lincoln-Way North HS
34	Brenden Spillane	Wheeling HS
37	Malcolm Grady	Homewood-Flossmoor HS
39	Jalin McMillan	Simeon HS
40	Nick Maton	Glenwood HS