Baseball | 9/28/2023 9:13:00 AM

September 28, 2023-All-Americans, school record holders and a national runner-up team make up this year's induction class into the Emporia State Athletic Hall of Honor.  Nine individuals and one team will join a group of 230 former student-athletes, coaches and administrators and 21 teams who have distinguished themselves, the University and their professions through their athletic achievement.

This year's class will be inducted at the Hall of Honor Luncheon at 12:00 p.m. in the KSTC Ballroom of the ESU Memorial Union on Friday, October 27. The public is invited to attend and reservations can be made through the ESU Alumni Association web site.. They will then be recognized at halftime of the Hornet football game against Neb.-Kearney on Saturday, October 28.

2023-24 ESU ATHLETIC HALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES
David Allbritton, Baseball, 2010-11.
Allbritton was a two-time All-American catcher for the Hornets. He earned third-team honors from the ABCA. He hit .344 with three home runs and 41 RBI as a senior while throwing out ten runners. As a junior he hit .381 with 12 home runs and 71 RBI and threw out 15 runners.  The Hornets advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both of his years.

Trish Bahr, Women's Track & Field 1987-88.  
Bahr was a four-time All-American for the Hornets after transferring from Butler CC. She was the national runner-up both indoors and outdoors in the high jump as a junior, breaking the Emporia State school record in both meets. As a senior she broke her own school records clearing 5-08.00 indoors and 5-08.50 outdoors to finish third in both national meets. She is still ranked third outdoors and fourth indoors in the high jump at Emporia State.

Brandie Booth, Women's Soccer 2002-05.
Booth was a three-time All-MIAA performer and a pioneer of the Hornet soccer program. She was named second-team All-Region as a junior in 2004. The Emporia native led ESU in scoring three-times including a then school record 17 goals in 2004. She graduated as the ESU career record holder with 37 goals scored and 85 points in 67 matches.

Mike Fox, Football/Baseball 1968-72.  
Fox was a four-year letterwinner in both football and baseball for the Hornets. He was named honorable mention Little All-American in football as an offensive guard his senior year. He was a catcher for the 1970 NAIA World Series Baseball Team at Emporia State. He had ten home runs in just 100 at bats as a senior. Fox went on to successful coaching and officiating career and is a member of the Arkansas High School Basketball Officials Hall of Fame.

Mel Mayo, Men's Track & Field 1961-64.
Mayo ran a then school record of 47.9 to win the Central Intercollegiate Conference championship in the 400m.  He scored team high 13.5 points as a freshman as the Hornets won the CIC Championship. He had a career best of 24-4.25 in long jump and led off mile relay team to school record time of 3:11.23 that stood for 37 years.

Andrea Peters, Softball 1993-96.
Peters was named Second-Team NFCA All-American as a sophomore and senior. She was a four-time All-MIAA selection and three-time all-region performer. She was named the MIAA MVP as a senior as she led the Hornets to their first NCAA tournament berth and eventually the regional championship game as a senior.

Mike Plunkett, Baseball 1969-70.
Plunkett was the number one pitcher for two Hornet baseball teams that advanced to the NAIA World Series in 1969-70. He earned First-team All-American honors as a senior in 1970. His 1.12 ERA for the 1970 season is still ranked fourth all-time at Emporia State at the time of his induction. He was a 16th round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers, going 10-7 in the minors during the 1971 season. He served as a graduate assistant for the Hornets in 1974 before embarking on a successful high school coaching career, winning over 100 games as the head football coach at Olpe HS.

Shjuan Richardson, Football/Track & Field 2009-12.
Richardson was a Second-Team All-American at wide receiver for the Hornet football team and was a two-time All-American for Emporia State in track & field. He led the MIAA in receiving yards and was second in receptions and touchdown catches as a senior with 84 catches for 1,375 yards and 13 touchdowns.  He ended his career ranked second in career receiving yards with 2,842 and career touchdown receptions with 28, and was fifth in career catches with 169. He made three trips to the NCAA Track & Field Championships as a sprinter and finished third on 4x100m relay in 2011 and fifth in 2013.

Quincy Tillmon, Football 1990-1994.
Originally from Buffalo, New York, Tillmon earned honors as a First-Team and Second-Team NCAA Division II All-American, and First-Team AP Little All-American. He led the nation in both rushing at 172 yards per game and scoring at 12.7 points per game in 1991. He ended his career as the all-time leading rusher in Emporia State history and is still second with 4,141 career rushing yards.

2006 Softball Team
Emporia State won a school and MIAA record 62 games as they advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championship game. They had a 21 game winning streak and two 13 game winning streaks on their way to a 62-7 overall record. They went 15-1 in the MIAA to win the regular season championship and  swept their way to the MIAA Tournament title. First-Team All-American Melissa Stevens was 30-4 in the circle. Shortstop Bree Beattie hit .420 with 14 home runs and 67 RBI while third baseman Megan Davison hit .376 with an MIAA record 23 home runs and 73 RBI on their way to Second-Team All-American honors.

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