C.J. Cron became the first Utah baseball player to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft when the Los Angeles Angels selected the slugger with the 17th pick. Cron lead the nation with a .803 slugging percentage and was third in batting average (.434). Just a junior, Cron is #1 in school history with a .396 career batting average and 198 RBIs, and was named to the Louisville Slugger All-America first team. His position? First base, naturally.
Cron will be in a unique position in the Angels' organization: he could play for the AAA-affiliate Salt Lake Bees in Spring Mobile Ballpark, where he played his home games as a Ute.
