Bronx, N.Y. – (July 11, 2021) – After becoming a unanimous All-American selection and having one of the best single seasons in program history, Fordham University pitcher Matt Mikulski (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) saw his next dream come true on Monday afternoon, as he was selected in the second round (50^th overall) by the San Francisco Giants.
 
He is the second highest draft pick for the Fordham baseball program behind only Pete Harnisch, who was selected 27^th overall in 1987 by Baltimore. It is the sixth time over the past seven years that the Rams had a player taken in the MLB draft.
 
Mikulski was Fordham's first unanimous All-American since Chase Edmonds did so for football in 2016.  Mikulski was selected First Team All-America by the NCBWA and ABCA/Rawlings, Second Team by Collegiate Baseball and D1Baseball.com, and Third Team by Baseball America.
  
The 2021 Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Mikulski completed one of the finest single seasons in Fordham baseball history in 2021.
 
The 2021 Vincent T. Lombardi Award winner as the top male athlete at Fordham, finished the year with a perfect 9-0 record to go with a 1.45 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 68.1 innings pitched.  He led the Atlantic 10 in ERA, hits allowed/9 innings, strikeouts, strikeouts/9 innings, wins (T-1st), complete games (T-1st), and WHIP in the regular season, while nationally, he was the NCAA leader in both hits allowed/9 innings and strikeouts/9 innings and among the top 20 in ERA, total strikeouts, and WHIP.
 
A four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week and two-time National Player of the Week honoree, Mikulski held opponents to a .127 batting average overall, while lefties hit to an .073 average (4-for-55).  He set single season record for strikeouts at Fordham, breaking Hank Borowy's 1939 mark of 115, while also becoming the all-time strikeout king at Fordham with 272, surpassing Javier Martinez's 264 from 2004-07.
 
Additionally, his 1.45 ERA is the fifth-best single season mark at Fordham with his 3.17 career ERA, raking in a tie for 15th all-time.  Mikulski also became the 11th Ram to reach 20 career wins (tied for fifth all-time with 21), while his nine wins in a single season is tied for eighth.