Vol Baseball Signee Selected in First Day of Draft

June 04, 2002 | Baseball

June 4, 2002

University of Tennessee baseball signee Justin Jones, a left-handed pitcher from Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, Va., was selected in the second round by the Chicago Cubs (No. 62) in the first day of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. Jones, the No. 2 player in the state behind the No. 2 overall pick to Tampa Bay, shortstop B.J. Upton, is 8-0 with a 1.02 ERA this spring. The 6-4, 185-pounder garnered All-Eastern Region and All-District honors.

No current Volunteers were drafted in the first 22 rounds of the 50-round draft. The remaining 28 rounds will be completed Wednesday beginning at Noon ET.