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CMU baseball alumni gather to honor Coach Smith On Sunday, April 14, more than 20 former CMU baseball players gathered at Estes Field to watch the current team take on rival Missouri Valley College and to celebrate the coaching career of CMU baseball Coach Fred Smith ’85. Smith announced his retirement this spring, effective at the end of the season. Many of the returning alumni were either coached by Smith or were teammates with him. Alumni ranged in years from 1968 to current day. On one of Fayette’s rare but beautiful spring days, these men compared their stories of baseball, enjoyed new and renewed friendships, and watched the CMU team win two games over Missouri Valley. What could be better!
From left, front row: Tyler Belt ’11, Darrell Widhalm ’86, Randy DeBold ’90, C.J. Zeller ’09, Nate Freeland ’07, Brian Schwartze ’95, Shannon Jeffrey ’94, Patrick Powers ’88; Back row: Fred Smith ’85, Brennen Wood ’13, Terry Henderson ’83, Shannon Gepford ’92, Tim Edwards ’92, Ryan Littrell ’97, Dan Widhalm ’85, Alan Marshall ’92, Vaughn Loomis ’92, Jeff Gragg ’95, Bill Roth ’91, Paul King ’68
Alumni Band June 22, 2013 cmalumni.centralmethodist.edu/alumniband13
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