MONROE, La.?ULM senior second baseman
Kyle Suire was selected by the New York Mets in the 35th round of
the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Friday afternoon.
Suire, who was named to the all-Sun Belt Conference second
team, finished second on the team hitting .367 for the season with a ULM
record 16 home runs by a second baseman -- breaking the record he set last year with
10. His 65 RBIs on the season rank
second best all-time in ULM
history trailing Dexter Fontenot's 67 from this season.
The Gonzales, La., native also scored
the third most runs (67) in a season and had the fourth most hits (84). Suire was twice named Sun Belt Hitter of the Week.
He joins teammate Ben Soignier in this year's draft class marking the eighth time since 1998 that ULM has had multiple players selected in
the MLB Draft.
Suire and the rest of the Warhawks completed one of the best seasons in
school history winning the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship in
just their second year in the league.
ULM posted 34 wins
for just the seventh time in school history and broke the single-season records
for batting average (.329), hits (697), doubles (139), home runs (93), RBIs
(465) and double plays turned (76).
