Induction: Graduation: Sport:

2008 1981 Baseball

Member of Baseball, Basketball, and Football Teams •  All City-County Football, 1979 and 1980 • Football All-Conference, All-State Player, 1980 •  Played Football and Baseball for Wake Forest University •  Drafted by MLB’s Pittsburg Pirates, 1987 •  Also played MLB for Toronto, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Florida Marlins •  Wake Forest University Hall of Fame, 2000 • Inductee, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School School Sports Hall of Fame, 2001 • Current hitting coach for Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals)

The 2008 season will mark Tommy’s second in Royal’s organization and as the hitting coach for the Double-A affiliate. He spent five seasons as the hitting coach for Memphis (Triple-A) in the Saint Louis Cardinals organization prior to joining the Majors with Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Florida. He played on the Braves back-to-back National League Championship teams in 1991 and 1992 BS WAS THE Pirates’ 7th-round pick of the 1985 Draft. Tommy resides in Suwanee, GA with his wife, Tonya, and their daughter, Jordan.