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12/7/2018

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Indiana High School Coaches Association has released its Hall of Fame class for 2019. The induction ceremonies will be held Friday January 18,

2019 at the Sheraton at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis, IN. This event will be part of the 3-day IHSBCA state clinic (January 17-19) and Brian Abbott- Executive Director information is available at www.ihsbca.org Banquet tickets are $45 and IHSBCA Phone: 260 – 356 – 3031 available by contacting HOF Chairman Jeff McKeon at 317-445-9899 or Phone: 260 – 358 – 7310 [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

Kevin Hannon – President The class of 2019 contains a coach (Pat O’Neil – Danville / Brownsburg / Knox High School Fountain Central), a contributor (Bob Schellinger – South Central / Umpire), a Phone: 219 – 242 – 5855 player (Scott Rolen – Jasper (retired)) and two Veteran’s Committee selections E-Mail – [email protected] ( - player) and (Ron McClain – contributor). Jeff McKeon – 1st Vice President Decatur Central High School Pat O’Neil is a 1975 graduate of LaPorte High School and a 1980 graduate of Phone: 317 – 445 – 9899 Kentucky Wesleyan University. At KWU he won the Gold Glove Award and E-Mail – [email protected] MOP along with being the batting champion. After college he was an assistant Ben McDaniel – 2nd Vice President coach at SB St. Joe (under HOF coach Chip O’Neil) and LaPorte (under HOF Columbus North High School Coach Ken Schreiber – part of 1987 and 1990 state championship coaching Phone: 614 – 560 – 5073 staffs); did some scouting for the MLB Rays and Pirates; and was head baseball E-Mail: [email protected] coach at Fountain Central and Brownsburg before landing at his current job at

Jeremy Richey – 3rd Vice President Danville HS. Seymour High School Phone: 812-521-8711 Coach O’Neil has a career record of 364 wins and 124 losses (76%) and has E-Mail: [email protected] been awarded numerous Coach of the Year awards by the IHSBCA, the

Ricky Romans – Past President ABCA, the BCA, the Indianapolis Star, and other media outlets. He was the Charlestown High School head coach of the South All-Star team, Team Indiana, and has been a district Phone: 502 – 641 – 2883 rep and served on several committees. E-Mail – [email protected] His Brownsburg teams won 5 Hoosier Crossroads Conference titles, 3 sectional Phil McIntyre –Executive Assistant North Central High School crowns, 3 regionals, 3 semi-states, were state runner-up twice in 2003 and Home Phone: 317-294-0378 2004, and won the 2005 state championship. The 2005 Brownsburg team was E-Mail: [email protected] voted the greatest high school baseball team of all time by the Indianapolis Star. Shane Edwards – Administrative Liaison Oak Hill High School Phone: 765-661-0494 Coach O’Neil coached 12 first team all-state players, 9 all-stars, 2 Mr. E-Mail: [email protected] , and sent over 50 players to college baseball. He has also coached three current major league players (Lance Lynn, Drew Storen, and Tucker ASSOCIATION WEB SITE www.ihsbca.org Barnhart). Pat is married to his wife Carol (8 yrs). He has two daughters, Maureen Hoard and Katie Jewell, and has two step children, Jenny Linn and HALL OF FAME WEB SITE Michael Linn, along with his two grandsons, Clark and AJ Hoard. www.indbaseballhalloffame.org

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Bob Schellinger graduated from SB St. Joseph’s High School and Illinois Benedictine. He served in the capacity of a head baseball coach and an umpire

so his impact on the sport was felt in multiple aspects. As a coach, he was in the dugout for 26 seasons; 10 as an assistant coach at South Central (Union Mills) and LaPorte.

He served as the head coach at South Central for 16 seasons with a career

Brian Abbott- Executive Director record of 348-123 (.718%) and is the winningest coach in school history; won IHSBCA Phone: 260 – 356 – 3031 the sectional in 1992 and 1993; had 12 Spring Classic championships; and was Phone: 260 – 358 – 7310 twice IHSBCA Regional COTY. In 2000, he was an assistant coach for the E-Mail: [email protected] state champion LaPorte Slicer baseball team. Bob has been a licensed baseball

Kevin Hannon – President umpire for 46 years; including 17 sectional assignments; 11 regionals; 5 semi- Knox High School states; and 4 state final games. Phone: 219 – 242 – 5855 E-Mail – [email protected] He has umpired the IHSBCA North-South series 3 times, was IHSBCA UOTY 4 times, St. Joe Valley Official of the Year in 2014, and IHSAA/ NFOA Jeff McKeon – 1st Vice President Decatur Central High School Umpire of the Year in 2017. Bob coached in the state football finals as the Phone: 317 – 445 – 9899 head coach of the LaPorte Slicers and they finished runners-up to the Cathedral E-Mail – [email protected] Irish. He also coached in the state baseball finals as an assistant, along with being there 4 times as an umpire; quite a unique feat. Ben McDaniel – 2nd Vice President Columbus North High School Phone: 614 – 560 – 5073 Bob and his wife Lorri have 5 children: Tricia, Rob, Mark, Kevin, Danny and 4 E-Mail: [email protected] grandsons. He is still a teacher at LaPorte High School.

rd Jeremy Richey – 3 Vice President Scott Rolen is a 1993 graduate of Jasper HS where he won the Indiana Mr. Seymour High School Phone: 812-521-8711 Baseball Award and was runner-up for the Indiana Mr. Basketball Award. He E-Mail: [email protected] was a two-time first team All-State player in baseball and a South All-Star. He decided to forgo a basketball scholarship to the University of Georgia when the Ricky Romans – Past President Phillies drafted him in the 2nd round of the 1993 draft. In 1997, Scott was Charlestown High School Phone: 502 – 641 – 2883 named Rookie of the Year. In 1998, he won his first of 8 Gold E-Mail – [email protected] Gloves and only 2 third baseman have more ( (16) and (10)). Phil McIntyre –Executive Assistant North Central High School On July 29, 2002 Rolen was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. 2004 with the Home Phone: 317-294-0378 E-Mail: [email protected] Cardinals saw Rolen enjoy his best season in the big leagues with a .314 BA, 34 HR, and 124 RBI. He was a member of the 2006 Cardinals that won the Shane Edwards – Administrative Liaison World Championship versus the Detroit Tigers. He was a 7-time all-star, a Oak Hill High School silver slugger award winner, and is on the MLB Hall of Fame ballot. He also Phone: 765-661-0494 E-Mail: [email protected] played for the Blue Jays and Reds and finished his career with 2077 hits, a .281 BA, 316 HR and 1287 RBI and he is one of 4 third baseman with 2000 hits, ASSOCIATION WEB SITE 500 2B, 300 HR, and 1200 RBI. The other three (Mike Schmidt, , www.ihsbca.org and ) are all in the MLB HOF.

HALL OF FAME WEB SITE www.indbaseballhalloffame.org In 1999, Scott created the Enis Furley Foundation to help children and their families who struggle with illness, hardship, and other special needs. In July 2018, he was named director of player development for the Indiana University baseball program. He and his wife Niki have two children: a daughter Raine and a son Finn.

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Cy Williams was born in Wadena, Indiana in 1887. He spent 19 years with the Cubs and the Phillies as a strong hitting centerfielder that gained attention

initially from the Cubs. They brought him directly to the major leagues after graduating with a degree in Architecture from Notre Dame (where he also played football for Knute Rockne). From 1915 through 1927, he was one of the National League’s most prolific sluggers, winning or sharing four home titles and finishing among the league’s top three in homers 11 times.

Brian Abbott- Executive Director IHSBCA Phone: 260 – 356 – 3031 In 1917 he was traded to the Phillies where he starred using a dead pull Phone: 260 – 358 – 7310 lefthanded stroke that was ideally suited to the . The first E-Mail: [email protected] “Williams shift” was created for Cy as managers would load up the right side

Kevin Hannon – President of the infield. In 1923 he 41 HR to tie for the major league Knox High School crown. He shared his last HR title with Chicago’s by hitting 30 Phone: 219 – 242 – 5855 in 1927. During his career, Cy hit 12 inside the park homers and seven grand E-Mail – [email protected] slams; and his 11 pinch hit homers was a record until 1960. He topped the .300 mark six times with a career high of .345 in 1926. Jeff McKeon – 1st Vice President Decatur Central High School Phone: 317 – 445 – 9899 Williams lived in Three Lakes, WI during the off season and returned there for E-Mail – [email protected] good after his career was over. He became a well-known designer and builder with many of his works still notable today. Cy died on April 23, 1974 at age of Ben McDaniel – 2nd Vice President Columbus North High School 86 in Eagle River, WI. Phone: 614 – 560 – 5073 E-Mail: [email protected] Ron McClain was an MLB trainer for 25 years in the Montreal organization. He was a 1968 graduate of Warren Central HS in Indianapolis and a 1974 Jeremy Richey – 3rd Vice President Seymour High School graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. Phone: 812-521-8711 E-Mail: [email protected] In 1973 and 1974 he served as an athletic trainer for the Indianapolis Indians and the before returning to school each fall. From 1975 – Ricky Romans – Past President 1979 he worked with the Reds in and the Indians during the Charlestown High School Phone: 502 – 641 – 2883 regular season and then returned to the Reds for the remainder of the MLB E-Mail – [email protected] season.

Phil McIntyre –Executive Assistant 1980 provided Ron with his big break as he was named head trainer of the North Central High School Home Phone: 317-294-0378 Montreal Expos and held that position for 25 years until December 2004. Some E-Mail: [email protected] of his honors included: NL trainer for the All-Star game in Montreal in 1982; NL trainer for the All-Star game in Anaheim in 1989; and NL trainer for the Shane Edwards – Administrative Liaison All-Star game in Cleveland in 1997. He retired as head trainer when the team Oak Hill High School Phone: 765-661-0494 moved to Washington, DC in 2004 to become the Nationals. E-Mail: [email protected] Ron was a member of PBATS ( Athletic Trainers ASSOCIATION WEB SITE Society) for 23 years and was one of the founding members of this group. He www.ihsbca.org was also a member of the NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association) for

HALL OF FAME WEB SITE 35 years. www.indbaseballhalloffame.org

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