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"The Arkansas baseball team may be preparing to leave for Waco to play Baylor in the NCAA Super Regional this weekend, but three players could now be on their way to a career in professional baseball.Junior third baseman Matt Reynolds was taken 71st overall by the New York Mets in the second round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, and sophomore pitcher Nolan Sanburn was selected 74th by the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.Reynolds was named the first-team All-SEC third baseman, and was named third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. He currently leads the team in several offensive categories, including batting average (.343), on-base percentage (.448), slugging percentage (.535), home runs (seven), RBIs (42), doubles (20) and stolen bases (15).A Tulsa, Okla. native, Reynolds was also chosen to the SEC All-Defensive team for his play at third base. In 60 games played, he has committed 10 errors in 184 chances for a fielding percentage of .946.Sanburn, a right-handed pitcher from Kokomo, Ind., has pitched 38.1 innings in 20 appearances so far this season for the Razorbacks. He has a record of 4-1 with a 2.58 ERA and 46 strikeouts.Though he pitched mostly as a reliever for the Diamond Hogs, Sanburn has also started four times this season. Despite leading the team in wild pitches (eight), he has also been one of their most effective on the mound, holding opposing batters to a .196 average.Junior starting pitcher DJ Baxendale was selected in the tenth round with the 310th overall pick by the Minnesota Twins.A Jacksonville, Ark. native, Baxendale leads the Arkansas pitching staff in games started (17), wins (seven), innings pitched (92.1), and strikeouts (85). In his last start, he struck out six batters in six innings with no earned runs allowed in a 5-4 win against Sam Houston State in the Diamond Hogs' first game of the NCAA Houston Regional last Friday.Earlier in the day it was announced that Baxendale is one of five finalists for the 2012 Premier Player of College Baseball Award.Chosen this season as one of the team's captains, Baxendale was named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game. He was selected as the 25th-best player in college baseball by CollegeBaseballDaily.com, and ranked as the 85th-best draft prospect in 2012 by Baseball America."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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