Francis Marion University athletic officials have announced that
three former Patriot student-athletes - baseball pitcher
Jeremy Halpin, volleyball player Krissy
Burt Owens, and men's soccer player Alvaro
Figuerola - will be the newest inductees into the FMU
Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 12, 2005
Halpin, a native of Rome, N.Y., played three
seasons of baseball at FMU, compiling a 17-8 mark between 1995 and
1997. He had a career earned run average of 3.61 in 47 career
appearances with 135 strikeouts in 177 innings pitched. FMU
was a combined 72-54 during his tenure on the squad.
He earned the B.B.A. degree in management in 1997. He is
currently employed by Lanier Worldwide Inc. as a commercial sales
representative, and he resides in Myrtle Beach.
During his senior year, Halpin set an FMU record for wins with a
13-2 mark, a victory total that led the PBC and tied for the NCAA
Division II national lead. The 6-3 right-hander ranked 20th
nationally with a 2.51 ERA, while fanning 81 batters in 97 innings
and allowing opponents a .239 average.
He earned All-Peach Belt Conference and All-South Atlantic
Region (first team) honors following his senior year and was named
to the 1997 All-State squad, one of only three non-Division I
players to make the team. He was also recognized as the 1997
FMU team most valuable player.
Halpin played several years in the Baltimore Orioles minor
league system, before ending his playing career in the independent
(AAA) Atlantic League.
