The Detroit Tigers selected Hays High School Baseball Alumni Seth Stephenson in the seventh round (No. 207 overall) of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.  Stephenson, a 2019 graduate, was part of a University of Tennessee team that won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season and conference tournament championships in 2022.

In 2022, Seth racked up an impressive four home runs, 28 RBIs, 46 runs, 62 hits, 17 doubles, one triple, 15 walks and 25 stolen bases.

Seth is the eighth Hays CISD graduate to be selected in the MLB Draft since 1997.