DENVER, Colo. -- Left-handed pitcher Rohan Handa (Huntersville, N.C.) of the Yale baseball team was chosen by the San Francisco Giants with the 14th pick in the fifth round of the MLB Draft Monday. Handa, the first Ivy Leaguer taken in this year's draft, is the fourth-highest draft pick in Yale history. He went 146th overall.   
 
Handa is the 37th Yale player drafted under John Stuper, the former Major Leaguer who has coached the Bulldogs since 1992.
 
"Could not be happier for Rohan," said Stuper. "He is living proof of what hard work can do. I'll miss him as much as the person and teammate he is as I will his left arm. I think the Giants got an absolute steal in the fifth round. He has and will continue to make Yale Baseball proud." 
 
Handa made a total of 20 appearances for the Bulldogs in two seasons (2019, 2020). In his sophomore season he appeared in four of the team's 10 games, allowing one earned run with one walk, eight hits allowed and one strikeout in five innings. In his first year he made 16 appearances, striking out 18 in 26.2 innings.
 
Handa pitched for the Mystic Schooners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League this summer. There, he posted a 0.52 ERA with 25 strikeouts, eight walks and nine hits allowed in 17.0 innings. Opponents hit just .153 against him.
 
Handa is a graduate of Cannon School, where he was Team MVP and three-time second team all-conference. He earned a gold medal playing for USA Baseball's 15u team at the Pan Am Games in Mexico.
 
Yale's highest draft pick ever was Ron Darling '82, who went ninth overall to the Texas Rangers in 1981. Dan Lock '95 went 51st overall as a second-round pick by the Houston Astros in the 1994 draft, and Jon Steitz '02 went 88th overall as a third-round pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2001. 
 
The Bulldogs currently have three former players playing Minor League Baseball. Catcher Ryan Lavarnway '09 is with Columbus, the Cleveland Indians' Triple-A affiliate. Infielder Simon Whiteman' 19 is at Richmond, the Giants Double-A affiliate. Left-handed pitcher Kumar Nambiar '19 is at Stockton, the Oakland A's Low-A affiliate. 

 
Yale Baseball MLB Draft Selections

2021
5th Round Rohan Handa, Giants

2019
9^th Round Simon Whiteman, Giants
23^rd Round Griffin Dey, Tigers
29^th Round Scott Politz, Cardinals
34^th Round Kumar Nambiar, A's

2017
28^th Round Richard Slenker, Astros
31^st Round Harrison White, Marlins

2016
27^th Round Chasen Ford, Padres

2013
34^th Round Rob Cerfolio, Dodgers

2012
10^th Round Pat Ludwig, Pirates
11^th Round Nolan Becker, Reds
27^th Round Charlie Neil, Tigers

2011
23^rd Round Brook Hart, Rockies
49^th Round Gant Elmore, Brewers

2010
49^th Round Trygg Larsson-Danforth, Red Sox

2009
25^th Round Brandon Josselyn, Mariners

2008
6^th Round Ryan Lavarnway, Red Sox
17^th Round Brian Irving, Giants
36^th Round Steve Gilman, Tigers

2007
15^th Round Marc Sawyer, Cubs

2006
38^th Round Jon Hollis, Rangers

2005
10^th Round Josh Sowers, Blue Jays

2002
21^st Round Matt McCarthy, Angels
26^th Round Craig Breslow, Brewers

2001
3^rd Round Jon Steitz, Brewers

2000
23^rd Round Tony Coyne, Mets

1999
15^th Round Todd Kasper, Diamondbacks
26^th Round Ben Johnstone, Cubs

1998
30^th Round Eric Gutshall, Cardinals
33^rd Round Tommy Kidwell, Cardinals

1996
22^nd Round Dan Thompson, Brewers

1995
33^rd Round Dave Feuerstein, Rockies

1994
2^nd Round Dan Lock, Astros
28^th Round Keith Pelatowski, Cubs

1993
19^th Round Blair Hodson, Indians
30^th Round Manny Patel, Mariners
53^rd Round Scott Eidle, Astros

1992
35^th Round David Verduzco, Tigers

1981
1^st Round Ron Darling, Rangers

1973
25^th Round Dick Jauron, Cardinals
29^th Round Robert Corcoran, Cardinals

1970
17^th Round Steve Greenberg, Senators