Hall of Famers in our midst - Tom Simmons
By Monty Siekerman
After presiding over the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame inductions at Homecoming for the past 16 years, ONU director of athletics Tom Simmons, BSBA '85, BA '86, heard his name called by the Florida State League Hall of Fame Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Clearwater Beach, Fla.
Simmons was honored alongside such baseball luminaries as Justin Verlander, Josh Beckett, Kirk Gibson, Frank Thomas and Kenny Lofton for his contributions as general manager of the Class A-Advanced Vero Beach Dodgers from 1987 to 1997, and the Mobile Bay Bears from 1998 to 1999.
During his tenure with the Vero Beach Dodgers, he oversaw spring training for the Los Angeles Dodgers at historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach.
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