June 5, 2008

DETROIT - In the fifth round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Wayne State University junior right-handed pitcher Anthony Bass (Trenton, Mich.) was selected by the San Diego Padres with the 165th overall pick Thursday evening.

Bass became the first Warrior to be drafted since Steve Squires in 2005, and the highest-picked WSU baseball player in program history.

A Rawlings/ABCA All-America First Team and NCBWA All-America Third Team selection in 2008, Bass went 10-3 in 14 appearances this past season, posting a 2.10 earned run average and 100 strikeouts in 85.2 innings. He tied the single-season school record for victories and totaled the fourth-most strikeouts and fifth-most innings in Wayne State history.

Bass was selected to the Daktronics, Inc. and Rawlings/ABCA All-Region First Teams, earning Pitcher of the Year honors from the latter organization as well as a Gold Glove for outstanding defense. He was also named GLIAC Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC.

In his three year career, Bass ranks in the top 10 all-time at Wayne State in several categories, including: second in strikeout/walk ratio (3.38), third in victories (21), tied for third in winning percentage (.700), fourth in strikeouts (206), seventh in starts (33), eighth in innings pitched (213.0), and tied for 10th in complete games (14).

Stay tuned to wsuathletics.com for more information as it becomes available.