USM’s McIntyre selected by Atlanta Braves on final day of 2024 MLB Draft

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – Another Golden Eagle was selected to the “major leagues” on day three of the 2024 MLB Draft.

On Tuesday, University of Southern Mississippi junior outfielder and left-handed pitcher Dalton “DMac” McIntyre was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 19th round (pick number 581) of the 2024 MLB draft.

The Jackson, Tennessee, native is the first Golden Eagle selected by the Braves since Landon Harper was selected in the 14th round of the 2022 draft.

McIntyre joins teammate Niko Mazza, who was selected by the San Francisco Giants on Monday on the second day of the draft. Mazza was selected in the eighth round (238th pick).

A transfer from Meridan Community College and a finalist for the 2024 Boo Ferriss Trophy as Mississippi’s top college baseball player, McIntyre led the team in batting during his lone season in Hattiesburg with a .388 average, 12 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 34 RBIs. His batting average, which totaled 92 hits, including 31 infield singles, was the highest since Luke Reynolds hit .389 during the 2018 season.

McIntyre earned second-team All-Sun Belt and second-team ABCA All-South honors during his time at USM.

USM went 29-6 when McIntyre scored at least once in a game. At one point this season, he hit seven straight singles from March 26 against Tulane to March 29 against Troy, including a 5-for-5 performance against the Trojans on March 28.

McIntyre also led the team in multi-hit games with 29 (17 2-hitters, eight 3-hitters, three 4-hitters and one 5-hitter) and finished the year with a nine-game hitting streak, going .447 (17×38) with a double and four RBIs late in the season.

However, McIntyre’s longest hitting streak this season was a season-best 10-game hitting streak from February 27 to March 26 and March 26 to April 12. In the latter stretch, he hit .600 (27×45) with 12 runs, three doubles and six RBIs.

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