Parlaying an outstanding sophomore season at Indian Hills into a spot in the Major League Baseball draft, Irving Falu embarked on a professional career that is still going, more than 15 years after he left IHCC. Falu, a native of Puerto Rico, batted .246 as an Indian Hills freshman, then put together a solid sophomore season in which he hit .374, slugged seven homers and knocked in 37 runs, leading the Falcons to a JUCO World Series berth. The Kansas City Royals took Falu in the 21st round of that year's draft and his professional career began. He has played in the pros for 16 years, including major league stints with the Royals, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres. Falu has been with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs in the Washington Nationals organization the past two seasons and, in total, has played in 1,673 minor league games with 6,265 at-bats. He spent four full seasons with the Royals' farm club in Omaha before making his major league debut with Kansas City in 2013.