LOS ANGELES -- The Minnesota Twins made sure Christian Broussard, Jr. heard his named called on the third day of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft.

Broussard, who just completed an outstanding junior season for the Golden Eagles, was selected by the Minnesota Twins with the first pick of the 22nd round. The talented Broussard, who excelled both on the mound and at the plate this past season, was drafted as a pitcher.

Broussard's selection means that Cal State LA has had players selected in 10 of the past 12 years. Most recently, Brandon Quintero was a 16th-round selection of the Chicago White Sox and Icezack Flemming was a 26th-round pick by the New York Yankees in 2015.

Broussard had an outstanding junior season in his second year with program.

He received All-America honorable mention recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, becoming the first Cal State LA baseball player to earn All-America honors from the NCBWA since Jeremy Weber and Ryan Cooperstone earned honorable mention in 2013.

He received honorable mention at the utility position and had sensational numbers both pitching and hitting. On the mound, he led Cal State LA with an 8-3 overall record and a 3.43 earned run average. He had a team-best 73 strikeouts and led the team with 89 1/3 innings.

At the plate, Broussard hit .318 and was second on the team with nine home runs and 46 runs batted in. He also scored 37 runs.

Broussard also earned first-team All-West Region honors from the NCBWA and second-team All-West Region honors from the D2CCA (Sports Information Directors) and ABCA/Rawlings (Coaches). He also earned first-team All-California Collegiate Athletic Association honors and was named to the CCAA Championships All-Tournament team. In the tourney, he pitched eight shutout innings in a 3-2 win over Cal State Monterey Bay and he hit a pair of home runs in a 9-8 loss to Chico State.

Broussard helped Cal State LA to a 27-24 overall record and a spot in the six-team CCAA Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles had an 11-game improvement over 2016.