Dylan Dreiling
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
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|birth_place = Hays, Kansas, U.S.
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Dylan Matthew Dreiling (born April 17, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. He played college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Amateur career
Dreiling attended Hays High School in Hays, Kansas, and played for the school's baseball team.{{Cite web |last=Peterson Jr. |first=Rickie |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Tennessee signee Dylan Dreiling fights through injuries to produce prolific senior season at Hays High |url=https://kshsaacovered.com/news/2022/5/17/baseball-tennessee-signee-dylan-dreiling-fights-through-injuries-to-produce-prolific-senior-season-at-hays-high.aspx |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=KSHSAA Covered}} In 2022, his senior year, the Kansas Baseball Coaches Association named him the player of the year for Kansas in Class 5A.{{Cite web |last=Eldridge |first=Taylor |date=June 4, 2022 |title=Who the coaches voted on the 2022 Kansas high school baseball all-class state teams |url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/varsity-kansas/varsity-baseball/article262057127.html |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Kansas.com}}
Dreiling attended the University of Tennessee and played college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers. In 2024, Dreiling was named to the All-Southeastern Conference's first team.{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Hailey |date=May 22, 2024 |title=Dreiling wins SEC honor |url=https://www.hdnews.net/dreiling-wins-sec-honor/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Hays Daily News}} The Volunteers won the 2024 College World Series and Dreiling, who hit home runs in each of the three games of the final series against Texas A&M, was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player.{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Nick |date=June 24, 2024 |title=Tennessee baseball OF Dylan Dreiling named College World Series Most Outstanding Player |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2024/06/24/tennessee-baseball-dylan-dreiling-mvp-named-college-world-series/74199020007/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Knoxville News Sentinel}}{{Cite web |last=Cano |first=Jesús |date=June 23, 2024 |title=Dreiling, Moore power Vols to first Men's College World Series crown |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-dreiling-christian-moore-tennessee-first-mcws-title |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}
Professional career
The Texas Rangers selected Dreiling in the second round, with the 65th overall selection, of the 2024 MLB draft.{{cite web | last=Wilson | first=Mike | title=Dylan Dreiling: Tennessee outfielder picked in second round by Texas Rangers in 2024 MLB Draft | website=Knoxville News Sentinel | date=2024-07-15 | url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2024/07/14/dylan-dreiling-texas-rangers-mlb-draft-2024-tennessee-baseball/74312317007/ | access-date=2025-03-17}} He signed with Texas on July 24, 2024, for a $1,287,600 signing bonus.{{Cite web |last=Landry |first=Kennedi |date=July 24, 2024 |title=1st-round pick Moore among Rangers' Draft signings |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-sign-malcolm-moore |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=MLB.com}}
References
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External links
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{{College World Series Most Outstanding Player}}
{{2024 Tennessee Volunteers baseball}}
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Category:Baseball players from Kansas
Category:Sportspeople from Hays, Kansas
Category:Tennessee Volunteers baseball players
Category:Hickory Crawdads players
Category:Hub City Spartanburgers players
Category:College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award winners