TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Wildcats infielders Cameron Cannon and Nick Quintana were both selected in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday night. Cannon was selected with the 43^rd overall pick by the Boston Red Sox, while Quintana was picked by the Detroit Tigers with the 47^th overall pick in the draft.
 
Cannon and Quintana are the highest drafted Wildcat players since shortstop Kevin Newman was taken with the 19^th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2015 MLB Draft.
 
With the selections of Cannon and Quintana, Arizona became one of just three Pac-12 programs with multiple top 50 overall picks in the 2019 MLB Draft along with UCLA and California.
 

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At the time of his selection, his 29 doubles were the most among all Division I players in the country and the second-most recorded in a single season in Arizona history. Cannon finished the regular season ranked among the top 10 players in the Pac-12 in hits (1^st), doubles (1^st), batting average (2^nd), runs scored (2^nd), total bases (3^rd), slugging percentage (5^th), on-base percentage (5^th), and RBI (T-7^th).
 
Cannon paced the Wildcats in 2019 with 30 multiple-hit games and added 17 multi-RBI contests to his resume as well. The big-hitting middle infielder also showed tremendous plate discipline throughout his career in Tucson, drawing 21 more walks (81) than strikeouts (60) in his 147 games with Arizona.
 
He is the sixth-ever Arizona player selected by the Boston Red Sox, and the first since Rio Gomez in 2017. Cannon joins former Wildcats Gomez and Bobby Dalbec in the Red Sox organization.
 

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Quintana paced the Wildcats with 23 multi-RBI games in 2019 while also contributing 23 multi-hit performances. He finished the year riding a 15-game hit streak and earned the second Pac-12 Player of the Week selection of his career on May 6.
 
Over three season in Tucson he logged 170 starts and manned third base for the Wildcats in 169 of those games. He wraps up his collegiate career with the fourth-most home runs in Arizona program history, having hammered 35 long balls since 2017.
 
He is the sixth-ever Arizona player selected by the Detroit Tigers, and the first since Ryan Perry in 2008. Cannon joins former Wildcat Brandon Dixon in the Tigers organization.
 

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Several more Arizona players are expected to be selected during the two remaining days of the MLB Draft. Rounds 3-10 are scheduled for Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. MST, with rounds 11-40 set for Wednesday beginning at 9 a.m. MST. Continued coverage of the draft can be found online at ArizonaWildcats.com or on Twitter @ArizonaBaseball.