MOBILE, Ala. – Former University of South Alabama and Major League Baseball standout Dave Stapleton was named as one of seven members of the 2017 Mobile Sports Hall of Fame induction class on Wednesday.
The banquet is set to take place at the Battle House Hotel on April 6.
A member of the South Alabama Athletics Hall of Fame — he was inducted in 1993 — Stapleton lettered two years for the Jaguars in 1974 and '75. Originally from Loxley, Ala., he batted .361 during his career while setting the program's all-time mark with 39 doubles, also recording season records in hits, doubles and runs batted in.