Andrew Heaney

Andrew M. Heaney (born June 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to becoming a professional, he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Miami Marlins drafted Heaney in the first round (9th overall) of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2014. He previously played for the Marlins organization, where, in 2012, he earned the nickname "Heanerschnitzel" (or alternatively, "Hean Dog") after winning a locker room hotdog-eating contest among teammates.\n', ' Heaney attended Putnam City High School in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, where he played for the school\'s baseball team. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 24th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign, opting to enroll at Oklahoma State University, where he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, competing in the Big 12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association\'s (NCAA) Division I. In the summer of 2011, he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.\n', ' In 2012, Heaney\'s junior season, he pitched to an 8-2 win–loss record and a 1.60 earned run average in ​118 1⁄3 innings pitched. He led all NCAA pitchers with 140 strikeouts. Heaney was named Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year in 2012. Heaney was a unanimous All-America selection, being named a first-team All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.\n', '