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MHS 1978 Graduate

Player

  • Nine time letter winner, (football-3, basketball-2, baseball-4)

  • Captain of each sport his senior year

Football

  • First Team All-Senate

  • First Team Akron Beacon Journal

  • First Team Alliance Review

  • Set/holds school record for longest kickoff return - 98 yards

Baseball

  • First Team All-Senate League 1977 - 1978

1978 - Cliff Draher Award winner Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete

College

  • Mount Union College

  • Four year letterman in baseball

  • Freshman of the year 1979

  • Captain in 1992 while only committing two errors all season

Football Coach

  • Played on two and coached seven league championships.

Roy Hobbs Baseball

  • Selected to play in the National Roy Hobbs 40 and Over Baseball World Series in Ft. Myers, Florida from 2003-2006

  • Team MVP in 2003

  • Team Champions in 2004

Inducted in Minerva Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005

MHS 1998 Graduate

First female athlete to obtain 12 varsity letters
Cross Country

  • Four year letter winner

  • Two time First Team All-NBC

  • Three time All-Stark County

Basketball

  • Four year letter winner

  • Two time First Team All-NBC

  • Three time First Team District 4

  • NBC Most Valuable Player in 1998

  • First Team All-Northeast Inland

  • Starting guard on the first ever District Championship Team in 1997

  • School record holder in basketball

    • Steals in a game - 14

    • Steals in a season - 114

    • Steals in a career - 271

Track

  • Four year letter winner

  • Two time Regional Qualifier in 800m, 1600m and 3200m

1998 - Alice Kidder Award for Best Female Athlete
College

  • 2002 - Graduate of Geneva College

  • Degree in Biology

College Cross Country

  • Four year letter winner

  • Qualified as individual to NAIA Nationals in Wisconsin in 2001

College Basketball

  • Four year letter winner

  • School record holder for steals & assists

  • Honored as one of the top 25 women basketball players in Geneva College history in 2004

  • 1920 - 1925  member of Bridgeport & Toledo Mudhens

  • His last season he batted .385

  • In 1929, he won batting title with Massillon in Central League .384

  • 1929 as a pitcher, he chalked up 17 consecutive wins

  • 1954 organized and was first president of Minerva’s Junior Baseball League

  • 1961 elected to Canton Baseball Hall of Fame

  • 1939 - 1942  member of Cleveland Indians

  • 1941 made putout at first base that stopped Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak

  • 1943 - 1946 member of New York Yankees

  • 1950 ended his career in Sally League at Greenville, South Carolina as Player/Manager

  • In 1921 and 1922  Captain of the Chicago Cubs

  • He missed the National League Batting Title by a Percentage Point .354 in 1922

  • His record of 17 consecutive games with an RBI is still a record in Major League Baseball

  • 1920 member of the New York Giants

  • In 1920, he played with brothers Ray and Ken in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the Eastern League (First family to do this)

  • 1928 Played for Toledo Mudhens and batted .407

  • Member of the Minerva Athletic Booster Club over 18 years

  • President of Athletic Boosters from 1985-1991

  • Has helped with building many facility upgrades over the years including:

    • The Fieldhouse

    • Stadium Pressbox

    • Stadium Bleachers

  • He has Filmed with Lloyd Hays all varsity football and varsity boys basketball games for over 24 years

  • He also filmed wrestling for 6 years

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