Clement, Amanda

Born March 20,1888, in Hudson. 1909 University of Nebraska grad. Clement is recognized as the first woman to umpire baseball games. An exhibit at the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., honors her accomplishments. In 1904, at age 16 she umpired a game for the first time. At that time, the baseball game was […]

Marking, Jim

Parkston H.S. 1950 SDSU grad. In 24 years as a prep and college basketball coach, he won 73.8 percent of the time. He retired as the winningest coach in SDSU men’s basketball history (148-80). In his 9+ seasons as SDSU coach (1965-74), the Jackrabbits won the conference title four times and reached the postseason five […]

Green, Dick

Born April 21, 1941, in Sioux City, Iowa. 1959 Mitchell HS grad. Green was a slick-fielding second baseman for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics for 12 years (1963-74), almost all of them as a starter. The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder hit .240 for his career. His best season was 1969, when he hit .275 with 12 […]