South Dakota State University Athletics
2020 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: BILLY McMACKEN
11/18/2020 2:00:00 PM | General
Note: This is the sixth of an eight-part series unveiling the 2020 class of the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame. The next class member will be announced Thursday, Nov. 19
BILLY McMACKEN
Baseball • Pitcher/Designated Hitter
Lettered 1987-90
Billy McMacken excelled both at the plate and on the mound for Jackrabbit baseball teams from 1987-90. He earned first-team all-North Central Conference and third-team Division II All-America honors from the College Baseball Coaches Association in each of his final three seasons, adding NCC Most Valuable Player honors in both 1989 and 1990. McMacken is the lone Jackrabbit baseball player to be honored on All-America teams in multiple seasons.
A Brookings native, McMacken established numerous single-season and career hitting records, and still holds Jackrabbit career standards for slugging percentage (.713) and runs batted in (192). He also ended his four-year career as the Jackrabbit record holder for hits (223), runs scored (163), doubles (49) and home runs (42) — all of which have since been surpassed.
As a senior, McMacken set then-single-season records of 16 home runs, 18 doubles, 60 runs batted in and 127 total bases. He hit above .400 in back-to-back seasons, hitting at a .409 clip as a sophomore in 1988 and .416 a year later. He added team bests of 10 home runs, 52 RBIs, 109 total bases and 62 hits as a junior.
The left-hander also was a record-setter in the pitching department for the Jackrabbits, establishing career marks for innings pitched (210.0) and games started (39) — both of which have eclipsed. He ended his SDSU career with a 19-11 career mark, including posting a 5-0 record in 1988.
SDSU won NCC Southern Division titles each of his four seasons in the lineup and earned an NCAA Division II Central Regional berth in 1990.
McMacken went on to a long and storied amateur career, leading numerous Brookings-based teams to state championships as both a player and coach. He was inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
-GoJacks.com-
BILLY McMACKEN
Baseball • Pitcher/Designated Hitter
Lettered 1987-90
Billy McMacken excelled both at the plate and on the mound for Jackrabbit baseball teams from 1987-90. He earned first-team all-North Central Conference and third-team Division II All-America honors from the College Baseball Coaches Association in each of his final three seasons, adding NCC Most Valuable Player honors in both 1989 and 1990. McMacken is the lone Jackrabbit baseball player to be honored on All-America teams in multiple seasons.
A Brookings native, McMacken established numerous single-season and career hitting records, and still holds Jackrabbit career standards for slugging percentage (.713) and runs batted in (192). He also ended his four-year career as the Jackrabbit record holder for hits (223), runs scored (163), doubles (49) and home runs (42) — all of which have since been surpassed.
As a senior, McMacken set then-single-season records of 16 home runs, 18 doubles, 60 runs batted in and 127 total bases. He hit above .400 in back-to-back seasons, hitting at a .409 clip as a sophomore in 1988 and .416 a year later. He added team bests of 10 home runs, 52 RBIs, 109 total bases and 62 hits as a junior.
The left-hander also was a record-setter in the pitching department for the Jackrabbits, establishing career marks for innings pitched (210.0) and games started (39) — both of which have eclipsed. He ended his SDSU career with a 19-11 career mark, including posting a 5-0 record in 1988.
SDSU won NCC Southern Division titles each of his four seasons in the lineup and earned an NCAA Division II Central Regional berth in 1990.
McMacken went on to a long and storied amateur career, leading numerous Brookings-based teams to state championships as both a player and coach. He was inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
-GoJacks.com-
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