Three App State Baseball Legends Named To SoCon 100th Anniversary Team

BOONE, N.C. - Three former App State baseball legends were named to the Southern Conference 100th Anniversary Team Thursday.

The SoCon unveiled its anniversary squads to commemorate its 100th year history as Mike Ramsey, Randy Ingram and Scott Waugh each made this list for the Mountaineers.

Members of the 100th Anniversary Team must meet at least one of the following criteria to be selected: a member of College Baseball Hall of Fame, a member of SoCon Hall of Fame (for primary sport), an National Player/Pitcher of the Year, an All-America in two different seasons (not including honorable mention or freshman AA), a SoCon Male Athlete of the Year, a SoCon Player/Pitcher of the Year (coaches or media) in two different seasons and or named First-Team All SoCon (coaches or media) in three different seasons. The student-athletes also must have competed in the SoCon for at least two seasons.

As a shortstop, Ramsey batted .380 during his 1973-75 career, holding the fourth-best career batting average in program history. Ramsey also holds the record for single-season stolen bases with 34 during the 1974 season.

Throughout his career, Ramsey tallied 64 stolen bases, posting the third all-time mark in school history.

The three-time, first-team All-SoCon honoree was a member of the 1973 Mountaineer squad that won the SoCon regular season title (16-12 overall, 11-3 SoCon), the first SoCon regular season title as a member of the conference. App State was a 43-year member of the SoCon from 1971-2014.

Ramsey was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament and the NAIA World Series All-Tournament Team in 1973, the SoCon Player of the Year in 1974 and named an All-American in 1975.

Ramsey was drafted by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1975 MLB Draft as the highest App State baseball draft pick to date (third round, 64th overall). 

His seven-year professional career was highlighted by appearing in three games off the bench during the 1982 World Series to score the eventual winning run in the sixth inning of a Cardinals' 6-3 game-seven win over Milwaukee. Ramsey held a professional career batting average of .240 in 394 games played.

Ingram, a third baseman, was also a three-time, first-team All-SoCon honoree for the Mountaineers during 1976-78. Ingram holds the fourth-best single season batting average in App State baseball history with a .427 in 1978. 

His .370 career batting average ranks No. 8 in the program's history.

Ingram recorded a total of 10 triples throughout his collegiate career, ranking No. 6 in program history for the feat, and posted the eight-best career slugging percentage for the Black and Gold with a .595. 

Waugh, an outfielder, earned first-team All-SoCon honors for App State in 1989-91. 

Waugh recorded 228 career hits, the seventh-most in school history. His 142 runs scored throughout his career also place top-10 in the program, and his 95 career bases on bases rank seventh in Mountaineer baseball history. 

In 1988, Waugh was named the SoCon Freshman of the Year and named the SoCon Player of the Year the following season in 1989.
 

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SoCon Membership:

Alabama (1921-1932)
App State (1971-2014)
Auburn (1921-1932)
College of Charleston (1998-2013)
Clemson (1921-1953)
Davidson (1936-1988, 1992-2014)
Duke (1929-1953)
East Carolina (1964-1977)
Elon (2003-2014)
Florida (1922-1932)
George Washington (1941-1970)
Georgia (1921-1932)
Georgia Southern (1991-2014)
Georgia Tech (1921-1932)
Kentucky (1921-1932)
Louisiana State (1922-1932)
Marshall (1976-1997)
Maryland (1921-1953)
Mississippi (1922-1932)
Mississippi State (1921-1932)
North Carolina (1921-1953)
NC State (1921-1953)
Richmond (1936-1976)
South Carolina (1922-1953)
Tennessee (1921-1932)
Tulane (1922-1932)
University of the South (1924-1932)
Vanderbilt (1922-1932)
Virginia (1921-1937)
Virginia Tech (1921-1965)
Wake Forest (1936-1953)
Washington & Lee (1921-1958)
West Virginia (1950-1968)
William & Mary (1936-1977)