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Stephens

Hugh F. Stephens

  • Class
    1941
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Basketball, Administration & Coaches
  • Played baseball for four years and basketball for two at R-MC.
  • Baseball captain as a junior and senior.
  • 20-9 career record as a pitcher for the Yellow Jackets.
  • Dean’s List each semester.
  • Earned B.A. degree in English.
  • Member of Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership fraternity.
  • Member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
  • Helped hometown Staunton win a Valley League title.
  • Became athletic director at Henry Clay High School following graduation.
  • Served in U.S. Air Force from 1942-46.
  • Returned to Henry Clay High School in 1946.
  • Named graduate manager of athletics at R-MC in 1948.
  • Promoted to full-time athletic director and head baseball coach in 1949 at R-MC.
  • 459-203-5 record (.692) on the diamond.
  • Had 32 winning campaigns in 33 seasons for the Yellow Jackets before his retirement in 1982.
  • Won State Small College title 10 times.
  • Captured six Mason-Dixon Conference titles.
  • Won Mason-Dixon Conference Southern Division 11 times.
  • 1977 squad went 22-7 and earned R-MC’s first bid to NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional.
  • Won ODAC Championship twice.
  • ODAC Coach of the Year in 1979.
  • Two-time president of Mason-Dixon Conference.
  • ODAC president from 1978-80.
  • Oversaw addition of Crenshaw Gymnasium.
  • Received Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from R-MC in 1990.
  • Inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
  • R-MC legacy family, as granddaughter Jamie Deafenbaugh Dunn graduated from R-MC in 1998.
  • Active member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church.
  • President, secretary, and treasurer of Ashland Kiwanis Club.
  • R-MC Baseball Field named in his honor (Hugh Stephens Field at Estes Park).
  • Passed away in 1993 at the age of 75.
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