SOUTHAVEN, Miss — The Atlanta Braves won the World Series Championship for the first time since 1995 and the city of Southaven, Mississippi has a special reason to celebrate. It's the hometown of the Braves' third baseman Austin Riley.
Austin was drafted in 2015 to the Braves after leading DeSoto Central High School (DCHS) to a MHSAA (Mississippi High School Activities Association) 6A state championship and was Mississippi's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2014.
Currently, Riley still holds the DCHS records for most RBIS, hits, home runs, pitching wins, and strikeouts. This led to DeSoto Central retiring his number 13 jersey in February.