The New York Mets have promoted former Wayland Baptist pitcher Todd Weldon to the Class A Short-Season Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League.

Weldon, who had six saves and a 1-3 record for the Kingsport Mets in the Appalachian Rookie League, pitched two innings for the Cyclones on Wednesday, the first day with his new team.

Former Wayland Baptist Pioneer pitcher Todd Weldon is doing extremely well so far in his young professional baseball career. Weldon, a 27th round draft choice of the New York Mets this past June, is currently playing with the Kingsport (Tenn.) Mets in the Rookie Appalachian League.

Wayland Baptist right-handed pitcher Todd Weldon was drafted in the 27th round by the New York Mets this afternoon. Weldon becomes the first Pioneer taken in the Major League Baseball draft since J.J. Peirce in 2001.

Wayland Baptist third baseman Kevin Hennessey has been named to the 2010 NAIA All-American Second Team. The junior from Chandler, Ariz. is the NAIA leader in home runs per game (0.48) and slugging percentage (.958).

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that four Wayland Baptist University baseball players have been named 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Baseball Scholar Athletes.