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The history-making 1989 Hinds Eagles team, including all team members and coaches, is the first inductee to the Official, Unofficial Hinds Baseball Hall of Fame.
The team won the MACJC South Division Championship, the MACJC State Championship, the NJCAA Region 23 Championship (Hinds’ first), the NJCAA Eastern District Championship (Mississippi’s first), and was the first Mississippi team to participate in the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Hinds remains the only Mississippi team to win a division, state, region and district championship and play in the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction in the same season.
INDUCTEES:
The Players:
Mark Anders*, Steve Blaylock, Elwood Bush, Scot Cochran, Kenyatta Fleet, Matt Fouchard, Terry Gray, Freddie Hill, Chris Howard, Noah James, Jeff Long*, Van Reed, Cedric Robinson, Jeff Showah, Clint Sims, John Stewart, Doug Thomas, Craig Upton, Scott Williams, Terre Woods.
The Trainer:
Jeffery “Murdock” Myers
The Coaches:
Rick Clarke*, George McQuitter*
* – Indicates membership in the Hinds Community College Sports Hall of Fame.
The Official Induction Ceremony date will be announced soon. It will be an online event so all team members will be able to participate from long distance.
Stories to follow on Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach.
This will be the first official recognition of Hinds greatest team of that era.
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