Baseball, Football

MacArthur High School

Class of 1982

Inducted January 2018

Jim was deemed the Herald & Review City Player of the Year in 1982 batting .532 while playing catcher and also pitching in the Generals’ sectional game. Jim still holds the highest batting average in school history. As Most Valuable Player of the 1983 American Legion State Tournament, Jim led the Generals to a 2nd place State Finish and 2nd place in the Central Plains Regional.
After his high school career, Jim played for the 1994 and 1995 National Championship Decatur Pride Fastpitch softball teams. He is President of the Decatur Athletic Council helping with fundraising and improving Public School sports, has broadcasted high school football and basketball games here in Central Illinois for 15 seasons and is currently working on getting a book published titled: Just Call Me Dad: 13 Principles for Better Dads, Better Kids and a Better World.