Tuesday was the first day of the major league baseball draft, and seven Division III baseball players were selected:

Eastern Connecticut left-handed pitcher Ryan DiPietro was a sixth-round pick of the Royals (No. 172 overall). MLB’s scouting bureau report says he has a similar frame to former big-leaguer John Tudor.

UW-Whitewater’ right-handed pitcher Gregory Reinhard was a sixth-round pick of the Devil Rays (No. 178 overall). He is described as having a Jason Marquis build with a Mark Mulder approach.

Calvin right-handed pitcher James Deters was a seventh-round pick of the Indians (No. 214 overall).

Millsaps shortstop Garner Wetzel was a 10th-round pick of the Rockies (No. 297 overall).

Illinois Wesleyan left-handed pitcher Cory Lapinski was an 11th-round selection of the Astros (No. 344 overall).

Southern Maine right-handed pitcher Thomas Fairchild was a 12th-round selection of the Astros (No. 374 overall).

Alvernia catcher Anthony Recker was an 18th-round selection of the A’s (No. 551 overall). Moneyball readers will be glad to know he had a .544 on-base percentage and led the team with 29 walks in 200 plate appearances, striking out 23 times.

Feel free to post updates from the draft’s second day here. We’ll try to check in as well. With 50 rounds to the draft, there will certainly be more names.

Here’s links to follow construction of some of the various projects:

Albright (photos last updated May 24)
Chapman (photos updated June 2)
Moravian (last images April 1, but link for live camera)
UW-Platteville (photos updated May 31)
Wittenberg (photos updated June 1)

Any others? You know the drill. Post, with a link to the info on a school’s site.

Congratulations to the Division III spring sports champions:

Baseball — UW-Whitewater (photo from warhawkfootball.com)
Men’s golf — Guilford
Women’s golf — Methodist
Men’s lacrosse — Salisbury
Women’s lacrosse — New Jersey
Women’s rowing — Ithaca
Softball — St. Thomas
Men’s tennis — UC Santa Cruz
Women’s tennis — Emory
Men’s track — Lincoln
Women’s track — Wartburg

Women’s water polo doesn’t have a Division III championship, but Redlands was selected for the NCAA all-divisions tournament and won one game in the three-game tournament to finish seventh.

And also, a special congratulations to Johns Hopkins, which won the Division I men’s lacrosse championship … even if those players are on scholarship!