Elmhurst, IL – RHP Ryan Sloan has been selected by the Seattle Mariners in the second round (No. 55 overall) of the 2024 MLB Draft.
"We are extremely excited for Ryan (Sloan) and what the future will bring him as he enters the next stage of his baseball career,” York High School Varsity Baseball Coach Dave Kalal said. “He has worked hard to get himself in the position he is in now. Over the course of the last four high school baseball seasons, Ryan has provided York High School and the Elmhurst community many memorable moments on the baseball diamond. Ryan had a major impact on our entire baseball program and he will no doubt bring those leadership qualities with him to whatever Major League Baseball organization drafts him.
Sloan (6-5, 220) is the fourth York Community High School student-athlete to be selected in the MLB Draft from the prep ranks, joining C Kevin Sullivan (2006), C David Sloan (1994) and RHP Paul Suchow (1965).
The 2023-24 Illinois High School Gatorade Player of the Year had a storied career at York High School, leading his team to back-to-back fourth place finishes in the IHSA Baseball Tournament, while owning a sub-1.00 ERA and striking out a total of 178 combined batters during his junior and senior seasons.
In the summer of 2023, Sloan pitched in the Prep Baseball Inaugural All-American Game at American Family Field, striking out Ethan Holliday during his one inning of work, the top overall prospect at the event.
Coming into the draft, the Wake Forest University commit was rated as the 19th-best draft eligible prospect on MLB.com and the No. 6 overall high school recruit by PrepBaseballReport.
Sloan’s mother, Amanda, is enshrined in the Austin Peay Athletics Hall of Fame for her illustrious career on the hardwood, and his father, David, was selected in the 49th round of the 1994 MLB Draft, played baseball at Austin Peay and was on the 1993 York High School Baseball Team that won the state championship.