NIL Store Athletes Hit Home Run at MLB Draft
July 24, 2024

The NIL Store powered by Campus Ink supports student-athletes at every stage of their careers, even when they move on to the next level. 

After an epic 2024 college baseball season that included a historic College World Series - setting a new average game attendance record - with Tennessee winning their first NCAA baseball championship, the MLB Draft was dominated by college stars.

A Draft for the record books, with five of the top 10 selections being NIL Store athletes - including All-Americans Jac Caglianone (Florida / Kansas City Royals) and Hagen Smith (Arkansas / Chicago White Sox) - we are proud to support our athletes as they head to the Show.

Top NIL Store Athletes Drafted to MLB

#2 - Chase Burns - Wake Forest University / Cincinnati Reds

#4 - Nick Kurtz - Wake Forest University / Oakland A’s

#5 - Hagen Smith - University of Arkansas / Chicago White Sox

#6 - Jac Caglianone  - University of Florida / Kansas City Royals

#7 - JJ Wetherholt - West Virginia University / St. Louis Cardinals

#14 - Cam Smith - Florida State University / Chicago Cubs

#22 - Vance Honeycutt - University of North Carolina / Baltimore Orioles

#32 - Griff O’Ferrall - University of Virginia / Baltimore Orioles

#116 - Dakota Jordan - Mississippi State University / San Francisco Giants

Led by Burns - the highest highest draft pick in Demon Deacon history - each athlete has their own NIL Store locker room, featuring exclusive apparel options highlighting each of their personalities, plus jerseys, t-shirts and sweatshirts.

Top-Selling NIL Store June Products

This collection of athletes drove in success on and off the field this season. All-American Second Team member Vance Honeycutt of North Carolina individually was the third-highest earning male athlete in June, behind Purdue’s two-time National Player of the Year and NBA lottery pick Zach Edey and Illinois’ Terrence Shannon Jr. who was selected in the first round himself. 

Honeycutt and his teammates collectively made the UNC Baseball World Series Tee the highest-selling product across the entire NIL Store network in June.

As the next class of college baseball stars begin training for the upcoming season, stay locked on the NIL Store social channels - Instagram and X - for new products that highlight their unique personal stories and support them along their individual journeys. 

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