Dennis Gentsch

WHS HALL OF FAME

INDUCTED 2014

CLASS 1961

Member of the 1961 WHS Bulldog Hall of Fame Basketball team

.425 Batting average

1.67 Pitching ERA for 1961

Conference Baseball Champion Bulldogs

Offered a contract by Pittsburg Pirates in 1961after playing with the Pirates Minor League team

Received Baseball Scholarship to

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Member of the 1964 NCAA Midwest Regional Championship S.I.U. Baseball team named by the University in 2014 as one of the greatest Saluki Baseball teams in history.