Six Mohawks were selected in the 2025 MLB Drafted, including our third ever first round pick.
Rd. 1 Marek Houston (2023-Wake Forest), Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins selected 2023 Mohawks shortstop Marek Houston from Wake Forest with the 16th pick in the First Round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday.
Houston was a late arrival to the Mohawks in 2023 as he was the starting shortstop with Wake Forest as they were playing all the way up to the semi-finals in the College World Series in Omaha that season. His first game with Amsterdam wasn't until July 4th, and he began his Mohawks career on fire. Marek went 2-for-2 with 3 walks, a double, a triple and 4 RBI in his first game. That was followed up by a 3-for-3 performance the next game as he ended up with a streak 12-straight plate appearances of reaching base until he finally recorded an out in his third game.
Marek hit .429 for the Mohawks in the regular season, and including playoffs, had a .370 average in 21 games played with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 14 RBI and 16 runs scored. He only struck out 4 times in his 54 at-bats and made many remarkable plays on the field as the Mohawks went on to defeat the Elmira Pioneers in the PGCBL Championship that season.
This season at Wake Forest, Houston hit .354 in 61 games with 14 doubles, 15 home runs, 66 RBI, 61 runs scored, 19 stolen bases and had an OPS of 1.055. On March 7th, he had a 10 RBI game against Notre Dame and was named the Golden Spikes Player of the Week the first week of the season.
Marek becomes the third Mohawk former drafted in the first round, joining 2018 Mohawk Justin Foscue of Mississippi State who was the Texas Rangers 14th overall pick in 2020 and 2021 Mohawk Matt Shaw of Maryland who was the Chicago Cubs 13th overall pick in 2023.
Marek Houston is also a second-generation Mohawk as his father, Mark Houston, played for then Mohawks head coach and current team president, Brian Spagnola, in 1992 and 1993 out of Army.
Rd. 8 Evan Siary (2023-Mississippi State), Texas Rangers
Siary pitched for the Mohawks in 2023. He went 5-0 in the regular season with a 1.29 ERA and 1-0 in the playoffs as he was the winning pitcher over the Stallions in the East Division Final. In 38.1 total innings, he recorded 38 strikeouts.
Rd. 9 Slate Alford (2021-Georgia), Los Angeles Angels
Slate Alford appeared in 14 games for the Mohawks in 2021. He hit .279 with 2 doubles, 12 RBI and 9 runs scored.
Rd. 10 Maximus Martin (2023-Kansas State), Boston Red Sox
Maximus Martin split time at short with Marek Houston in 2023. Appearing in 22 games in the regular season, Martin hit .308 with 1 home run, 8 RBI and 12 runs scored.
Rd. 13 Logan Forsythe (2024-Mississippi State/Louisiana Tech), Atlanta Braves
Logan Forsythe pitched for the Mohawks in 2024. He went 2-1 in the regular season and 1-0 in the playoffs where the Mohawks defeated the Watertown Rapids 16-1 as Forsythe recorded 10 strikeouts in 5 innings. In 22.1 total innings pitched, Forsythe recorded 41 strikeouts and had a 2.82 ERA. On July 19th against the Albany Baseball Club he recorded a season high 11 strikeouts.
Rd. 16 Jaxson West (2023-Alabama/Florida State), Toronto Blue Jays
Jaxson West was a catcher for the Mohawks in 2023 and is the brother of Gage West who was also a catcher for the Mohawks in 2015. He hit .403 in 29 regular season games with 8 doubles, 1 home run, 20 RBI and 24 runs scored. In the playoffs, he hit 3 doubles in 4 games and scored 3 runs as the Mohawks defeated the Elmira Pioneers to win the PGCBL Championship.