N.C. A&T's Kelvin Freeman taken in 17th round of MLB Draft

KELVIN FREEMAN
(Courtesy: North Carolina A&T Athletics)

LOS ANGELES, California  --  The Chicago Cubs selected N.C. A&T first baseman Kelvin Freeman with the 498th pick in the 17th round of the MLB Draft on Saturday.

Freeman, a Wilmington native, was the MEAC Player of the Year and a third-team All-America selection as a senior, according to Collegiate Baseball.
The 6-foot-4, 235-pound slugger led the MEAC with 16 home runs and 59 RBI, hitting .342, slugging .663 and also stealing 14 bases in 15 attempts.

Freeman is the third A&T player to be picked in the past five years, after Xavier Macklin went in the 12th round to the Oakland A's in 2011 and C.J. Beatty went to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round in 2009.

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