June 6, 2008

ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis catcher Casey Moore (Lake St. Louis, Mo./Holt) was selected in the 48th round by the Detroit Tigers in today's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Moore and Dave Sever, who was taken earlier today by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 21st round, comprise the first Billiken duo since 1997 to be selected in the same MLB draft.

Moore returned for a fifth year of eligibility in 2008 and was named the team's Most Valuable Player after working 50 games behind the plate for the Billikens. He hit .266 in Atlantic 10 games in addition to starting every league game as a catcher. He drove in 18 runs and had one homer, seven doubles and 26 runs scored. Moore was also solid defensively, catching 24 runners trying to steal to rank second in the conference.

In 2007, Moore led the Billikens with 26 RBIs and 14 doubles. He hit .261 and drove in 18 RBIs in 2006, the year the Billikens captured the A-10 Championship and made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 40 years.

An Academic All-Conference Team selection in 2008, Moore finishes his SLU career 10th in school history with 36 doubles. In addition, his 185 career games played are tied for 10th on the Billikens' all-time chart.

Moore and Sever join Darin Cissell and Tony Hausladen as the only other Billiken tandem to be selected in the same MLB draft in the modern era. In 1997, Cissell was taken by the Giants in the 18th round, while Hausladen went to the Diamondbacks in the 19th round.