Penn State has its first duo of draft picks for the first time since 2023 and second time since 2021, as its second hitter has heard his name.
Shortstop Ryan Weingartner was selected in the eighth round by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Two of the last three Nittany Lions drafted in the MLB have come from the shortstop position, and Weingartner stuffed the stat sheet in his first year in the blue and white.
The Berlin, New Jersey, native spent his first two seasons with Saint Joseph’s before transferring to Penn State for his junior year.