Friday, October 19, 2007 , Updated
University of Dallas to add six athletes to Hall of Fame
Four baseball players are to be inducted in the latest class to go into the Hall of Fame. They are Jesse Nelson, Tony Gallizzi, Jake Carney, and former UD assistant baseball coach Scott Myers. Also up for induction are soccer athlete Jimmy Wheaton and tennis player Sarah Gaunt. The induction and luncheon for the six Hall of Fame-caliber athletes is October 27 at 12:30 p.m. in upstairs Haggar.
JESSE NELSON
Jesse Nelson joined the University of Dallas baseball team in 1999, just in time to be part of three consecutive American Southwest Conference East Division Championships in 1999, 2000, and 2001 under Coach James Vilade and the 2002 team under Coach Sam Blackmon that had a 33-3 record, which established the best won-loss percentage of any NCAA Division III team. Jesse holds the following school records: Most home runs in a game, 2. Most hits in a season, 64. Career records include most at bats 548, hits 215, doubles 40, and runs batted 159. His career batting average of .392 stands second on the all time list. Nelson was selected a Verizon Academic All American in 2002.
TONY GALLIZZI
When baseball was restarted in 1998 under Coach James Vilade, Tony Gallizzi was the first recruit that committed to the program. The baseball program became instantly one of the most successful in the southwest and Gallizzi contributed to three consecutive American Southwest Conference East Division Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001. Tony holds the school record for most home runs in a game, 2, which he accomplished twice. Against Carleton the two home runs were in one inning, which ties an NCAA Division III record. He also holds the school single game record for runs batted in with 8. Gallizzi’s career batting average of .351 stands 13th on the all time list and his home run total of 17 is tied for second.
JAKE CARNEY
In the baseball history of the University of Dallas there have been five no hit games. Two of them were pitched by Jake Carney, one of them in his first college start. Jake had 27 wins during his three years with the team, second on the school career win list. Those 27 wins contributed to three consecutive American Southwest Conference East Division Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001. Jake holds school season records for wins with 10 and shutouts with four. He had 227 strikeouts and a career earned run average of 3.05 for 233 innings. Carney was a 2001 United States Collegiate Athletic Association All American. Jake was drafted and signed by Tampa Bay after his junior season.
SCOTT MYERS
Scott Myers was part of the first recruiting class of Coach James Vilade when baseball was restarted in 1998. He was a major factor on teams that won American Southwest Conference East Division Championships in 1999 and 2000 as well as the 2002 team that set a NCAA Division III record for best winnings percentage with a 33-3 record. He is the career leader in wins with 30 and is second in strikeouts with 283 and games pitched with 54. He pitched 288.2 innings with a career earned run average of 3.36.
JIMMY WHEATON
Jimmy Wheaton played soccer at the University of Dallas from 1998 to 2001 and was an assistant coach on the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Championship team of 2002. He holds the school record for points in a game, 11, set against Texas Wesleyan and is among career leaders in the following categories. Games played, 5th with 70. Goals, 3rd with 31. Assists, 4th with 14 and points, 3rd with 76.
SARAH GAUNT
Sarah Gaunt joined the University of Dallas tennis team program in 1999 and made an immediate impact. She led the team to the best record in school history at the time, 10-3, only to top it three years later with an 11-2 mark. Along the way she set school records for most matches in a career, 110, most singles wins in a career, 41 and most doubles wins in a career with 37. Her career winning percentages are .745 in singles and .672 in doubles. In 2002 she was selected an All American by the USCAA.
Source: UD
