LED BY ALL-AMERICAN AND M CLUB HALL OF FAMER RON MCNEELY, WHO WAS SECOND IN THE NATION WITH A .462 AVERAGE, THE TIGERS BLEW THROUGH THE REGULAR SEASON AT 29-9, SWEPT THE INAUGURAL METRO-6 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AND PARTICIPATED IN THE NCAA ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IN TEMPE, ARIZ. MEMPHIS WAS RANKED AS HIGH AS FOURTH IN THE NATION, FINISHING 22ND OVERALL. AS A TEAM, MEMPHIS HIT .328, NINTH NATIONALLY. THE TIGERS EARNED VICTORIES OVER OLE MISS AND MISSISSIPPI STATE, AS WELL AS MINNESOTA IN THE NCAA REGIONALS.
RON MERRITT
RON MCNEELY 2012 Tigers Baseball Yearbook Page 23
DANNY PARKS University of Memphis
