Morningside College's Storm Throne was selected by the Chicago White Sox in Wednesday's 25th round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft.  He was the 771st player selected in the draft.

Throne, a junior pitcher from Omaha, Neb., had a 6-4 record with a 4.58 earned run average during the 2012 season en route to honorable mention All-Great Plains Athletic Conference honors. He allowed 47 hits in 55 innings pitched while holding the opposition to a .224 batting average. Throne walked 22 batters and topped the Mustangs' pitching staff with 61 strikeouts for the 10th highest single-season strikeout total in Morningside history.

Throne has a 9-7 record with a 4.58 earned run average over the last three seasons at Morningside. He allowed 128 hits to go along with 50 walks and 105 strikeouts in 123.2 innings pitched.

The 6-7 Throne is also a center on the Morningside men's basketball team. He was the top scorer and rebounder off the Mustangs' bench with averages of 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and was their most accurate 3-point shooter with 31 treys in 70 attempts for 44.3 percent during the 2011-12 season.

Throne is the first Morningside player selected in the MLB Draft since 1997 when outfielder Kory DeHaan was selected in the seventh round by the Pittsburgh Pirates and pitcher Travis Wessel was taken in the 54th round by the Atlanta Braves. DeHaan eventually appeared in 102 games with the San Diego Padres over the 2000 and 2002 seasons.

The highest Morningside player ever selected in the MLB Draft was pitcher Mike King, who was the fourth player picked in 1980's first round. Morningside's most successful player at the professional level was the late Paul Splittorff, who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1968 and went on to compile a 166-143 record with a 3.81 earned run average in a 15-year MLB career with the Royals from 1970-84.

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