Four Pitchers Drafted

Four Monarch pitchers were selected in the Major League Baseball draft in June and assigned to minor league clubs: Dan Hudson (Virginia Beach), Anthony Shawler (Chesapeake), Dexter Carter (Murfreesboro, N.C.) and Ryan Bergh (Reddick, Fla.)

Hudson and Carter played for the Great Falls, Mont., Voyagers in the Pioneer League; Shawler played for the Oneonta Tigers in the New York-Penn League; and Bergh was with the Clearwater Thrashers of the Florida State League.

Hudson was selected in the fifth round by the White Sox; Shawler in the ninth round by the Tigers; Carter in the 13th round by the White Sox; and Bergh in the 26th round by the Phillies.