GILLESPIE
HONORED BY CHICAGO PITCH & HIT CLUB
For
Immediate Release
January 16, 2006
University
of St. Francis head baseball coach Gordie
Gillespie received the Bill Veeck Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 60th Annual Pitch &
Hit Club Banquet held at the Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., Sunday
night.
Gillespie,
college baseball’s all-time winningest
coach and a member of 15 different Halls of
Fame, was recognized by the local baseball organization
for his many accomplishments and contributions
to the game of baseball.
Gillespie,
who owns 1,677 victories as a collegiate head
coach, returned to St. Francis this year after
spending the past 10 seasons as head coach at
NCAA Division III Ripon (WI). Gillespie
took the reins at Ripon after "retiring"
from St. Francis following the 1995 season.
