A look back before the drafts: Neelyville alum Cody Birdsong and Poplar Bluff alum Kameron Misner

Thursday, June 6, 2019

This week, Neelyville Tigers alum, Cody Birdsong, was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 32nd round of the MLB Draft. Poplar Bluff Mules alum, Kameron Misner, was drafted 35th overall in the MLB first round by the Miami Marlins. Take a look back to both men's high school years in this week's throwback.

Kameron Misner wore #7 for the Poplar Bluff Mules football team as a sophomore in 2013. (DAR/Archive)
Kameron Misner signed a letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Missouri-Columbia in November 2015. (DAR/Archive)
Kameron Misner watches his first-inning triple into left field during an April 2016 Mules baseball game against Cape Central at Bobby Strenfel Field. (DAR/Brian Rosener)
As a Neelyville Tigers freshman in 2012, Cody Birdsong saves a ball from going out of bounds in the first half of a basketball game in Neelyville during January of that year. (DAR/Archive)

As a Neelyville Tigers sophomore, Cody Birdsong (11) scores a run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first as then Greenville senior pitcher Mikey Morey reaches out for the ball during a game in August of 2012. (DAR/Archive)
Cody Birdsong (left) and classmate Justin Parker clown around as Birdsong adjusts Parker's tassle during Neelyville High School's graduation in May 2015. (DAR/Archive)