Round 30 - LHP - Josh Edgin

6-11-09 from: - http://www.fmupatriots.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BASE_Edgin_drafted - Francis Marion University junior left-handed pitcher Josh Edgin was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 50th round of Major League Baseball's 2009 First-Year Player Draft, Thursday (June 11). Edgin was selected as the seventh pick in the 50th round (No. 1498 overall). A total of approximately 1,521 players were selected.
Edgin, a native of Three Springs, Pa., posted a 4-2 record this past season with a 4.04 earned run average. He appeared in 16 games, making 11 starts, and struck out 57 batters in 69 innings. Opponents batted .234 against him. His two best starts may have been the final two of the season. He allowed only three hits and one run in seven innings while fanning nine in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament championship game, leading FMU to the title and earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Four days later, he tossed a two-hit shutout (5-0 FMU win) against nationally ranked Tusculum College in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Southest Regional. Edgin has the option of signing with the Braves or returning to Francis Marion for his senior year.


2007 (Freshman at Ohio State): Josh fashioned a 2-2 record as a true freshman with a 6.18 ERA in 43.2 innings pitched ... led the team’s freshmen hurlers in innings pitched ... played in 19 games with seven starts ... lowered ERA to 5.47 in Big Ten Conference games with 26.1 innings pitched ... earned first collegiate win with 3.0 innings against Toledo ...struck out five Rockets and allowed just one earned run ... struck out six Purdue batters in game two of that series ... lasted at least 4.0 innings in each of his three Big Ten starts ... pitched a career high 6.1 innings in the Buckeyes’ final regular season game, a win over Penn State that clinched a Big Ten tournament berth for the team ... did not pitch in the Big Ten tournament and made two appearances in the NCAA tournament for a total of 1.0 innings.

Mercersburg Academy: Named a two-time first-team All-Mid Atlantic Prep League as well as two-time first-team all-area selection ... was a second team all-league and all-area honoree as a sophomore ... voted the team MVP as a junior and senior ... was 8-0 with a 1.02 ERA and 70 strikeouts his senior year when he threw three shutouts and one no-hitter ... also batted .447 ... was 19-4 in his high school career with a 2.13 ERA and 215 strikeouts ... team finished 24-4 and was the state runnerup his senior year after it won the state championship in 2005 ... won four letters for coach Karl Reisner ... four-year letterman in football and in wrestling ... earned all-league and all-area honors in football as a junior and senior and was a wrestling state champion as a junior when he earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at nationals ... named best male athlete at Mercersburg his senior year.