Oberlin College

• Location: Oberlin, OH
• Nickname: Yeomen
• Conference: North Coast Athletic Conference 1985-present; Ohio Athletic Conference ?-1984
• Division: III

Players who went here

Oberlin College was one of the first colleges to admit black students. Both Fleet Walker and Welday Walker, the first two black men to play in the major leagues, went there.

Notable Alumni

• Clay Fauver, pitcher
• Bill Garfield, pitcher
• Gus Henderson, college coach
• David MacMillan, college coach
• Lee Richmond, pitcher
• Jack Ryder, writer
• Cy Vorhees, pitcher
• Fleet Walker, catcher
• Welday Walker, outfielder
• Chip Winiarski, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Zeke Rosebraugh, 1899
• Guy Throner
• Robert Kretchmar
• Joe Gurtis, 196?-1972
• Cass Jackson, 1973-1975
• Don Hunsinger, 1979-1984
• Curt Karpinski, 1985-1987
• Jeff White, 1988-
• B.J. Connolly
• Todd Mooney, 1996-1997
• Eric Lahetta, 1998-2010
• Adrian Abrahamowicz, 2011-2022
• Johnathan Ray, 2022-present

Assistant Coaches

• Adrian Abrahamowicz, 2005-2010
• Eric Lahetta, 1995-1997
• Johnathan Ray, 2021

Further Reading

• Anthony Castrovince: "This terrible college team invented the shift ... sort of", mlb.com, February 27, 2020. [1]