Just hours after the happy tears had subsided in Alex Robinson’s apartment, he received a one-word text message from a former teammate.

Blake Schmit, now a member of the Minnesota Twins organization, sent “LaMonte” to the Terrapins baseball left-hander. He couldn’t believe it, so he rushed down the hall to the apartment where Terps center fielder LaMonte Wade was.

Robinson walked in to Wade talking on the phone, and after he hung up, he turned to Robinson sporting a huge grin. He had just gotten off the phone with the Twins.

About three hours after the organization selected Robinson in the fifth round of the MLB draft, the Twins took Wade in the ninth round. The college teammates and former roommates will likely play in the same professional organization, and they were two of a record eight Terps taken in this year’s draft, a three-day event that concluded yesterday.

“It was a really great feeling to have all the sacrifices paid off,” said Robinson, whose mother broke into tears when his name appeared. “It was a special moment.”

Robinson watched the draft in his College Park apartment Tuesday surrounded by his parents and teammates. His dad, Peter, streamed the draft for everyone on a computer and connected it to a TV.

“To have my family there and to have my teammates there made it that much more special,” Robinson said.

Robinson credited his father, who was his first throwing partner as a kid, with helping him overcome obstacles along the way.

Third baseman Jose Cuas, meanwhile, was in New York City, where he also watched the draft alongside family members. When the Milwaukee Brewers selected Cuas in the 11th round Wednesday, the texts and calls poured in from former coaches, teammates and friends.

Terps left-hander Jake Drossner was among those who reached out, but his message was different from the rest. Tuesday, a day before Cuas was drafted, the Brewers selected Drossner in the 10th round.

“We’re going to be teammates again,” Drossner told Cuas. “I’m so excited. I’m pumped.”

Cuas added: “We’re going to be in a new environment where things are going to be a lot different than College Park, so it’s good that we have somebody that we know we can trust.”

The lanky third baseman won’t continue playing with Terps catcher Kevin Martir, though, who he grew up with in Brooklyn. The Houston Astros selected Martir in the 18th round yesterday, meaning he and Cuas won’t be on the same team for the first time since they were 10, unless they both return for their senior season.

All eight Terps draftees — seven juniors and one redshirt sophomore — have to sign a contract before July 17; otherwise they’ll return to College Park.

While Cuas had a feeling the Brewers would select him — they called him Tuesday night — Robinson, the No. 74 prospect in Baseball America’s top 500 prospects, was surprised and thrilled when he heard his name called.

“He just looks the part of a big bullpen arm from the build to even his long goatee,” said Jheremy Brown, Perfect Game’s national scouting coordinator. “He’s going to come out and attack you.”

Both Robinson and Cuas said the draft-day moments were some they will never forget. But they know this is just the first step in the process. 

“It was something I’ll never forget,” Cuas said. “Hopefully in the nearby future we’ll be celebrating when I play my first game in the big leagues.”