0513 Georgie Salem
Georgie Salem.
Former Vestavia Hills standout athlete Georgie Salem was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday.
Salem, who starred the past three seasons for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, batted .275 this season with three home runs and 25 RBIs and was successful on 17 of his 21 stolen base attempts.
In the outfield, he made just one error over the past two seasons.
Salem was the first pick of the 39th round.
The 5-11, 205-pound switch-hitter is known as an athlete. While at Vestavia Hills, he was named the Over the Mountain Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2012 and the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club's Birmingham Football Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012.
