High School
Simokaitis went to St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis and earned 12 letters (four each in football, basketball and baseball). He did better in his junior year then his senior year as he hit .420 with 7 homers and 43 RBIs. He led the team to a 3rd place finish in the state tournament in his senior season. According to Baseball America, he was the top high school prospect in the state with a .386 average and 2 home runs, 19 RBIs, and 24 runs. He became an All-South Metro St. Louis and a first-team all-state selection both years. He selected Nebraska over St. Louis, Wichita State, Southwest Missouri State, Florida and Missouri. He also became a two-time all-district selection in football. In his senior year he had 1,200 all-purpose yards on offense and had 56 tackles and 6 interceptions on defense becoming the conference player of the year. He was recruited by Missouri and Illinois.
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