Spencer Patton Named To Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Hall Of Fame In Baseball

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Published on January 31 2024 9:55 am
Last Updated on February 1 2024 6:15 am

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Five individuals, representing five different programs, and one team were inducted into the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville's Athletics Hall of Fame Friday, Jan. 26 at SIUE's Meridian Ballroom inside the Morris University Center.

This year's honorees include South Central High School graduate Spencer Patton (baseball), Raven (Berry) Zackery (women's basketball), Christine (Butler) Miller (women's track and field) Don Ebert (men's soccer),  Helen Robinson (women's soccer) and the 1985 baseball team.

Spencer Patton played three seasons of collegiate baseball for the Cougars from 2009 to 2011 and is No. 3 in wins (13), earned run average (4.01) in SIUE's Division I era. He is

No. 3 overall in strikeouts per nine innings at 10.48 and is one of only six pitchers ever at SIUE to rack up at least 200 strikeouts in a career, ranking sixth with 201.
Patton's 109 strikeouts in 2011 are the most in a single Division I season and rank No. 2 in any season at SIUE. In 2014, Patton became just the fifth former Cougar to appear in a

Major League game when he debuted with the Texas Rangers. He has made 113 major league appearances in his career, also appearing with the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A's. Patton was a member of the Cubs when they won the World Series in 2016.
This is the 17th class to be inducted since the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame started in 2005.

The SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame seeks to recognize the achievements of former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and teams that have impacted the intercollegiate athletics programs at SIUE as well as to celebrate the history of the institution.