Major League Baseball

D-backs name 34th round Draft pick after Cory Hahn

Published Jun. 5, 2015 6:41 p.m. ET

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On Friday the Diamondbacks announced that they would name their 34th-round pick for Monday’s Draft and every Draft going forward as the “Cory Hahn 34th pick.” Hahn was drafted by the D-backs in the 34th round in 2013, and incidentally wore No. 34 while at Arizona State University.

Although the D-backs knew Hahn would never play baseball for them due to being paralyzed with a vertebral fracture, the team hired him as an assistant on the team’s Scout Ahead Development Program.

Per MLB.com:

"When we drafted Cory two years ago, we did so with the intention of him being a part of this organization for many years to come," D-backs president & CEO Derrick Hall said in a press release. "By naming our 34th pick after him, we ensure his place in D-backs history, even as he just begins to make his mark in the front office.”

(h/t MLB.com)