Vandy's Dansby Swanson Sends Team To College World Series, 15 Minutes Later Gets Drafted #1 Overall And Is Mobbed By Teammates

Best Monday afternoon ever?

ESPN – Dansby Swanson homered and scored the go-ahead run to help the defending national champion Commodores return to the College World Series. Swanson scored the go-ahead run in a 4-2 struggle against Illinois, eliminating the Illini and helping the defending national champion Vanderbilt Commodores return to the College World Series.

The shortstop and his teammates celebrated on the field with Detroit Tiger and former Commodore David Price, who used an off day to catch the game in Champaign, Illinois.

And, oh yeah, minutes after the win, the Arizona Diamondbacks picked Swanson first in the Major League Baseball draft.

“Yeah, I can’t complain, that’s for sure,” Swanson said. “Surreal moment.”

Send your team to the College World Series. Celebrate on the field with your teammates. 15 minutes later get drafted #1 to the pros. Celebrate on the field with your teammates all over again. Not a bad little day.

Also have a better baseball player name than Dansby Swanson. You can’t.