Two members of the Loyola Marymount Lions baseball team were selected Wednesday in the final day of the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, which consisted of rounds 11-40. Junior infielder Nick Sogard was selected in the 12^thround by Tampa Bay while senior righthander Codie Paiva was a 22^ndround pick by Miami.
 
Sogard, the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year, managed 18 multi-hit games and led the team in on base percentage (.418), assists (146) and tied for first in fielding double plays (25). Sogard led both the team and conference in stolen bases (30) and stolen bases per game (.51). Overall this year, he batted .310 with 39 runs scored, 71 hits with 19 RBI while starting in all 59 games for the Lions. Sogard was tabbed First Team All-WCC while also being selected to the Los Angeles All-Regional Team.   
 
Paiva, the WCC Pitcher of the Year was also selected to the All-WCC First Team and was tabbed a member of the Los Angeles All-Regional Team. Paiva leaves LMU with the second lowest ERA in team history at 2.65, trailing Bill Barnett's ERA of 2.63. His 2019 ERA of 1.91 is the fourth lowest single-season ERA of all-time in Lions history. He capped a senior season leading the team in wins, ERA, innings pitched, batters struck out and games started.
 
In 11 seasons as LMU's head coach, Jason Gill has now produced 31 MLB draft picks and was at the helm of the Lions first return to the NCAA Regionals since 2000.