A total of eight Ivy League baseball players were selected in the MLB draft, which took place last Thursday and Friday.
It seemed like the Ivy League would have to wait until the second day for any players to move on, but the Boston Red Sox organization had its eyes on one Ivy Leaguer.
With the final pick of the sixth round - the last pick of the first day - the Sox took Yale junior catcher Ryan Lavarnway.
Even after injuring his wrist and missing the season's final 11 games, Lavarnway led the Ancient Eight with 13 home runs and 42 RBIs.
His selection would be the start of a good couple of days for the Bulldogs, who had two pitchers drafted the following day.
Pitcher Brian Irving was the next Ivy Leaguer to go, drafted in the 17th round by the San Francisco Giants. And fellow Bulldogs pitcher Steven Gilman went to the Detroit Tigers in the 36th round.
Other Ivy Leaguers selected were, in draft order:
Dartmouth centerfielder Damon Wright, to the Giants in the 25th round.
Dartmouth southpaw and Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Russell Young, to the Cleveland Indians in the 28th round.
Princeton second baseman Spencer Lucian, to the New York Yankees in the 31st round.
Harvard pitcher Shawn Haviland, to the Oakland Athletics in the 33rd round.
And Tigers pitcher Christian Staehely to the Seattle Mariners in the 39th round.
No player from Ivy League Champion Columbia was selected, including Ivy League Player of the Year Henry Perkins.
