McMillon named to join 2012 Clemson Hall of Fame.

Post date: Jul 11, 2012 5:0:43 AM

Clemson, South Carolina - Please join me in our congratulating our own Pi Alpha Alumnus, Billy McMillon, as he was named the Clemson University Athletic Hall of Fame in Baseball on May 30th. He will be honor during half time of the Hall of Fame Game this fall on October 6, 2012.

Here is a list of Billy's accomplishments.

BILLY McMILLON, Baseball, 1991-93

• • First-team All-America outfielder and first baseman in 1993 according to National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

  • Named to ACC Academic Honor roll in 1992.

  • Set Clemson freshman record for batting average in 1991 with a .391 average, he was leading hitter on Clemson’s College World Series team. First-team Freshman All-American that year

  • First-team All-ACC in 1991 and 1993.

  • Fourth in Clemson history in career batting average with a .381 figure, second among players with at least 200 at bats.

  • Played four years in the Major Leagues with Florida, Philadelphia, Detroit, Oakland

  • Returned to Clemson and earned his undergraduate degree in May of 2002.

  • Currently manager in the Red Sox organization. (Previously at Greenville, SC; now in Maine)

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