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June 5, 2001
Baseball: Hennessey Taken 21st in MLB Draft
    Youngstown -- Youngstown State junior right-handed pitcher Brad Hennessey was the 21st overall selection by the San Francisco Giants in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball’s Amateur Draft. The Toledo,Ohio, native became the highest draft pick in school history when the Giants selected him in the first round.
    This past season, Hennessey set the school record for strikeouts with 126. He also set a school mark with 88.2 innings pitched. He had a team-best six wins, and five complete games. Hennessey was named Co-Pitcher of the Year in the Mid-Continent Conference and was a first-team all-league selection.
    Dick Tidrow, Vice President of Player Personnel for the San Francisco Giants said the organization was pleased to select Hennessey in the first round.
    "Brad is a good pitcher with all four pitches," Tidrow said. "He has made the conversion from being a shortstop. He is very athletic and possess excellent breaking pitches."
    Hennessey was at home in Toledo when he found out that he had been picked in the first round.
    "It seemed like forever after the draft started before my name was called," Hennessey said. "My mom was on the internet downstairs and I was upstairs making a shake. I had just got done working out and I heard all this yelling from downstairs and I figured I had been selected. I was thinking I might get selected in the second round, but my name got called in the first. That is even better."
    Hennessey said the Giants had showed interest in his abilities throughout his junior season. But he had contact with other teams, which led him to believe he would be selected by a club other than the Giants. Baseball America ranked him as the 62nd best prospect in the draft.
    "It is pretty amazing," he said. "I really didn't expect to go in the first round and if anything I figured I might go to St. Louis. It was a total surprise that San Francisco picked me, but I will take it."
    Chris Durkin was the highest previous YSU draft pick selected in the third round by Houston in 1991. Other Penguins drafted include: Mike Abdalla (Kansas City, 2000), Bill Sattler (Expos, 1979), Dave Dravecky (Pittsburgh, 1978) and Mike Glinatsis (San Francisco, 1976).