SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State's Nick Rodriguez was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 10^th round (289^th overall) of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday. He was chosen one spot after teammate Jake McCutcheon went off the board to the Miami Marlins.
 
Rodriguez put together a record-breaking senior season for the Bears in 2025 on the way to becoming the school's seventh Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year recipient First Team All-America selection by the America Baseball Coaches Association.
 
The Tampa, Fla., native batted .368 with 22 doubles, 18 home runs and 56 RBIs, collecting 40 extra-base hits to rank fifth on MoState's single-season list in that category. He slugged .702 with a .444 on-base percentage and 65 runs scored.
 
Missouri State's A.E. "Ted Willis" Team MVP for the second consecutive season, Rodriguez put together a school-record 40-game hitting streak from March 9-May 23, tying for the 12^th-longest in NCAA Division I history. The streak also included 15 consecutive games with an extra-base hit from March 23-April 18. While no NCAA record exists for extra-base hit streak, the MLB record is 14 games. Lastly, the senior fielded a stellar .976 in nearly 250 chances while starting all 55 games at second base.
 
He is the 122^nd Missouri State player selected in the MLB draft.