The Umpqua Community College baseball program is excited to announce the selection of two former RiverHawks in the 2023 MLB draft this month.

After a two-season tenure with the University of Oregon Ducks, right-handed pitcher Jace Stoffal of Roseburg was drafted in round eight to play for the Minnesota Twins. Stoffal had an earned run average of 3.75 and a 7-5 record while making eighteen starts with one complete game during his time at Oregon. Finishing wqith a 2.17 earned run average as a RiverHawk, Stoffal was named first-team South Division All-Northwest Athletic Conference in 2021.

Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, Hunter Kublick was selected in round eighteen as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kublick completed his sophomore season at UCC this May with a 2.54 earned run average, appearing in seventeen games and making thirteen starts.

Stoffal and Kublick are the first players to be drafted since the 2018 reinstatement of the UCC Baseball program.