Hall of Fame
After graduating from Alabama Christian College in 1974, John Poitevint would soon play a pivotal role for his alma mater’s baseball program. Having been a pitcher for the Eagles during his time in school, Poitevint returned in 1975 to help resurrect a baseball program that had previously been shuttered. Without the benefit of scholarships, facilities, uniforms, or time to recruit, Poitevint helmed a team assembled entirely from students already enrolled in the school. After a season of battling uphill, Poitevint’s squad final prevailed in the final game of the 1976 campaign when it walked off Wallace-Selma at Paterson Field for the first win of the newly re-formed program. Poitevint’s efforts were critical in the launching of what has now become a nationally prominent baseball program.
