Though he was ranked as the sixth best prospect from Missouri prior to the 2005 Major League Baseball draft , he was not selected due to his strong commitment to enroll at the University of Notre Dame , where he pitched for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team . As a freshman , Phelps pitched sparsely as a reliever . As a sophomore , he pitched in the starting rotation , earning Big East All-Conference First Team , Academic All-District and Academic All-American honors . He struggled in his junior season . While in college , he also pitched for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League and Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
David Phelps (baseball)