MLB Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn playing college basketball at San Diego State, 1980. pic.twitter.com/WZa1keVicn — Sports Pics (@TheSportPics) April 8, 2014 It's more ...

Tony Gwynn was an accomplished college basketball player before his storied major league baseball career began. (SI file photo) On June 10, 1981, MLB's San Diego Padres and the NBA's San Diego ...

Tony Gwynn coached Stephen Strasburg to the 2009 Dick Howser Trophy, awarded to the best college baseball player of the year. AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi I dialed the phone number and listened to the ring.

Retiring San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn was surprised at a report Tuesday ... Gwynn remains hopeful of coaching a college team. “I tried to call [ San Diego State Athletic Director] Rick Avery ...

Tony Gwynn, Meacham’s San Diego State teammate, turned out to be a hitting genius. He hadn’t played baseball in a year and a half. Yet he would hit all throughout college, and he kept hitting ...

He trimmed his list of potential college destinations to Michigan State, Cal State Fullerton, TCU and San Diego State. Chris Gwynn remembers Tony crossing Michigan State off the list, telling him ...

Tony Gwynn was the best part of all of us ... "He offered me my first coaching job and gave me that opportunity to get into college baseball," says Ungright. "The impact that he had on players ...

“Those guys got to know him on a much closer basis than most,” Tony Gwynn Jr., now ... missed one of his college seasons with an injury. Gwynn, who had pioneered video study as a player ...

select college baseball coaches and national media members. “We are honored to continue Tony’s legacy of service through the naming of this award in his honor,” his wife, Alicia Gwynn ...