LOUISA, KY — On Saturday evening the Lawrence Co. Baseball Hall of Fame grew by three as the class of 2019 was introduced at a Banquet in the High School Cafeteria.
2019 LCHS Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Bill Morrison (assistant coach)
Bill Morrison was an assistant coach at Lawrence Co. a couple different times, once from 1985-1987 and again from 1994-1998 both times helping the Dawgs win 16th Region titles, first one in school history 1986 and second one 1995. Coach Morrison worked mostly with the Pitchers.
He came to LC in 1978. Started as HS English teacher. Served as LMS principal in mid 80’s and then back to HS. Also worked with Phil Ratliff at Adult Training Center around 1998-2000. Coach Morrison passed away February 2018.
- Casey Howard infielder-pitcherCASEY HOWARD- class of 2003 Infielder/Pitcher
• Casey played 4 years of High School Baseball at Lawrence County High School - He also played basketball for LCHS
• Some of Casey’s career stats - He posted a career batting average of over .350
- He posted a career ERA of 2.50
• During Casey’s career he helped lead Lawrence County to 2 District Championships (64th District in 2002 and 2003) - 16th Region Championship
- And the school’s first ever appearance in the KHSAA State Tournament
- Casey’s career individual highlights:
- 64th District All District Selection – 3 times
- 16th Region All Region Selection – 3 times
- Named to the All KY/WV Conference Team
• Upon Graduation from LCHS, Casey received a scholarship to continue his career at the Div I level at Eastern Kentucky University
• Career Highlights at EKU include - Made 4 appearances as a true freshman posting a 1.35 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .143 batting average, including picking up an official save at Xavier University working 3 scoreless innings
- Appeared in 11 games as a sophomore, picking up his first career victory in his fist career start vs Kentucky State, also pitched 7 innings allowing only 1 earned run in a victory over Murray State University in the OVC tournament.
- Todd Wilson
- TODD WILSON- class of 1995….Pitcher
• Todd played 4 years of HS baseball at Lawrence County High School
* He also played basketball and ran cross country at LCHS
• Stats and individual numbers were hard to come by, but some things accomplished by Todd both individually and team are quite impressive - In 1995, Todd was a center piece and a big reason the Bulldogs won their 2nd 16th Region Championship in school history beating top 5 team in the state Greenup County in Region Finals
- 1995 proved to be a banner year for Todd racking up several individual accolades including
▪ 64th District All-District Team
▪ 64th District All-Tournament Team
▪ 16th Region All Tournament Team
▪ 16th Region Tournament Most Valuable Player
▪ KHSAA Section 4 – All Tournament Team
• Upon graduation, Todd got the opportunity to further his playing career at West Virginia State University
Bulldog Baseball Hall of Famer and former Head Coach Randy Keeton
COACH KEETON’S COMMENTS
“… Coach Morrison was Very knowledgeable and loved to talk the game of baseball to coaches and players. Sense of humor was great and he kept things from getting to tense sometimes. So much fun to have on long bus trips. Very smart man.”
“… Excellent pitching coach. Great teacher of the knuckle curve.”
“… Casey was excellent all around player. Very good pitcher and infielder who had a quick bat. Played a big roll in the 2003 Regional championship and had successful career at EKU. Injuries hurt his career a little, but developed low 90’s fastball that would move a lot. Fun kid to coach. Very deserving of LC Hall of Fame.”
“ Todd Wilson had and easy going personality, he was fun to coach because he didn’t care if he played other positions. He just wanted to pitch!”
“ Todd was feared by the opposition that knew him and his knuckle curve, there were many, many good pitchers in the area at that time. Ashland, Boyd, Greenup, Johnson Central, West Carter, Hazard had lots of very hard throwers, but none had an out pitch like Todd.”
“ He also went grades 1-12 with perfect attendance at school.”
