TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 16, 2017) - State College of Florida pitcher Brendon Little and fellow hurler Nate Pearson from the College of Central Florida were first round selections in the 2017 MLB Draft.

But Little and Pearson were just the beginning of an impressive list of draftees from Region 8. In all 39 players from Region 8 were selected, led by Chipola College, who had 10 players drafted, second-most of any college in the country at any level.

The following players from Region 8 were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft:

Round 1

• Chicago Cubs, LHP Brendan Little, State College of Florida
• Toronto Blue Jays, RHP Nate Pearson, College of Central Florida

Round 2

• Detroit Tigers, OF Reynaldo Rivera, Chipola College
• Kansas City Royals, LHP Evan Steele, Chipola College

Round 4

• Atlanta Braves, RHP Troy Bacon, Santa Fe College
• Colorado Rockies, RHP Pearson McMahan, St. Johns River State College
• Detroit Tigers, RHP Gio Arriera, Palm Beach State College

Round 5

• Minnesota Twins, 3B Andrew Bechtold, Chipola College

Round 7

• Arizona Diamondbacks, SS Jose Caballero, Chipola College
• Milwaukee Brewers, RHP Bowden Francis, Chipola College
• Washington Nationals, RHP Jackson Tetreault, State College of Florida

Round 12

• Washington Nationals, LHP Jackson Stoeckinger, College of Central Florida

Round 13

• Arizona Diamondbacks, RHP Riley Cabral, Chipola College
• Colorado Rockies, RHP Shameko Smith, Polk State College

Round 14

• Cincinnati Reds, RF Brody Wofford, Chipola College
• Arizona Diamondbacks, 2B Keshawn Lynch, State College of Florida

Round 15

• Seattle Mariners, RHP Tommy Romero, Eastern Florida State College

Round 17

• Cincinnati Reds, RHP Junior Harding, Chipola College
• Washington Nationals, LHP Jared Johnson, Palm Beach State College
• Miami Marlins, LHP Dylan Cyphert, Gulf Coast State College

Round 18

• San Diego Padres, RHP Cam Sanders, Northwest Florida State College

Round 19

• Texas Rangers, RHP Nick Snyder, Indian River State College
• Detroit Tigers, 3B Ryan Karstetter, State College of Florida

Round 20

• Atlanta Braves, OF Justin Smith, St. Johns River State College

Round 22

• Tampa Bay Rays, RHP Alex Valverde, Miami Dade College
• Milwaukee Brewers, LHP Brandon Presley, Florida Southwestern State College

Round 23

• Kansas City Royals, SS Matt Morales, Palm Beach State College

Round 26

• Minnesota Twins, RHP Jordan Spicer, Polk State College
• New York Mets, SS Gavin Garay, St. Petersburg College

Round 30

• Boston Red Sox, RHP Andrew Carber, Chipola College
• Pittsburgh Pirates, C Manny Bejerano, Broward College
• Toronto Blue Jays, C Reilly Johnson, State College of Florida

Round 33

• Miami Marlins, LHP Kyle Farjad, Palm Beach State College

Round 34

• Texas Rangers, CF Edmond Americaan, Chipola College

Round 38

• Cleveland Indians, LHP Scott Kobos, St. Johns River State College

Round 40

• Baltimore Orioles, RHP Niko Lenotarakis, Tallahassee Community College