Virginia's Joe Koshansky Selected In The Sixth Round Of The 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft By The Colorado Rockies

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June 7, 2004

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – University of Virginia baseball player Joe Koshansky (Fairfax, Va./Chantilly) became the second UVa player selected in the 2004 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft when he was chosen in the sixth round as the 170th pick overall by the Colorado Rockies. Koshansky joins UVa’s Andrew Dobies as one of two Cavaliers who have been selected in the first six rounds of the draft. Dobies was selected in the third round as the 95th pick by the Boston Red Sox.

With his selection in the draft, Koshansky became the 56th total selection and the 52nd player from UVa selected in the MLB Draft. He is also the 34th player from Virginia to be chosen in the draft over the last 16 seasons (since 1989).

Koshansky enjoyed a banner season in 2004 and was selected the 2004 ACC Player of the Year and was named a 2004 First Team All-ACC choice. Koshansky’s selection as the ACC Player of the Year made him the first Cavalier to ever receive the honor. He was also named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and was selected to the 2004 Charlottesville Regional All-Tournament Team. Koshansky was named the ACC Player of the Week twice in 2004 after being recognized on February 16th and March 15th. He was also named the ACC Pitcher of the Week on April 26th.

In 2004, Koshansky stared all 59 games for Virginia as either a pitcher of first baseman and served as one of UVa’s weekend starters in the pitching rotation. He made 15 starts on the mound and pitched 102.2 innings en route to posting a record of 8-3 with a 2.98 ERA. Koshansky struck out 80 batters (second on the team) and held opposing batters to a .227 batting average. He pitched two complete game in UVa’s victories over #4 Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. on April 25th and against George Mason in the NCAA Tournament on June 5th at the Charlottesville Regional.

In 2004, Koshansky also batted .302 (second on the team) with 67 hits including a team-high 16 home runs, a team-high 17 doubles and also had one triple. He led the team with 67 RBI, scored 50 runs and racked up a team-high 134 total bases. Koshansky was successful in 8-of-9 stolen base attempts.

For his career, Koshansky set a new UVa single season school-record with his 67 RBI in 2004. He also ranks in several of Virginia’s top-ten single season categories by finishing: third in home runs with 16, tied for third in most pitching starts with 15, fourth in most innings pitched with 102.2, tied for fourth with most pitching wins with eight, tied for fifth with 134 total bases and tied for eighth in doubles with 17.

Koshansky also ranks highly in several of Virginia’s top-ten career categories by finishing: tied for first in pitching victories with 21, tied for first in games started as a pitcher with 49, second in most innings pitched with 317.2, fifth in strikeouts with 229 and seventh in home runs with 27.

Virginia Players in the Major League Draft

Year	Player, Position	Round, MLB Organization1966	Edward Turnbull, LHP	17th (Baltimore Orioles)1970	Steve Miller, C	3rd (Boston Red Sox)1971	Mike Cubbage, SS/2B 	2nd (Washington Senators)1972	Bill Hall, 2B	6th (San Diego Padres)1976	Anthony Zentgraf, 3B	17th (Baltimore Orioles)1978	Columbus Duncan, 1B	11th (Milwaukee Brewers)1979	Paul Voigt, RHP	9th (Minnesota Twins)1980	Rickey Horton, LHP 	4th (St. Louis Cardinals)1982	David Hopkins, RHP	14th (Texas Rangers)1983	Tony Latham, OF	4th (Boston Red Sox)1983	Glenn Harris, 1B	21st (St. Louis Cardinals)1983	George Priftis, 2B	26th (Seattle Mariners)1985	Tim Burcham, RHP	6th (California Angels)1986	Bill Narleski, SS	18th (Baltimore Orioles)1986	Bob Malloy, RHP 	19th (Texas Rangers)1988	Tom Crowley, 2B	38th (Philadelphia Phillies)1989	Keith Seiler, LHP	18th (New York Yankees)1989	Chris Kughn, OF	25th (Atlanta Braves)1990	Doug Johns, LHP 	16th (Oakland Athletics)1990	Keith Seiler, LHP	21st (New York Yankees)1991	Todd Fiegel, LHP	11th  (New York Mets)1991	Todd Ruyak, LHP	17th (Detroit Tigers)1992	Frank Lankford, RHP	18th (St. Louis Cardinals)1992	Todd Ruyak, LHP	31st (Cincinnati Reds)1992	John Cappelmann, RHP	45th (St. Louis Cardinals)1992	Kevin Stock, LHP	48th (Seattle Mariners)1993	Seth Greisinger, RHP 	7th (Cleveland Indians)1993	Frank Lankford, RHP	16th (New York Yankees)1993	Adam Robinson, SS	30th (Chicago Cubs)1993	Deron Dowhower, RHP	34th (Minnesota Twins)1993	Jason Cook, SS	55th (Seattle Mariners)1994	Brian Buchanan, OF	1st (New York Yankees)1994	Yates Hall, RHP	4th (St. Louis Cardinals)1994	Pat Daneker, RHP	40th (Boston Red Sox)1994	Reid Beucler, RHP	65th (Detroit Tigers)1995	Casey Crawford, 1B	16th (Atlanta Braves)1996	Seth Greisinger, RHP 	1st (Detroit Tigers)1996	Jason Sekany, RHP	2nd (Boston Red Sox)1996	Adam Robinson, SS	52nd (Minnesota Twins)1997	Greg Withelder, LHP	3rd (Minnesota Twins)1997	Pat Daneker, RHP	5th (Chicago White Sox)1997	Adam Robinson, SS	12th (Oakland Athletics)1997	Geoff Zawatski, RHP	14th (Philadelphia Phillies)1998	Javier Lopez, LHP	4th (Arizona Diamondbacks)1999	Julian Gonzalez, OF	36th (Kansas City Royals)2000	Jon Metzger, LHP	13th (Kansas City Royals)2000	Tim LaVigne, RHP/SS	32nd (New York Mets)2000	Kevin Shrout, RHP	43rd (Milwaukee Brewers)2001	Jon Benick, INF	9th (San Diego Padres)2001	Hunter Wyant, SS	16th (Florida Marlins)2002	Robert Word, 1B	10th (Florida Marlins)2002	Dan Street, INF	20th (Colorado Rockies)2002	David Stone, OF	36th (San Francisco Giants)2002	Chris Sweet, OF	37th (San Francisco Giants)2004	Andrew Dobies, LHP	3rd (Boston Red Sox, 95th pick)2004	Joe Koshansky, LHP/1B	6th (Colorado Rockies, 170th pick)

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