Posted: Sep 29, 2008
BEREA, OHIO -- Eight Baldwin-Wallace College greats will be feted at a banquet on October 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the Strosacker College Union in Berea and formally inducted into its Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 4 as part of Homecoming festivities when the Yellow Jackets host Mount Union College on Tressel Field at The George Finnie Stadium at 2:00 p.m.
The eight new members of the Hall of Fame are recently retired Athletic Director and Men's Basketball Coach Steve Bankson, Larry Mills '83 (football), Doug Haubert '90 (football), Mark Massey '90 (football and baseball), Joe Mackey '95 (basketball), Rochelle Meyer Miller '97 (track), Julie Work '98 (basketball) and Michelle Lehnhardt Hartley '98 (cross country and track).
Mark Massey '90 played football but was best known for his exploits on the baseball diamond.
Massey is still the only Yellow Jacket baseball student-athlete to ever be tabbed as the OAC Most Valuable Player Award winner. and earned both first-team NCAA All-Mideast Region and Division III All-America honors.
Massey had a career batting average of .358 and a slugging average of .535 to rank 18th all time. He also ranks 16th all- time in on-base average and 19th in stolen bases. In 1991, he earned OAC all-tournament team honors. In 1992, in addition to being the OAC MVP and an All-American, Massey was both an OAC Hitter of the Week and an OAC Pitcher of the Week and earned first-team All-OAC honors, was B-W's Most Valuable Player and a team captain.
In addition to playing baseball and football, Massey served as a Resident Assistant and Course Assistant on campus. He also served the College as a Past President of B-W Lettermen's Association.
Massey and his wife, Lisa, have three daughters and reside in Independence. He is currently the owner of M & M Express Solutions.
