Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame Inducts 1991 Baseball Team
4/16/2016 7:30:00 PM | Baseball, Ath. Development
OMAHA, Neb. -- The 1991 Creighton baseball team was inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame during a Saturday evening banquet at D.J. Sokol Arena.
The 1991 baseball squad is the first team to be inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame.
Under the direction of Hall of Fame coach Jim Hendry, Creighton advanced to the 1991 College World Series for the first and only time in school history and finished with a program-best 51 wins (51-22). The Bluejays went 2-2 at the CWS in front of their home fans at Rosenblatt Stadium.Â
The team led the country and set a Creighton-record with a .355 batting average. The Bluejays also broke and still hold school records in wins (51), runs (677), hits (904), RBI (611), doubles (184), triples (60), home runs (107), total bases (1,529) and slugging percentage (.601).
Scott Stahoviak earned National Player of the Year from the American Baseball Coaches Association, MVC Player of the Year honors and first-team All-American accolades after leading the Bluejays with a .449 batting average. Stahoviak holds single-season school records for hits (120), runs (87), total bases (199) and on-base percentage (.600). Mike Heathcott won a school-record 15 games and logged a program-best 132 innings to lead the 1991 pitching staff.
Five players from the 1991 team went on to play in the major leagues: Stahoviak, Heathcott, Dax Jones, Alan Benes and Kimera Bartee.
In addition to the induction of the 1991 baseball team, numerous other honors were bestowed.
Jim and Kathy Simpson were honored as Joseph J. Vinardi "Jaybackers of the Year."
The prestigious Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were handed out to Melanie Jereb (volleyball), and John Oltman (baseball).
For the sixth year in a row, Creighton honored its top teams in each gender. The volleyball team earned the top women's honor for the fourth consecutive year, while soccer took home the top men's award for the second consecutive year.
Individually, Jaail Winters (Volleyball) and Fabian Herbers (men's soccer) were recognized as CU's Athletes of the Year.
Below is a list of each team's "Most Inspirational Award" winner:
Softball (2015): Erin McGonigal
Baseball (2015): Mark Lukowski
Women's Golf: Grace Yowell
Men's Golf: Steffen Lake
Rowing: Sarah Birnbaum
Volleyball: Maggie Baumert
Women's Tennis: Sam Anderson
Men's Tennis: Quinn Dippel
Women's Soccer: Emily Roll
Men's Soccer: Lucas Stauffer
Women's Cross Country: Emily Mauser
Men's Cross Country: Jake Landreth
Women's Basketball: Tessa Leytem
Men's Basketball: Geoffrey Groselle
2016 Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame Gallery
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