Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Nathan Forer taken in day three of MLB Draft
06/09/2010 | 12:00:00 | Baseball
June 9, 2010
By Jason Clay
www.SIUSalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois senior right-hander Nathan Forer was selected by the New York Yankees in the 46th round with the 1,405th overall pick of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday.
Forer becomes the third Saluki taken in this year's draft, which marks the first time since 1996 that SIU had three players drafted.
The 6-1, 172-pounder from Brampton, Ontario, Canada was a second team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection as a senior in 2010. His 3.28 ERA was the fourth-lowest in the league.
He allowed one or no earned runs in five of his 11 starts on the year and held MVC hitters to a .256 batting average.
Forer only allowed 11 earned runs in 46.1 inning pitched during his seven conference starts and he lasted six or more innings in nine out of his 11 total starts in 2010.
After allowing just one run and six hits over eight innings in a 3-1 win over Bradley on April 3, Forer was named the MVC Pitcher of the Week and MVC/Prairie Farms Scholar-Athlete of the Week. He also garnered ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V first team honors this year.
Forer spent two seasons at Kaskaskia College before going on to post a 4-11 record with a 4.84 ERA in two seasons with the Salukis. He held opposing batters to a .280 average and had 70 strikeouts against 48 walks at SIU. In 128.1 inning pitched, Forer only gave up 69 earned runs.
