Hall of Fame
Hit program record .443 (54-for-122) in 1979 … 1979 All-District VI honoree … Hit .356 during career, which ranked fourth at the time (now eighth) … Drew 55 walks in 1980, then the third-highest total (now seventh) in program history … Recorded .550 on-base percentage and .508 slugging percentage in 1979 … Hit .359/.506/.451 in 1980 … Part of second-winningest two-year span in program history from 1979-80 (113 wins) … Walked on to the team in 1978 … 1980 Team Captain and Jody Ramsey Award winner … Went on to play for Gulf Coast League Cubs in 1980.
"It means a lot, but it really means a lot being that I was a walk-on there that was given the chance to show what I could do because a lot of times people don't get that chance," Dippel said. "That means a lot to me. That's a tremendous baseball program, always has been, and it's an honor to be part of it."
