The St. Louis Cardinals have selected Henderson State’s Chris Hunt in the 39^th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

Hunt becomes the first Reddie to be drafted since Jonathan Dooley was selected in the 26^th round by the Kansas City Royals in 2010.

During Hunt’s four-year career at Henderson, the right-handed pitcher recorded 21 wins to go along with 226 strikeouts, second all-time in HSU history.

This past season, the Greenwood, Ark. Native finished with a 7-5 record including a win over nationally-ranked Southern Arkansas in the Great American Conference Tournament.

In 2016 Hunt earned GAC All-Tournament honors after pitching a complete-game no-hitter in the GAC Tournament against Southeastern Oklahoma.

A year earlier he was part of a Reddie pitching staff that led Henderson to the 2015 Division II National Championships in Cary. N.C.

Hunt pitched 7.0 innings and struck out four batters in a 4-2 win against Emporia State at the NCAA Central Regional and earned Honorable Mention All-GAC honors that same season.

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