Sixty years ago today, the Kansas City Athletics selected Arizona State's Reggie Jackson with the No. 2 overall pick in the MLB Draft.
@mroctober, who made his big league debut a year later before earning five World Series rings, was destined for Cooperstown.
⚾ From 7⃣ College World Series championships to 3⃣ Hall of Famers enshrined in Cooperstown, to the current AL MVP and Cy Young Award winners, the Western Athletic Conference has helped shape the history of college baseball for more than 60 years.
Since 1962, WAC programs have delivered national championships, unforgettable postseason moments, and generations of elite talent that reached the highest levels of the game. @Kendrasheehan_ profiles one of the conference's greatest sports in this final installment of the #WACFlashback
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Rest in peace to a WAC legend.
In just 3 seasons in the WAC, he helped lead the Sun Devils to 3 WAC titles, 3 CWS and the 1977 National Championship.
Horner is still 4th all-time in WAC Home Runs, 7th all-time in WAC RBI.
Sun Devil Baseball is saddened by the passing of Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Famer Bob Horner.
Horner helped lead ASU to three consecutive College Word Series appearances, including the 1977 National Championship and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the CWS. Horner was the very first Golden Spikes Award winner, as well as The Sporting News Player of the Year. The Atlanta Braves made him the Number One overall pick in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1999, Baseball America ranked Horner the #2 College Player of the Century Team.
The Texans are going dancing 🕺
@TarletonBase will play in the Austin Regional hosted by No. 6 Texas and will take on UC Santa Barbara on Friday, May 29 at 5 p.m. CT!