With their twelfth round selection in the 2023 draft, the 366th overall pick, the Mets selected Brady Kirtner, a right-handed pitcher from Virginia Tech.
A signing ceremony was recently held to acknowledge the King-Earp-Ross Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Emory & Henry College — which will benefit Christiansburg High School students.
The Montgomery County school system pursued the initiative as part of efforts to address a teacher shortage, an issue that’s continued and even increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.