SEACAUCUS, N.J.-Tuesday, Utah baseball standout DaShawn Keirsey was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the MLB Draft which runs through Wednesday at Seacaucus, N.J.

As the 124th overall selection, Keirsey is Utah’s highest draft selection since Tyler Wagner went in the 4th round of the 2012 draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Utah has had 11 total players selected in the first 10 rounds in head coach Bill Kenneberg’s tenure. The most prominent are C.J. Crom in 2011, Wagner and Stephen Fife in 2008 with Keirsey having a chance to join them.

Keirsey is also one of 11 former Utes currently participating in Major League Baseball organizations.

Keirsey leaves the Utah program having batted .334 for the Utes for his career, while netting 148 starts in 154 games.

He goes down in Utes history as the first player in program history to be selected to the Pac-12’s all-defensive team back in 2016 while he also became a freshman All-American that year.