Although committed to play collegiately at Missouri State University next fall, recent Westminster grad Matheny was picked in the MLB draft by his father Mike Matheny's team, the St. Louis Cardinals.
It was no surprise and a major surprise, all at the same time Wednesday afternoon, as the St. Louis Cardinals selected Westminster Christian Academy graduate Tate Matheny in the 23rd round of this week's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Mike Matheny, Tate's father, Cardinals' manager since November. (Read Previous Story: Tate Matheny Drafted by Dad Mike's Team: St. Louis Cardinals) Matheny (6'1, 180), the star centerfielder for the two-time Missouri Class 3 state champion Wildcats and son of Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, is one of the top-rated high school players in the country, and many thought he would be chosen sometime Tuesday -- during Rounds 4-15 of the Draft. But instead, most likely because of the Matheny family's …
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Major league baseball drafts Westminster grads Tate Matheny and Ben Turner. Matheny was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, managed by his father Mike Matheny.
A pair of Westminster Christian Academy baseball players who graduated from the Town and Country school, received the biggest call of their baseball lives Wednesday when they learned they had been selected on the third day of Major League Baseball's Entry Draft. Ben Turner, a senior catcher at the University of Missouri who starred for the Wildcats at Westminster, was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 21st round with the 658th pick overall. Turner's brother Jacob, another former Westminster star, is a pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. Turner graduated Westminster in 2008. In what may be one of the more intriguing selections, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Westminster Senior Tate Matheny, son of Cardinals manager Mike …
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