Two members of the CP-1 Baseball Hall of Fame were among 13 Morehead State University selections to the Ohio Valley Conference’s 75th anniversary.
Ashland natives Jody Hamilton and Drew Hall were selected and joined by two other northeastern Kentucky players in Lawrence County’s Jackson Feltner and Boyd County’s Lance Seasor.
Hamilton and Hall were members of the inaugural class of the CP-1 Baseball Hall of Fame in Ashland. The next class of the CP-1 Hall of Fame will be inducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Central Park.
Hamilton was a slugging star for the Eagles from 1977-80, winning the OVC Triple Crown as a junior in 1979 when he blasted 19 home runs and was named OVC Player of the Year. He finished his career with 48 home runs. Hamilton went on to become one of Kentucky high school’s all-time great coaches with 986 victories and two state championships and is currently the head coach at Owensboro Catholic, where he will likely surpass 1,000 victories next season. He led Boyd County and West Jessamine to state crowns.
Hamilton also played one season of professional baseball for the Paintsville Yankees of the Appalachian League before deciding to begin a highly successful high school coaching career.
Hall, a fireballing left-hander from 1982-84, was a first-round draft choice of the Chicago Cubs. He played five seasons for three different teams (Cubs, Rangers and Expos) in the major leagues from 1986-90. He was a Sporting News All-American in 1984.
Jody Hamilton, left, and Drew Hall were named to the OVC 75th Anniversary Baseball Team.
Feltner played two seasons for the Eagles and was drafted this summer by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Seasor was a second baseman for the Eagles from 2002-2005.
The late Steve Hamilton was selected as both a player and coach on the anniversary team.
Morehead State’s 13 selections was the most of any 75th anniversary team for MSU and included two coaches – Steve Hamilton and John “Sonny” Allen. Other players honored were: Jim Brockman, Denny Doyle, Niko Hulsizer, Drew Lee, Reid Leonard, Connor Pauly, Brett Roberts and Chris Robinson.
The 2022-23 academic year marked the 75th anniversary of the Ohio Valley Conference, which began in 1948 and currently ranks as the eighth-oldest Division I Conference.
As part of the celebration of the storied accomplishments of the League, a committee working in conjunction with current and former schools, captured the “best-of-the-best” in each sport and celebrate the top athletes in league history with 75th Anniversary Teams across all OVC sports. A similar listing was compiled during the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the league.
MARK MY WORDS 2 