MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama is excited to announce its newest Athletics Hall of Fame class to be inducted in the fall of 2025.
This year's class includes former student-athletes Pete Coachman (Baseball, 1984), Sean Collins (Men's Track & Field, 2016-19), Renaldo Frechou (Men's Track & Field, 2014-16) and Kaleigh Todd (Softball, 2015-18). Also among this year's inductees is former Jaguar Men's Golf coach and department administrator, Hal Williams.
The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Moulton Bell Tower and Alumni Plaza in conjunction with the university's homecoming festivities. The event is free to attend and open to the public. The Jaguar football team will host Louisiana later that day at Hancock Whitney Stadium.
Pete Coachman, Baseball, 1984
-1984 Baseball America and ABCA Second Team All-American
-1984 ABCA All-Region Team
-1984 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
-1984 First Team All-Sun Belt Conference
-1984 Sun Belt Conference Tournament MVP
-1984 season: .430 batting average in 68 games played. Scored 82 runs on 95 hits for 56 RBIs. ---Totaled 13 doubles, three triples, and three home runs. Went 56-69 on stolen base attempts while drawing 64 walks. Fielded a .962 percentage on 210 attempts while turning 12 double plays
-3rd all-time single season batting average in program history (.430)
-3rd all-time single season runs scored (82)
-7th all-time hits in a single season (95)
-2nd all-time walks drawn in a season (64)
-3rd all-time stolen bases in a single season (56)
-Led 1984 team in batting average (.430), RBIs (56)
-Sun Belt Conference Champion
-Made NCAA South Regional
-Played in 68 of 69 games (T-4th most by a player in a season in program history)
-Drafted in 1984 MLB Draft in 11th round by the California Angels
Sean Collins, Men's Track & Field, 2016-19
-Three-time NCAA All-American. (Two First-Team) (One second team)
-Six Sun Belt Conference titles in the pole vault (4 Outdoor) (2 Indoor)
-Earned eighth place at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Finals finals in the pole vault in 2017
-Owns the second-highest pole vault clearance in the South Alabama Outdoor record book with a jump of 5.53 meters (18 '1.75")
-Holds the second-highest pole vault clearance in the South Alabama Indoor record book 5.45 meters (17'10.50")
-Three Top six finishes at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (Regionals)
-Named Freshman of the Year and earned all-Sun Belt honors after clearing 5.51m at the conference championships to set new school, league, and SBC Championship meet standards in 2016
-Earned first-team All-American recognition in 2016 after placing second in the pole vault at the -NCAA Indoor Championships with a 5.45m height
-2019 Academic All-American
Renaldo Frechou, Men's Track & Field, 2014-16
-A three-time All-America honoree at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the hammer throw, earning first-team recognition in 2014 and '15 as well as second-team honors his final year
-Won the hammer throw at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship each of his three seasons with the program
-Also scored points finishing fourth in the indoor weight throw as a junior and sixth his senior year
-Set school and Sun Belt records with a 69.67m mark in the hammer throw, also ranking fourth in the indoor weight throw (18.24m)
-Was fourth in the region and seventh in the national rankings entering the 2015 postseason
-Ranked 16th in the East Region and 21st nationally in the hammer throw at the end of the 2016 regular season
-Stood 17th regionally and 31st in the country in the event rankings his first season as a Jaguar
Kaleigh Todd, Softball, 2015-18
-Earned first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors each of her final three seasons (2016, '17, '18), while also being named to the NFCA All-South Region third-team as a junior and as a senior
-Left the program holding the career batting average (.374), hits (231), multi-hit games (63) and stolen base (75) marks at South (75), while her 145 runs scored ranked second and her 213 games played were tied with two other players for third most
-Led the team in batting average as a junior and as a senior, while also pacing the club in hits and runs scored each of those two seasons, and also led the team in stolen bases all four years
-Her .415 batting average during the 2016 season still ranks as second-highest in a season, while her 74 hits during 2017 are also second-most
-One of four players in program history to record an inside-the-park home run
-Earned NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors three times
-Twice named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List and twice named to the league's academic honor roll each of her last two seasons
Hal Williams, Administration & Men's Golf (1988-2019)
-1976 South Alabama Graduate
-Head Men's Golf Coach (1988-1995)
-NCAA Compliance officer (1988-1993)
-Assistant Athletic Director (1996-2005)
-Associate Athletic Director (2005-2019)
-Let the Jaguars to three Sun Belt Championships
-1992 Sun Belt Coach of the Year
-Coached nine All-Sun Belt Conference selections, 1992 SBC Academic Medallion Winner Mike Sullivan, nine SBC Commissioner's List members, 15 Individual Medalists, three NCAA Tournament individual competitors (1992-Andrew Park, 1994-Heath Slocum, 1996-Heath Slocum)
-1988 Springhill Invitational Team Victory
-1989 Cahaba intercollegiate Team Victory
-1992 Bent Brook Blazer Invitational Team Victory
-1993 USA/Magnolia Grove Invitational Team Victory
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