Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Daniel Jipping put his faith in the right place.
He also put a number of baseballs into orbit.
Jipping, a Central Michigan junior, was selected by the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday in the Major League Baseball Draft. He leaves Sunday for Boise, Idaho, where he will join the organization’s short-season Class A Boise Hawks, forgoing his senior season at CMU.
“I’m extremely happy,” Jipping said during a phone interview Wednesday night from Comerica Park, where he was watching the Tigers-Arizona Diamondbacks game.