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Baseball Inductees

The Panola College Athletic Hall of Fame was founded in 2002 to honor persons who have made outstanding contributions to the College's baseball athletic program. This recognition perpetuates the memory of those former athletes and coaches who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to the College.

Bill Griffin

Coached at Panola 1956-1981 compiling a Record of 637 wins/260 losses
1969 NJCAA National Champions
1979 NJCAA Runner-up trips to the National Tournament
17 NJCAA All-Americans
19 Conference Champions
1969 NJCAA "Coach of the Year"
1983 Inductee to the NJCAA and American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
19 times Conference "Coach of the Year"

Bill Griffin

Doug Ault

Ponies baseball player 1969-70
1969 Co-Most Valuable Player in the Conference
1969 and 1970 1st Team All Conference
1969 Most Valuable Player of the NJCAA World Series
1970 Most Valuable Player in the Conference
1969 and 1970 NJCAA All-American
1969 and 1970 Conference Champions
1969 and 1970 NJCAA Regional Champions
1969 NJCAA National Champions
1970 NJCAA World Series Participants

Doug Alt

Jacke S. Davis

Ponies Baseball Coach 1982 - 1996
15 years compiling a record of 501 wins / 292 losses
8 Conference Championships
9 appearances in the NJCAA Regional Playoffs
8 times Conference "Coach of the Year"
38 players drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft
118 players signed with Universities
7 NJCAA All-Americans
3 NJCAA Academic All-Americans
5 Major League Baseball Players

Jacke S. Davis

Rudy Jaramillo

Ponies Baseball Player 1971 - 1972
1971-72 All Conference
1972 NJCAA All American
1972 Lead NJCAA in RBI's
1971 Batting Average .402
1972 Batting Average .398
1973 NCAA College World Series
1973 Drafted 19th by Texas Rangers
2002 Texas Baseball Hall of Fame
2005 Coach of the Year by Baseball America
2007 South Texas Lifetime Achievement Award
4 years as a minor league player with the Texas Rangers
7 years as minor league coach with the Texas Rangers
1990-93 Houston Astros Hitting Coach
1994- Present as the Texas Rangers Major League Hitting Coach

Rudy Jaramillo

Ronnie Dwayne Gideon

Pony Baseball Player 1983 - 1984
1983-84 Panola College MVP
1983-84 Texas Eastern Athletic Conference MVP
1983-84 Led Panola College in RBI's
1983-84 NJCAA All American
1983 Texas Junior College Baseball Association All Star
1984 Led the NJCAA in homeruns with 18
1984 Signed with the University of Texas
1984 Drafted and signed by the Philadelphia Phillies
1984-85 Played in the Philadelphia Phillies organization
1986 Played in the New York Mets organization
1990 Coached in the New York Mets organization
1996-2004 Managed in the Colorado Rockies Organization
2005-Present Colorado Rockies Field Coordinator

Ronnie Dwayne Gideon

Bill Duckworth

1963 Led Ponies in Batting Average and RBI’s
1963 TEC All Conference Team
1963 NJCAA Region XIV All Region Team
1963 TEC Championship Team
1963 Led Ponies to the NJCAA World Series
1963 NJCAA All-American
1964 TEC All Conference Team
1964 NJCAA Region XIV All Region Team
1964 NJCAA All-American
1964-1966 Played baseball at Northwestern State University

Bill Duckworth