NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 27 number 1 - Fall 2006

Wolfpack Baseball Exhibit

By Anna Dahlstein, External Relations

To celebrate Coach Elliott Avent's tenth season, the NCSU Libraries mounted Wolfpack Baseball: A History of Achievement, a photograph exhibition drawing on the University Archives in the Special Collections Research Center. Installed in the D. H. Hill Library between March and August 2006, the exhibition drew appreciative responses from the baseball team, fans, and former players. First baseman Turtle Zahn, who set several school records in 1987, got in touch from Virginia. R. G. (Hank) Utley, who played third base from 1946 to 1950, was pleased to have the opportunity to share this piece of NC State history with his daughter and granddaughter. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, Utley donated his most recent book to the Libraries' collections, Outlaw Ballplayers: Interviews and Profiles from the Independent Carolina Baseball League (2006), which he co-authored with Tim and Aaron Peeler. The exhibit represented a collaborative effort.

Former Director of Sports Information and Senior Associate Director of Athletics Frank Weedon, Assistant Media Relations Director Bruce Winkworth, Wolfpack catcher Bob Kennell (1956-1958), and legendary coach Charles "Chick" Doak's daughter-in-law Betty S. Doak contributed their expertise and loaned a few photographs not included in holdings from the University Archives. To enjoy highlights from the exhibit, please visit the Web site at URL link www.lib.ncsu.edu/exhibits/baseball/. For a wider selection of images from the University Archives, visit URL link www.lib.ncsu.edu/universityarchives/uapc/ or the Special Collections Research Center on the ground floor of the D. H. Hill Library.