Mickey Tettleton was part of the beginning of a golden era of baseball at OSU.
Tettleton played for the Cowboys from 1979-81 as a right fielder, and sporadically at catcher, under coach Gary Ward. In 1981, Tettleton was part of an OSU team that made the College World Series for the first time since 1968. Ward-led teams went on to consecutive World Series for the next six seasons.
The Oakland Athletics selected Tettleton in the fifth round of the 1981 MLB Draft, and three years later he made his major-league debut. Tettleton played 14 seasons in the major leagues with the A’s, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers.