Following the conclusion of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft this month, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons have made history.
They are the first college baseball program to have multiple first round picks in three straight MLB Drafts.
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This streak of first round players began in the 2023 MLB Draft. The first Wake Forest player off the board in that draft was pitcher Rhett Lowder, who was taken with the seventh overall pick by the Cincinnati Reds.
Shortly thereafter, the Milwaukee Brewers took third baseman Brock Wilken with the 18th overall pick.
In the 2024 MLB Draft, Wake Forest had three players selected in the top ten. Pitcher Chase Burns was picked second overall by the Cincinnati Reds. First baseman Nick Kurtz was taken fourth overall by the Athletics, and then Seaver King was taken 10th overall by the Washington Nationals.
In this year’s draft, Wake Forest once again was a prominent school in the first round. Marek Houston and Ethan Conrad were taken in back-to-back selections by the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs with the 16th and 17th overall picks.
In total, seven different players from Wake Forest were taken in the past three first rounds of the MLB Draft.
In the 2025 MLB Draft, they had six total players selected.
2025 Season Results for Wake Forest – In the 2025 college baseball season, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons finished with a 39-22 overall record and were 16-14 in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play.
They made it to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. However, their run was short, as they were knocked out of the Knoxville regional by the Tennessee Volunteers.
Photo: Wake Forest starting pitcher Rhett Lowder throws against Stanford in the first inning of a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
