Pitcher Chase Burns might not have won an NCAA championship, but he still cashed in on a great career. Burns, a Beech High School graduate who grew up in Sumner County, played his first two seasons at the University of Tennessee before transferring to Wake Forest. Though he missed out on the Vols’ title run, Burns produced an 8-1 record for the Demon Deacons in 2024, leading the nation with 191 strikeouts. In July, the Cincinnati Reds made Burns the second overall pick of the Major League Baseball Draft. Burns earned a reported $9.25 million signing bonus, the highest in MLB history.
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