GW pitcher Pat Lehman has been drafted by the Washington Nationals in today’s Major League Baseball amateur draft. Lehman was the first pick of the 13th round and 382nd overall.

The 6-foot-3 New Jersey native earned Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year honors this season after leading the conference in ERA (2.40), strikeouts (89) and innings pitched (105) while compiling a record of 7-4.

Lehman is not the first Colonial to join the Nationals fold, as former GW pitchers Mike O’Connor (2002) and Dan Pfau (2006) were also members of the D.C.-based organization, though the team was still the Montreal Expos at the time O’Connor was drafted. O’Connor reached the majors in both 2006 and 2008, starting 21 games for the Nationals.

Lehman was also drafted in the 42nd round last year by the Minnesota Twins but opted to return to GW.