Shippensburg has had a total of nearly 40 baseball players that have been a part of a pro organization.
The following player(s) are active in Minor League Baseball (MiLB):
Shippensburg’s Jaxon Dalena was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB First-Year Player Draft and was recently named the organization's No. 30 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
Dalena pitched to a 1.80 earned run average and posted nine strikeouts in a brief five-inning stint with the Class A Lake Elsinore Storm following being drafted.
Dalena was named the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division Pitcher of the Year after compiling 99 strikeouts in 83.0 total innings. The SU ace was the highest draft pick from NCAA Division II and the state of Pennsylvania in 2025, and SU baseball's highest selection since 1999.
Dalena's official Minor League Baseball page can be found here: https://www.milb.com/player/jaxon-dalena-826941
Shippensburg’s Gabe Mosser is taking part in big league camp for the Seattle Mariners after signing a minor league contract with the organization during the offseason.
He pitched two scoreless frames and recorded one strikeout in his first spring appearance against the Dodgers on Feb. 23.
Mosser is entering his eighth season of professional baseball. Last year, the right hander made 25 starts between Double-A and Triple-A for the Philadelphia Phillies. He posted a 6-9 record and fanned a total of 127 batters in 124.1 innings.
Mosser spent six seasons in the San Diego Padres organization, reaching Triple-A for the club that drafted him in 2018. He also spent time in the Arizona Fall League, a league run by Major League Baseball to provide further development for top prospects, in 2024.
Mosser won a pair of all-conference and all-region awards during his time as a Raider. He registered a 16-9 record and a 2.94 ERA in his final two seasons at Fairchild Field – striking out 179 batters in 153 innings while yielding just five home runs against. He totaled 262 strikeouts over 238 collegiate innings.
Mosser’s official Minor League Baseball page can be found here: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=682077#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
