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1 12/7/2018 IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its Hall of Fame class for 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 information is available at Banquet tickets are $45 and available by contacting HOF Chairman Jeff McKeon at or The class of 2019 contains a coach (Pat O Neil Danville / Brownsburg / Fountain Central), a contributor (Bob Schellinger South Central / Umpire), a player (Scott Rolen Jasper (retired)) and two Veteran s Committee selections (Cy Williams - player) and (Ron McClain contributor). Pat O Neil is a 1975 graduate of LaPorte High School and a 1980 graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan University. At KWU he won the Gold Glove Award and MOP along with being the batting champion. After college he was an assistant coach at SB St. Joe (under HOF coach Chip O Neil) and LaPorte (under HOF Coach Ken Schreiber part of 1987 and 1990 state championship coaching staffs); did some scouting for the MLB Rays and Pirates; and was head baseball coach at Fountain Central and Brownsburg before landing at his current job at Danville HS. Coach O Neil has a career record of 364 wins and 124 losses (76%) and has been awarded numerous Coach of the Year awards by the IHSBCA, the ABCA, the BCA, the Indianapolis Star, and other media outlets. He was the head coach of the South All-Star team, Team Indiana, and has been a district rep and served on several committees. His Brownsburg teams won 5 Hoosier Crossroads Conference titles, 3 sectional crowns, 3 regionals, 3 semi-states, were state runner-up twice in 2003 and 2004, and won the 2005 state championship. The 2005 Brownsburg team was voted the greatest high school baseball team of all time by the Indianapolis Star. Coach O Neil coached 12 first team all-state players, 9 all-stars, 2 Mr. Baseballs, and sent over 50 players to college baseball. He has also coached three current major league players (Lance Lynn, Drew Storen, and Tucker 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 Michael Linn, along with his two grandsons, Clark and AJ Hoard.

2 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 record of (.718%) and is the winningest coach in school history; won the sectional in 1992 and 1993; had 12 Spring Classic championships; and was twice IHSBCA Regional COTY. In 2000, he was an assistant coach for the state champion LaPorte Slicer baseball team. Bob has been a licensed baseball umpire for 46 years; including 17 sectional assignments; 11 regionals; 5 semistates; and 4 state final games. 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 Umpire of the Year in Bob coached in the state football finals as the head coach of the LaPorte Slicers and they finished runners-up to the Cathedral 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. Bob and his wife Lorri have 5 children: Tricia, Rob, Mark, Kevin, Danny and 4 grandsons. He is still a teacher at LaPorte High School. Scott Rolen is a 1993 graduate of Jasper HS where he won the Indiana Mr. Baseball Award and was runner-up for the Indiana Mr. Basketball Award. He 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 Phillies drafted him in the 2nd round of the 1993 draft. In 1997, Scott was named National League Rookie of the Year. In 1998, he won his first of 8 Gold Gloves and only 2 third baseman have more (Brooks Robinson (16) and Mike Schmidt (10)). On July 29, 2002 Rolen was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals with the 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 World Championship versus the Detroit Tigers. He was a 7-time all-star, a silver slugger award winner, and is on the MLB Hall of Fame ballot. He also 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, 500 2B, 300 HR, and 1200 RBI. The other three (Mike Schmidt, George Brett, and Chipper Jones) are all in the MLB HOF. 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.

3 Cy Williams was born in Wadena, Indiana in 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 run titles and finishing among the league s top three in homers 11 times. In 1917 he was traded to the Phillies where he starred using a dead pull lefthanded stroke that was ideally suited to the Baker Bowl. The first Williams shift was created for Cy as managers would load up the right side of the infield. In 1923 he hit 41 HR to tie Babe Ruth for the major league crown. He shared his last HR title with Chicago s Hack Wilson by hitting 30 in During his career, Cy hit 12 inside the park homers and seven grand slams; and his 11 pinch hit homers was a record until He topped the.300 mark six times with a career high of.345 in Williams lived in Three Lakes, WI during the off season and returned there for 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 86 in Eagle River, WI. 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 graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1973 and 1974 he served as an athletic trainer for the Indianapolis Indians and the Cincinnati Reds before returning to school each fall. From he worked with the Reds in spring training and the Indians during the regular season and then returned to the Reds for the remainder of the MLB season provided Ron with his big break as he was named head trainer of the Montreal Expos and held that position for 25 years until December Some 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 All-Star game in Cleveland in He retired as head trainer when the team moved to Washington, DC in 2004 to become the Nationals. Ron was a member of PBATS (Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society) for 23 years and was one of the founding members of this group. He was also a member of the NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association) for 35 years.

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Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association INDIANA h.s. Baseball news Volume XLVI Issue 2 December 2018 HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT 5 NEW MEMBERS Inside this issue: HOF Inductees & Bio Information 2019