Induction Ceremony - February 18, 2006
Randy LeMay | Baseball & Men's Basketball (1972-1974)
As freshman, sturdy 6-5 forward helped Warriors finish 20-6 – the only 20-win season in the program’s first 22 years – and earn first Southern Illinois College Conference crown at 7-1. Following winter he averaged 17.2 points, 9.9 rebounds.
⭐ As soph, imposing righthander helped pitch 32-6 team to SICC crown, No. 2 Region IV (state) and No. 20 national rankings.
⭐ His reward: Unique status as the lone dual-sport All-Region player in first 49 years of MVCC-RLC athletics.
⭐ Mt. Vernon product left with records for mound wins (9), Ks (68) and shutouts Spring ’74. Tossed 9-0 no-hitter vs. Kaskaskia April 20. Named All-Great Lakes District and All-SICC. Squad started 7-0, later reeled off 13 wins in row for one of 10 team records. The ’72-73 Warriors first to post winning mark at 17-13, inc. nine-game streak, and shared league title.
⭐ First-year cager benefited from 6-9 mate and balanced cast. Earned starts thereafter with 17-pt., 12-reb. debut vs. W. Kentucky Voc., reached double-digits 14 times with 20 in 2OT win at Shawnee and had 9+ rebounds 12 times (high, 15). Avg. 9.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg.
⭐ Team MVP / All-SICC next year, netting 10 or more in 23 outings with seven 20+ games – 33 vs. Logan, 30 with 15 boards vs. SIUE and 26-17 combo vs. WKV.
⭐ Career: 683 pt. (13.1), 47.8% FG, 69.5% FT; 447 reb. (8.6).
⭐ Continued career in both sports at Marian College (IN).
Rick Gaebe | Baseball (1984-1986)
Woodlawn product capped record-setting career by receiving Silver Louisville Slugger bat as National Junior College All-American.
⭐ Boasted career .367 batting average (235-641) for Warrior teams that went 52-26 and 82-26, capturing Great Rivers Athletic Conference, Sectional and Region XXIV championships in sophomore campaign.
⭐ Established Warrior standard with 151 hits as soph, thanks to .421 All-GRAC performance – .402 overall for fall – and .391 average that spring as team advanced to Great Lakes District and fell one win shy of first-ever NJCAA World Series berth.
⭐ Also set RLC career marks for hits, runs scored (180) and games played (184). Records he left with that have since been broken include 115 runs, 10 triples and 61 stolen bases (in 68 tries) in 1985-86.
⭐ Ideal No. 2 contact hitter struck out 46 times in 740 plate appearances (1:16); exceptional bunter with good quickness and speed. Career – .438 on-base percentage; 91-102 stolen bases.
⭐ Second baseman wore No. 15 and was equally impressive defensively, making 15 errors in first 1 1/2 seasons (106 games).
⭐ Southern Illinois “Player of Year” as prep senior started last two collegiate seasons for SIU Salukis, where he was joined by two-time All-GRAC pick Cliff McIntosh.
⭐ Back-up point guard for Warrior cagers.
⭐ Coached baseball and basketball at Okawville.
Region XXIV and Great Rivers Athletic Conference Championship Baseball Team (1985-1986)
Record-rich team claimed Great Rivers Athletic Conference crown in Fall at 25-3 and captured Spring Sectional and Region XXIV honors while finishing 82-26 overall.
⭐ Came closer than any RLC team to advancing to NJCAA World Series. Undefeated Warriors needed one win final day of three-team Great Lakes District Tourney; instead, following two-day delay in soggy Chicago suburbs, Grand Rapids (MI) swept doubleheader to spoil 49-10 spring finish by Coach Paul Evans & Co.
⭐ Nine of 11 individual offensive records and eight team batting marks established in the process.
⭐ Team records still standing 20 years later – Fall Wins (27-3, each loss by a run); GRAC Wins; Spring Wins (55-23); Combined Wins; Batting Average (.330); Hits (1,028); Doubles (171); Triples (40); Stolen Bases (193, tied), and Shutouts (16, tied).
⭐ Rated mention in USA Today when three RLC hurlers tossed no-hitters within six days. Cliff McIntosh shut out Parkland, 10-0, Doug Ridner stopped Kaskaskia, 5-0, and Jerry Boldt blanked Paducah, 7-0.
⭐ Sophomore 2b Rick Gaebe received Silver Louisville Slugger bat as a National Junior College All-American. Two-time All-GRAC P-DH-1b McIntosh was voted “MVP” as soph and was joined on all-league squad by leadoff hitter-CF Joe Humeston, Gaebe, Boldt, Ridner and rookie Head Coach Evans.
⭐ Records included those belonging to No. 2 hitter Gaebe (151 H, plus career marks of 235 H, 180 R, 184 GP); Humeston (35 2B, 50 career); McIntosh (5 shutouts, 9 career), and Reliever Brian Lee (11 saves, 16 career). Standards erased later: Gaebe’s 115 R, 10 3B and 61 SB; 13 HRs by Humeston and SS Tim Dressler; 96 RBIs by McIntosh; 59 walks by 1b Chad Weiss, and Warrior runs (745), home runs (65) and RBIs (655).
⭐ Gaebe and McIntosh started next two seasons for SIUC; Dressler did likewise at Missouri, Humeston and Ridner with Cumberland and P Bobby Beard with Quincy. Freshman OF Rick Strickland starred his last two years at Austin Peay before playing professionally in Yankees organization; P Steve Scoville (Kansas State) and IF Mark Rosen (Indiana-SE) also played at next level.
⭐ PICTURED (L-R): Front, Strickland (1), Gaebe (15), C Bill England (17), Rosen (33), IF Jeff Powers (7), OF Jim Carlson (6) and Beard (37); middle, OF Shane Cole (29), 3B Bobby Neth (35), Humeston (24), McIntosh (44), OF Tom Geiger (4), Lee (30), Dressler (20) and Scoville (27); back, Asst. Coach Don Kalkstein, P Jeff Smith (31), C Brian Etter (16), Weiss (11), P Mike Brechun (34), P Todd Mitchell (26), Ridner (49), Boldt (32) and Evans.