1979 Baseball Team (2024) - Hall of Fame - George Washington University Athletics

1979 Baseball Team

Induction:
2024

The only GW baseball team in program history to secure an NCAA tournament victory, the 1979 unit won the ECAC Championship and knocked off Seton Hall in a historic season for the program. Led by GW Hall of Famer Mike Toomey, one of four Hall of Famers involved with the team, GW compiled a then-program record 35 wins and won the ECAC South Championship with two victories over James Madison sandwiched around a win vs. Catholic. GW hung tough with eventual national runner-up Arkansas before securing the 5-2 triumph over Seton Hall. Individually, Billy Goodman set the then-program record with 65 runs scored, Mike Howell became the first member of the Buff & Blue to post double-digit wins with 10 triumphs on the hill and Kenny Lake pitched 108.2 innings, a single-season mark that still stands today.