DENVER, Colo. – Following the 2025 MLB Draft, two former Regis Baseball student-athletes have signed deals to play baseball professionally.
Adam Paniagua, the 2025 Perfect Game Baseball National Player of the Year, First Team All-American, and RMAC Player of the Year, has signed with the State College Spikes of the MLB Draft League.
The amateur-professional league consists of six teams. Prior to the draft, amateur/draft-eligible players compete on 34-man rosters, while after the draft, the rosters grow to 46 players on professional contracts.
The senior catcher put together a prolific offensive season, rewriting the books by leading NCAA DII in slugging % (.970), and RBI (100), which are both Regis and RMAC records, and held the second-best batting average (.448). He also set the RU record in home runs with 27, and total bases with 195. The Phoenix, Ariz. native posted the Ranger's second-highest single season totals in runs scored (74), doubles (22), and runners caught stealing (18). He produced 90 hits, one triple, was walked 32 times, and on defense, he had 302 put outs and 30 assists on .994 fielding %.
He led the way as the team set single-season records in wins (35), slugging % (.607), on base % (.465), runs scored (560), doubles (139), home runs (86), RBIs (520), total bases (1069), and 34 runs in a single game.
Regis LHP Ethan Sloan played for the West Virginia Black Bears of the Draft League in 2024 before being taken by the Detroit Tigers.
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Additionally, former Regis infielder Zach Daudet was drafted by the Houston Astros in 10th round, 306th overall. He played for the Rangers in 2022 and 2023 before transferring to NCAA Division 1 Cal Poly University. While at RU, he hit .335 with 115 hits, 30 doubles, and nine home runs. He scored 108 runs and batted in 75. He was a two-time All-RMAC Honorable Mention. For the Mustangs, he hit .307, scored 64 runs and batted in 42, on 71 hits, and was First Team All-Big West.
The Astros officially signed Daudet on Wednesday.
