Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 7, 1 July 2011 — Cardinals draft KS grad in first round [ARTICLE]

Cardinals draft KS grad in first round

Kohen Wong, a junior second baseman at the University of Hawai'i and a graduate of Kame-hameha-Hawai'i, is No. 1 with the St. Louis Cardinals. With the 22nd overall piek, Missouri's Major League Baseball team selected Wong as its first ehoiee of the 2011 Lirst-Year Player Draft. This season, Wong, who led the Rainbows with seven homeruns and led the conference with 23 stolen bases, earned his third AllWAC honors. Wong turned down a previous offer to play for the Minnesota Twins, whieh took him in the 16th round of the 2008 Lirst-Year Player Draft.