Tennessee signee Steele Hall, a shortstop from Trussville, Ala., was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft. Hall was always considered a longshot to make it to campus as one of the top-rated draft prospects in the class.

Sunday was a great day to be a Hewitt-Trussville Husky. Head Baseball Coach Jeff Mauldin went to two MLB Draft watch parties. The first one hosted by his shorts

Steele Hall remembers falling in love with the game on a small baseball field in Alabama. The sights, the sounds, the smells, his dad coaching him in T-ball. And his dad wasn't just handing out juice boxes and snacks.