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Below is the press release from the Arizona Diamondbacks about their final day of the MLB draft.

D-BACKS SELECT 20 PLAYERS ON FINAL DAY OF 2010 DRAFT
6 Local Products Among Players Selected

(PHOENIX) — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that they selected an additional seven pitchers, seven infielders, four outfielders and two catchers in rounds 31-50 on the final day of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft. The D-backs completed the draft with 25 pitchers (20 right-handed and 5 left-handed), 14 infielders, eight outfielders and three catchers.

Of the 50 players the D-backs selected in the draft, 39 come from the college ranks.

"We are extremely excited about the quality of arms we were able to select throughout the draft,” said D-backs’ Director, Scouting Tom Allison. “We are also excited about the depth of athletic position players we were able to add. All of these young men were identified by our scouting staff as future Major Leaguers. We look forward to signing many of them and watching their careers develop. I would like to thank all of our scouts and the many others within the organization that worked so diligently to allow for us to select these 50 young men. I also would like to thank Josh Byrnes, Derrick Hall and ownership for their continued support of the scouting department."

Highlights from today’s selections include:
• Catcher Andrew Whittington (33rd round) broke the Gulf South Conference’s 12-year-old hit streak record after collecting a hit in 37 straight games this season with Southern Arkansas University. He was named a 2010 Division II third team All-American by Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), Daktronics and National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA).
• Six players with Arizona ties were selected: right-handed pitcher Konner Wade (35th round) hails from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale; infielders Derek Casillas (40th round) and Jorge Flores (46th round) were selected from Hamilton High School in Chandler; right-handed pitcher Casey Upperman (47th round) was chosen from Yavapai College in Prescott; and right-handed pitcher Kenneth Sigman (48th round) and infielder Trey Ford (50th round) were selected from South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.
• Infielder Michael Weber (37th round) was named a Primetime Performer of the Week by CollegeBaseball360.com twice during the 2010 season with Washington State University.
• Right-handed pitcher Michael McGee (41st round) was named a 2010 Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I third team All-American and All-ACC first team selection for Florida State University. He was also named one of 30 semifinalists for the 2010 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, which honors the nation’s top collegiate player, after posting a 4-0 record with 9 saves and a 0.41 ERA on the mound, while also leading the Florida State Seminoles with 14 home runs and 64 RBI.
• Outfielder Christopher Jarrett (42nd round) was named to the 2010 American Baseball Coaches Association All-American second team, as well as receiving the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player and first team All-Mideast Region honors with Anderson University.
• Infielder Eric Groff (46th round) was named to the All Colonial States Athletic Conference first team for Keystone College.

This is Arizona’s 15th First-Year Player Draft since being awarded an expansion team from Major League Baseball in 1995.