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David Barb

  • Class
    1977
  • Induction
    1995
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
  • All State in baseball at Elkins High School 
  • Signed professional contract with New York Mets and played professional
    baseball for 3 years 
  • Hired as head baseball coach at Davis & Elkins College at age of 20
    (youngest in U.S.A) 1973 
  • Coached Davis & Elkins College baseball teams to WVIAC
    Championship 1980-81 
  • Coached Davis & Elkins College baseball team to NAIA District 28
    Championship 1980 
  • Had a WVIAC record of 122-53-1 that included four straight 20 plus
    win seasons with a 25-2-1, 1981 (best win-loss percentage in the country) 
  • Coached baseball at Seattle University in Washington 1983-85. Guided the
    Chieftains to their first NAIA Playoff appearance 
  • WVIAC Baseball Coach of the Year, 1977,1980-81 
  • NAIA District 1 Baseball Coach of the Year 1985 
  • Inducted into Randolph County Athletic Hall of Fame 1991 
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