Nov. 2, 2001
WACO, Texas - Baseball, barbecue, golf and goodwill were menu items at the 2001 Baylor Baseball Alumni Weekend Oct. 19-21. Sixty-three golfers played rounds on Friday and then converged on Baylor Ballpark for a barbecue dinner in the Mickey Sullivan Room with 30 other old friends and teammates.
On Saturday, 35 former Baylor baseball players suited up for the annual alumni game at the ballpark, with the Gold squad winning 7-5 over the Green team. Current major leaguers Jason Jennings of the Colorado Rockies and Kip Wells of the Chicago White were in uniform and were cheered on by Grover Wilcox of Waco, a member of BU teams in 1940-41 and the oldest alum in attendance.
Also on hand were current Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith and former head coaches Dutch Schroeder and Mickey Sullivan.
Participating in both the golf and baseball events were Ken Balthrop of Austin, Fred Barton of Houston, Charley Carter of Mount Pleasant, Mark Cogdill of Cypress, Braz Davis of Kerens, Greg Dennis of Murphy, Marc George of Crawford, Bill Goss of Waco, Stan Hilton of Keller, Wes Hook of Austin, Jinx Hoover of Austin, Jason Jennings of Rockwall, Mike Johanson of Richmond, Kris Lambert of Houston, Bryan Loeb of Sugarland, Matthew Marcom of Mansfield, Steve Mauldin of Miami (FL), Matt Miller of Houston, Scott Morrison of Beaumont, Glenn Nevill of Grapevine, Ron Patterson of Plano, Greg Pennington of Houston, Lee Price of Fort Worth, Brent Rasner of Waco, Mark Rogers of Waco, James Sanders of Grapevine, Larry Smith of Keller, Steve Smith of Waco, Jon Topolski of Houston, Preston Underdown of Scottsdale (AZ), Trent Weaver of Waco and Kip Wells of Missouri City.
Golfing only were Mike Adams of Hewitt, John Anderson of Irving, Judson Arrington of Allen, Bobby Benge of Waco, Matt Blando of Kingwood, Larry Boone of Houston, Rick Butler of Waco, Jack Compton of Waco, Layton Dillard of Waco, Rick Fox of Kingwood, Joe Mac Gresham of Austin, Jeff Martin of Hurst, Eric Nelson of Missouri City, Bob Norris of Austin, Ken Patterson of McGregor, Chad Polk of Coppell, Mike Robison of Plano, Seab Severide of Colleyville, Blailock Strickland Jr. of Fort Worth, Mickey Sullivan of Waco, znd Andy Wimpee of Plano.
Participating in only the baseball game was John W. Bill Duncan III of The Woodlands.
