Beavers Backstop To Begin Pro Career With Ems
Supplemental 1st Round Choice Is Fourth On Eugene Roster
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres announced today that the club has agreed to terms with catcher Mitch Canham, the team's third pick in the compensation round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. Vice President of Scouting & Player Development Grady Fuson and Director of Scouting Bill Gayton made the announcements.
Canham, the 57th overall pick in the draft out of Oregon State University, batted .326 (74-for-227) with 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 59 RBI and 52 runs scored in 65 games for the College World Series Champion Beavers in 2007.
The 6-2, 215-pound junior catcher was Oregon State's 2006-07 Pacific-10 Conference Medal winner, awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding female and male student-athlete based on the combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Canham, who majored in business at Oregon State, was also a first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection, a Pac-10 All-Academic first-team honoree and the recipient of the Pacific-10 Sportsmanship Award. A native of Lake Stevens, WA, he was named to the Louisville Slugger All-America Baseball squad as a third-team selection.
He is expected to report to the Emeralds by July 5th.
Canham, the 57th overall pick in the draft out of Oregon State University, batted .326 (74-for-227) with 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 59 RBI and 52 runs scored in 65 games for the College World Series Champion Beavers in 2007.
The 6-2, 215-pound junior catcher was Oregon State's 2006-07 Pacific-10 Conference Medal winner, awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding female and male student-athlete based on the combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Canham, who majored in business at Oregon State, was also a first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection, a Pac-10 All-Academic first-team honoree and the recipient of the Pacific-10 Sportsmanship Award. A native of Lake Stevens, WA, he was named to the Louisville Slugger All-America Baseball squad as a third-team selection.
He is expected to report to the Emeralds by July 5th.