CMS Grad And Queens College Star Drafted By New York Yankees

Dillon Lewis is literally getting to live the dream. I'm talking about the dream that all little boys who play sports have. If you're a football player, chances are you've dreamed of playing for The Dallas Cowboys. If basketball is your thing, then you can't tell me you haven't fantasized about wearing a Los Angeles Lakers or Boston Celtics jersey. And if you're a baseball player like Audrey Kell alum (and current Queens College student-athlete) Dillon Lewis, then getting a chance to wear the pinstripes of the New York Yankees? Are you kidding me? Well, guess who just got drafted by The Bronx Bombers? Let me put this in perspective really quick. Less than six percent of high school athletes get the opportunity to play their sport in college, and two percent of college athletes are fortunate enough to play professionally.  Yeah, this is a big deal. https://twitter.com/Queens_Baseball/status/1815507111075307623 How The Yankees Dream Began For Dillon Lewis No surprise that as a boy, Dillon Lewis looked up to Yankees legend Derek Jeter (I'm a grown man who hasn't played baseball since I WAS a kid, and I want to be Derek Jeter). In 2009, Lewis took in a game in New York at Yankees Stadium. In fact, that's his first memory of going to a baseball game. Flash forward fifteen years, and with their pick in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball Draft, The Yankees selected Dillon Lewis. Does Dillon Lewis Have What It Takes To Make It To The Big Leagues? Lewis tells Yahoo Sports, “The moment where it really started to set in for me...this year we had a fall game. I believe I had four hits or so and I got a message from a Yankees scout a few weeks after inviting me to a workout.” Dillon followed up this moment with a monster junior season at Queens College. His stat line for Blue and Gold? .371 with 14 doubles, 22 home runs, 63 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases. Additionally, he broke the program's single-season home run, hits, runs, and RBI records. So, can Dillon Lewis make it to the major leagues? Let me remind you of something I stated earlier. Less than six percent of high school athletes get the opportunity to play their sport in college, and two percent of college athletes are fortunate enough to play professionally. Lewis' response to this? “I beat the odds to get to this point, now it’s how can I beat the odds again to progress further in major league organizations?”