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Five players with Northeast Indiana local ties were drafted this week. Here’s a quick look:

Scott Woodward (Norwell) – 15th round by the Oakland A’s (455th Overall)

Matt Bischoff (New Haven) – 20th round by the Seattle Mariners (612th overall)

• Seattle Drafts Matt Bischoff (Purdue Sports)
• Mariners draft Purdue ace (JCOnline)

Zack Dygert (Angola) – 22nd round by the Houston Astros (663rd overall)

• Dygert Drafted By The Houston Astros In The 22nd Round (Ball State)
• Astros draft Angola’s Dygert (Herald Republican – subscription required)

Kevin Kiermaier (Bishop Luers)- 31st round by the Tampa Bay Rays (941st Overall)

• Kevin Keirmaier Drafted by Tapa Bay Rays (Clip Syndicate)

Chris Squires (Canterbury) – 37th round by the Florida Marlins (1,127th overall)

Hat Tip to Glenn Marini at Wane-TV for his great local cover or area players this year.

• Kiermaier, Squires Picked On Wednesday
• New Haven Grad Bischoff Drafted
• Norwell Grad Woodward Drafted
• Angola Grad Dygert Picked By Astros

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has recognized Purdue Senior Matt Bischoff as one of its “Louisville Slugger” National Players of the Week. The senior Boilermaker ace pitched a complete game against Illinois last Friday in an 8-2 win over the Illini.

After allowing a run on back-to-back base hits in the bottom of the first, Bischoff retired the next three Illini hitters to end the inning and then retired the side in order through the seventh inning. He tallied the first two outs in the eighth inning before seeing the an infield single ended a streak of retiring 23 straight.

Bischoff’s complete game was the first one thrown by a Purdue pitcher this year and earned him his ninth win, ranking him second on the team.

In 2008, Bischoff was drafted in the 47th round (1,416 overall) by the New York Mets. That year, the former New Haven High School standout from Decatur was named to the 2008 Big Ten first team after completing the year as the team’s number one starter with a 6-3 record that helped led Purdue to second place finishes in both the Big Ten regular season and tournament.

Related BBIFW Posts:

• Matt Bischoff: 2007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• Bischoff Earns Big Ten First Team Honors
• Kyle Day and Matt Bischoff Drafted on Day Two

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Yesterday, Justin Parker was the lone Northeast Indiana representative in the draft. Today, two more were added.

Kyle Day, was selected in the 12th round (359th overall) by the Cincinnati Reds. Last year, he was drafted in the 9th round by the Chicago Cubs, but chose to return to Michigan State instead, where he was their top offensive performer. Day hit .320 with 9 home runs and 48 runs batted in and 39 bases on balls over 175 at-bats. His 28 strikeouts was a college career low and accompanied his .543 slugging percentage. He had been shooting for going in the first five rounds.

Purdue pitcher, Matt Bischoff was selected in the 47th round (1,416 overall) by the New York Mets. the former New Haven High School standout from Decatur was named to the 2008 Big Ten first teamafter completing the year as the team’s number one starter with a 6-3 record and helped lead the Boilermakers to second place finishes in both the Big Ten regular season and tournament.

Matt Bischoff, former New Haven High School standout from Decatur and current starting pitcher for Purdue University, has been named to the 2008 Big Ten first team. Bischoff finished the year at 6-3 as the team’s number 1 starter and helped lead the Boilermakers to second place finishes in both the Big Ten regular season and tournament.

Bischoff returned to the all-conference squad in his sophomore season after earning second team All-Big Ten honors as a starting pitcher in 2007, a year that also earned him Freshman of the Year honors. Bischoff was 5-1 on the mound in Big Ten play as the No.1 starter in the Purdue rotation. [Purdue Sports]

Bischoff will spend the summer pitching in the Great Lakes Collegiate Wood Bat League for the Lima Locos.

Special thansk to Dave Bischoff for sending along this news.