CMU Baseball Recognizes 1970s All-Decade Team

BY RACHEL MOORE

The Central Methodist baseball program welcomed back and honored 14 of the best players from the 1970s as members of the 1970s All-Decade Team. It marks the first All-Decade team recognition in the history of the program.

The ceremony took place in between CMU’s Saturday doubleheader against Benedictine College on April 1.

The members of the 1970s All-Decade Team include starting pitchers Bob Gould, Brad Brinkman, Doug Frevert, and Charlie Brown; relief pitcher Gene Williams; outfielders Bill Lankford, Dave Stoll, and Rick Rhodes; third baseman Jim Holtwick; shortstop Steve Kline; second baseman Rusty Pape; first baseman Bob Bishop; catcher John Kurtz; and utility player Rex Curran .

Of the 14 players that were recognized as All-Decade team members, 11 were part of the program’s first-ever Heart Conference Championship in 1975. That team was enshrined into the Hairston Hall of Fame in 2009.