Created: 6/10/2009 8:26:29 PM 
Greensboro, N.C.--The St. Louis Cardinals made Christian Beatty the 789th overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.
His selection came on the second day, in the 26th round, of the draft. Beatty is the third Aggie in the last four years selected in the MLB draft joining Jeremy Jones (2006) and Charlie Gamble (2007).
Beatty earned first-team All-MEAC honors three consecutive seasons.
In 2007, he was named MEAC Rookie of the Year after hitting .313 with 38 RBIs and a league-leading 10 home runs. A season later, he led the MEAC in home runs again as he finished the season with 13.
In April at N.C. A&T's annual All-Sports Banquet, Beatty was named N.C. A&T Male Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.
He finishes his career as a .339 hitter with 31 home runs and 135 RBIs. Beatty also recorded 47 doubles and scored 145 runs. Pitchers also found it convenient to pitch around him as he walked 89 times during his three-year career.
Brian Holloway/NC A&T Sports Information Dept.
