Southwest Baptist University Athletics

Hard-throwing righthander from Humansville, Mo. ... Led Tigers to a state championship runner-up finish in 1980, striking out 18 combined in the semis and final ... Once struck out a whopping 22 batters in a single high school game ... Recruited by larger D-I schools such as Missouri, Arkansas, Southern Illinois, (Southwest) Missouri State, even scouted by MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies, but chose SBU over those programs ... Starting pitcher for the Bearcats for three seasons, reliever in senior season under coach Duane Trogdon ... Recognized by Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, as part of their ‘Diamond 9’ honorees for accomplishments on the baseball or softball diamond ... Generous donor and supporter of SBU ... Jack and his wife Pam have one son Wes, who also played baseball at SBU.