Washburn selected for inaugural WIAC Hall of Fame
Posted: March 14, 2012
The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) has announced the members of its inaugural Hall of Fame class. The WIAC elected to establish a Hall of Fame to coincide with the conference’s celebration of its 100th anniversary which will take place during the 2012-13 academic year.
The 30-member class will be inducted as part of the WIAC Centennial Celebration Banquet to be held on August 4, 2012, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.
In announcing the class, WIAC Commissioner Gary Karner noted how difficult the selection process was given the 100-year history and incomparable success of the conference. “Quite frankly, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of individuals deserving of this honor. This is just the beginning. Therefore, it is our intention to induct future Hall of Fame classes every three years with the ultimate goal of recognizing those student-athletes, coaches, administrators, officials and others whose contributions and achievements have established and solidified the WIAC’s status as the most accomplished Division III conference in NCAA history,” added Karner.
Former Sheboygan A’s pitcher, Jarrod Washburn, was among those selected.
Washburn was a member of the UW-Oshkosh baseball team from 1994-95 and earned ABCA NCAA Division III All-America Second Team status in 1995. He was drafted 31st overall by the Anaheim Angels in the 1995 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.
Washburn pitched for the Sheboygan A’s in the summer of 1994.
Washburn’s career in the MLB lasted from 1998 until 2009. He was a member of the Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers.
Washburn’s best season in the MLB was 2002, when he won 18 games and lost 6 with an excellent ERA of 3.15, finishing 4th in American League Cy Young Award voting, and helped the Angels to a World Series championship. In the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, he went 1-0 in 2 starts and had an ERA of 3.75. In the American League Championship Series against the Minnesota Twins, Washburn started one game, pitching 7 innings and allowing only 1 earned run.
Information from www.wiacsports.com was used in this article. Washburn photo from the Associated Press.
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