1929 Figment Draft
KINGS RETURN TO LIBERTY COLLEGE
For the second consecutive season the Brooklyn Kings top draft pick comes from Liberty College. While there was certainly less fanfare than last season when Brooklyn traded up to grab college record setting pitcher Tommy Wilcox first overall in 1928, the Kings are equally excited to add Wilcox's former teammate Jake Shadoan to the organization. Brooklyn made the second base the 7th overall pick in the 1929 draft.
Shadoan is a two-time second team All-American for the Liberty College Bells and was rated the #1 second basemen and 4th best player overall in the current draft by Jiggs McGee and the Figment Sporting Journal. Shadoan hit .473 in 51 games for the Bells this season and according to Kings scouting director Rube Carter his defense is already big league calibre and he will be a prototypical lead-off man. The speedy Shadoan stole 16 bases last season and had 34 thefts in 151 career AIAA games. He was a mainstay on Liberty teams that made the finals of the College World Championship Series each of the past two seasons.
Shadoan is expected to begin his pro career at AA Knoxville in the spring.