Round 36 | Kendall Graveman | RHP | Mississippi St

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CAREER:
Junior right-hander from neighboring Alabama seasoned with 33 career appearances • Enters the campaign with a 7-4 record and a 5.06 earned run average in 106.2 innings pitched • Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.

2011:
Took the hill for 14 mound stints as a sophomore, posting a 5-0 record with a 3.65 earned run average • Drew nine starts and earned wins over Alcorn State (Mar. 1), Eastern Illinois (Mar. 15), Alabama A&M (Mar. 30), Ole Miss (Apr. 19) and Mississippi Valley State (May 10) • Worked a career-longest seven innings with a career-most seven strikeouts in the wins over Alcorn State (Mar. 1) and Mississippi Valley State (May 10) • Also appeared in three SEC games at Dudy Noble Field, against Florida (Apr. 9), South Carolina (Apr. 24) and in a Sunday start against Alabama (May 1) • Compiled a 4.76 ERA with six strikeouts over 11.1 innings in his three conference appearances • Named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2010:
Pitched in 19 games as a freshman, compiling a 2-4 record with a save and a 7.02 earned run average • Used primarily in relief but also took the hill as a starter in four contests • Registered 21 strikeouts in 50.0 innings • Had a hand in the MSU pitching staff's lone shutout of the year in his collegiate debut, tossing two scoreless innings in a 9-0 blanking of Rhode Island (Feb. 20) • Fanned four batters over 3.1 innings against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 28), and matched that total later in a 4.0-inning relief appearance against South Alabama (Apr. 14) • Notched his first career decision and win in a season-longest relief appearance (5.2 innings) in State's 7-4 win over Michigan State (Mar. 6) • Also earned the win over South Alabama • Made his SEC debut and first start at Florida (Mar. 19), taking the loss against the Gators • Also absorbed losses in road starts against eventual national champ South Carolina (Apr. 2) and against Jackson State (May 4) and at home against Vanderbilt (May 14) • Worked a season-longest eight innings and earned his first career quality start in the 3-1 loss to JSU in Pearl, Miss. • Finished with an 0-3 record and a 13.03 earned run average with a save in 11 SEC appearances, three as a starter • Closed out his freshman year impressively, earning his first career save with two innings of game-closing work in a 2-1 road win over defending NCAA champ LSU (May 22) • Among five Bulldog rookies named to the 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year starter as a right-handed pitcher and shortstop at Alexander City's Benjamin Russell High School • Coached by Richy Brooks • Registered a 6-3 record with three saves, 90 strikeouts and a 1.19 earned run average in 63 innings of pitching as a senior in 2009 • Started all 36 games for the Wildcats and hit .390 • Completed his junior season with a 5-2 record, three saves and a 1.83 earned run average and 42 strikeouts in 54 innings pitched • Also hit .385 with a team-best 10 doubles and seven stolen bases • Member of BRHS's 2008 5A Area 5 championship team • Hit .373 with 20 RBI his sophomore campaign in 2007 • Two-time participant in the Alabama High School Coaches' Association All-Star Weekend, earning MVP honors in 2008 • Played summer league baseball with the East Alabama A's, coached by Scott Sullivan and Mark Fuller • Varsity letterman in football in both 2007 and 2008 • Voted Most Athletic and Mr. BRHS in 2008-09 • Member of the National Honor Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

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Mississippi State University right-handed pitcher Kendall Graveman was selected Wednesday in the 36th round, 1097th overall, of the 2012 Major League Draft.

Graveman led the MSU staff with 16 starts in 2012 while recording 59 strikeouts in 89.2 innings pitched. The Bulldogs regular Saturday starter on the mound behind Stratton this season registered the first complete game in the SEC in 2012 in a victory in a series-finale contest at Louisiana State University. Graveman, a pitch-to-contact hurler, earned an impressive win in his final road start of the campaign. Combining with relief ace Jonathan Holder on a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory at No. 1 University of Florida. In his three-year career, Graveman is 11-8 with one save and a 4.03 career earned run average with 118 strikeouts in 49 appearances, 29 of them being starts and 196 1/3 innings.

Cohen and the MSU staff are feeling good about the likelihood of Graveman deciding to return for his final year of eligibility.

"The opportunity is there and we will fully support him no matter what decision he makes," Cohen said. "He's also one year away from an Engineering degree from Mississippi State University and on the field has the opportunity to be the Friday night guy for us next year."



Graveman was named to the 2012 SEC All-Defensive Team this year, marking the first such honor for an MSU player since the league initiated the defensive all-star unit in 2008.

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