Oliver Drake ’06

NMH alum and righty pitcher for the US Naval Academy Oliver Drake ’06 was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in June. Drake was the fourth Navy player drafted by a Major League Baseball team in the program’s history. He officially withdrew from the Academy in June to pursue his dream of playing pro baseball.

Drake produced some of the best performances of his career during the latter portion of his sophomore season in 2008 to finish the year with a 6-3 record and a 3.70 ERA with a league-best 78 strikeouts over 80 1/3  innings, according to navysports.com. Over his last-four starts, he went 2-0 with a 1.95 ERA over 27.2 innings with one walk and 34 strikeouts. During that span, he was named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team and recognized as the ECAC and Patriot League Pitcher of the Week.

Over his career, Drake holds a 9-6 record with a 3.48 ERA over 147.1 innings with 43 walks and 130 strikeouts. His 7.94 strikeouts per nine innings mark ranks as the eighth-highest average in Academy’s history.