Jim Case Selected to Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
1/9/2014 5:55:00 PM | Baseball
MONTGOMERY – Jacksonville State head coach Jim Case is among four coaches that will be inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame when the 19th annual AlaBCA Convention convenes next week.
Case joins former Wallace-Selma's Lothian Smallwood, Benjamin Russell's Richy Brooks and Vestavia Hill's Tommy Walker as the 2014 Hall of Fame class.
No other team has experienced the success over the last 10 years in the Ohio Valley Conference that Case has enjoyed as head coach of the Gamecocks.
His Jacksonville State baseball teams have won five Ohio Valley Conference Championships; won more OVC games during that 10-year span than any other team in the league; set the OVC record by posting an amazing 23-4 Conference record in 2008; won two OVC Coach of the Year Awards; and the Gamecocks have played in the OVC Tournament Championship game seven out of 10 years.
Case, who was named the 2005 and 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year, has posted a 385-314 overall record, and has an impressive 176-87 record against OVC opponents, which is 20 more wins than second place team in the league.
The Gamecocks have made three NCAA Regional appearances under Case, while 66 of his former Gamecock players have earned All-Conference honors.
Jacksonville State has 20 players that have signed professional baseball contracts and 16 players have been drafted in the Major League Baseball draft under Case. As a matter of fact, two of his former Gamecock players made their Major League debuts last summer.
Former pitcher Donovan Hand made his MLB debut with the Milwaukee Brewers on May 27, while former outfielder Todd Cunningham made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves on July 30.
The Ensley High School graduate played collegiately at Louisiana Tech where he was an All-Southland Conference catcher. He served as an assistant coach at UAB and Mississippi State, before becoming JSU's head coach in 2002.
Veteran umpire J.T. Cooper of Mobile will be honored as the 2014 Distringuished Service Award recipient at the Awards Banquet on January 17 at the Birmingham Marriott Hotel.
Banquet tickets are $40 and my be purchased through Sunday, January 12, by contacting Barry Dean at 334-676-0434.
Case joins former Wallace-Selma's Lothian Smallwood, Benjamin Russell's Richy Brooks and Vestavia Hill's Tommy Walker as the 2014 Hall of Fame class.
No other team has experienced the success over the last 10 years in the Ohio Valley Conference that Case has enjoyed as head coach of the Gamecocks.
His Jacksonville State baseball teams have won five Ohio Valley Conference Championships; won more OVC games during that 10-year span than any other team in the league; set the OVC record by posting an amazing 23-4 Conference record in 2008; won two OVC Coach of the Year Awards; and the Gamecocks have played in the OVC Tournament Championship game seven out of 10 years.
Case, who was named the 2005 and 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year, has posted a 385-314 overall record, and has an impressive 176-87 record against OVC opponents, which is 20 more wins than second place team in the league.
The Gamecocks have made three NCAA Regional appearances under Case, while 66 of his former Gamecock players have earned All-Conference honors.
Jacksonville State has 20 players that have signed professional baseball contracts and 16 players have been drafted in the Major League Baseball draft under Case. As a matter of fact, two of his former Gamecock players made their Major League debuts last summer.
Former pitcher Donovan Hand made his MLB debut with the Milwaukee Brewers on May 27, while former outfielder Todd Cunningham made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves on July 30.
The Ensley High School graduate played collegiately at Louisiana Tech where he was an All-Southland Conference catcher. He served as an assistant coach at UAB and Mississippi State, before becoming JSU's head coach in 2002.
Veteran umpire J.T. Cooper of Mobile will be honored as the 2014 Distringuished Service Award recipient at the Awards Banquet on January 17 at the Birmingham Marriott Hotel.
Banquet tickets are $40 and my be purchased through Sunday, January 12, by contacting Barry Dean at 334-676-0434.
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