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Longwood University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Longwood University alumnus who played baseball at Longwood University AND made it to the Major League level.
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"Longwood University has announced its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Six individuals will be inducted at the Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday evening, November 27, in the Lee Grand Dining Room of the Dorrill Dining Hall on-campus in Farmville. The institution is acknowledging its long history and storied tradition of intercollegiate athletics with the establishment of the new Athletics Hall of Fame. The inaugural class includes Jerome Kersey, Tina Barrett '88, Michael Tucker, Dr. Barbara Smith, Julie Dayton '81, and the late Dr. Elizabeth Burger Jackson." - Longwood University President Dr. Patricia P. Cormier (August 31, 2005, Press Release)
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Michael Tucker
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1990 - 1992
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04-26-1995
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Longwood University M.L.B. Player Alumnus
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The Longwood University baseball program started in 1979 and Michael Tucker was their first — and only — player to make it to the Major League level. When he attended / played, the school was actually called Longwood College and they changed their name in 2002.
The Longwood University Hall of Fame opened in 2005 and Michael Tucker was the only baseball player chosen in the inaugural class. His entry reads as follows:
Michael Tucker (Baseball, 1990-92) is currently competing in his 11th season of Major League Baseball (MLB), playing with his sixth team after having recently been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. A member of the 1992 United States Olympic Baseball Team, the first and only Olympic athlete from Longwood, he was a two-time NCAA Division II 1st-Team All-American (1991, 1992). Tucker was the 1992 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Player of the Year, and the 1992 Baseball America Small College Player of the Year. He won the 1992 NCAA Division II Triple Crown, hitting .489 with 22 home runs and 74 RBI. A 1992 MLB Draft First-Round selection (10th overall) of Kansas City, Tucker still holds seven school-records, including career batting average (.428) and home runs (45). He has also played professionally for Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago (Cubs), and San Francisco.
Source: Longwood University (link).
Did you know that there was only one former Longwood University player who made it to "the show"? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.
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