Dean Horger
B-W Class of 1976 | Induction Class of 2011
Dean Horger was one of the best homerun hitters in B-W and OAC history.
He was a four-year starter and co-captain as a senior. He hit .325 as a sophomore in 1974 and was named to the second-team All-District IV. His senior year of 1976, he was named as B-W’s Most Valuable Player, an OAC Player of the Week and was tabbed as the first-team All-OAC third baseman. Horger was the first collegiate player to hit a homerun at the old Cleveland Stadium and set B-W single-season records in runs, doubles, runs batted-in and homeruns. His record of nine homeruns in a single season stood for 25 years at B-W and for four years in the OAC record books.
Horger also played basketball and lettered his sophomore year and went on to serve as a student coach of the junior varsity team as a senior.
He was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
Today, Horger is the Executive Benefits Director of Genworth Financial in Richmond, Virginia.