Newark Charter grad Brett Callahan, DSU’s Trey Paige go in MLB draft

Brett Callahan played in the 2013 Little League World Series with Newark National.

His next chance to be on a World Series team may come with the Detroit Tigers.

The Tigers chose Callahan, a former Newark Charter School All-State pick and Saint Joseph’s University slugger, in the 13th round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday.

Also selected Tuesday was Delaware State University third baseman Trey Paige, a Reading, Pennsylvania, resident. The 2022 MEAC Player of the Year went to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 17th round.

As a junior in 2023, Callahan was an All-Atlantic 10 first-team outfielder after batting .344 and smacked a team-best 11 home runs as Saint Joseph’s won its first A-10 regular-season title.

Callahan tied the Hawks’ single-season record for runs scored (61) and led the Atlantic 10 with six triples. He drove in 55 runs and also stole 14 bases.

“We’re super excited for Brett,” Saint Joseph’s coach Fritz Hamburg said in a school press release. “He has had a tremendous career as a Hawk and we are all just so proud and happy for Brett and this next opportunity.”