UPDATE No. 2: Simmons, Moses and Grantham drafted by Atlanta Braves

Posted Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 5:27 PM

The Atlanta Braves drafted three Southeast Missouri players on Wednesday.

Marty Mishow will have all the details on this later, but Southeast Missouri State pitcher Shae Simmons and third baseman Trenton Moses both were selected.

Simmons was selected in the 22nd round and was the 689th overall pick.

Simmons, who graduated from Scott City High School, has another year of eligibility at Southeast if he wants to play for the Redhawks again next season.

Moses, the two-time OVC player of the year, was taken in the 26th round with the 809th overall pick. He does not have any eligibility remaining at Southeast.

Kennett pitcher Adam Grantham, who just completed his senior season for the Indians, was selected by the Braves in the 32nd round with pick No. 989. He has signed to play at Arkansas State, so he'll have to decide whether or not he want to forego playing in college.

So...who's tipping the Braves off to all this local talent?

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Great Job Shae, Best of Luck to all the players, this is so exciting. We have such great local talent. keep you head on straight and the sky is the limit. Congratulations!!!!!!

-- Posted by Wrap_it_up on Wed, Jun 6, 2012, at 2:30 PM

Tate Matheny to the Cards @ 720

-- Posted by Larry Doby on Wed, Jun 6, 2012, at 3:07 PM

Adam Grantham @ 989 by Atlanta.

-- Posted by Larry Doby on Wed, Jun 6, 2012, at 3:17 PM

Kennett pitcher Adam Grantham, who just completed his senior season for the Indians

You mean RedHawks?????

-- Posted by cadult10 on Mon, Jun 18, 2012, at 6:05 PM

Not sure if you're joking or not, cadult10. But just to be clear, Adam Grantham just finished his senior year in high school playing for the Kennett Indians. He is signed to play at Arkansas State next year.

Simmons and Moses played for the Southeast Redhawks, not Grantham.

-- Posted by Rachel Crader (Moderator) on Mon, Jun 18, 2012, at 7:26 PM

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Highlights from Rachel's days in college include having a class down the hall from Chase Daniel and having NCAA wrestling champion Ben Askren hold the door open for her at Brady Commons, Mizzou's student center. She spent time covering Mizzou basketball, softball and baseball while working for the Columbia Missourian and is excited to return home to Southeast Missouri to cover local sports for semoball.com.

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